Africa for their
work in "the remarkable campaign which has just been brought to a
remarkable and glorious conclusion." Premier Asquith concluded:

The German dominion of Southwest Africa has ceased to exist.
I ask the House to testify to the admiration of the whole
empire for its gratitude to the illustrious General who has
rendered such an inestimable service to the empire, which he
entered by adoption and of which he has become one of the
most honored and cherished sons, and to his dauntless and
much enduring troops, whether of Burgher or British birth,
who fought like brethren, side by side, in the cause which
is equally dear to them as to us--the broadening of the
bounds of human liberty.

The event which the British Premier thus read into the minutes of
history marks the end of a campaign begun by General Botha on Sept.
27, when troops of the Union of South Africa first entered German
territory. On Christmas Day Walfisch (Whale) Bay was occupied, and on
Jan. 14 Swakopmund, a military railroad joining them being finished a
month later.

[Illustration: The German Colonial Possessions]

The progress of General Botha's campaign from the south and west is
thus summarized by The Sphere (July 3):

The occupation of Windhoek was effected by General Botha's
North Damaraland forces working along the railway from
Swakopmund. At the former place General Vanderventer
joined up with General Botha's forces. The force from
Swakopmund met with considerable opposition, first at
Tretskopje, a small township in the great Namib Desert fifty
miles to the northeast of Swakopmund, and secondly at
Otjimbingwe, on the Swakop River, sixty miles northwest of
Windhoek.

[Illustration: The theatre of operations in German South
West Africa.]

Apart from these two determined stands, however, little
other opposition was encountered, and Karibib was occupied
on May 5 and Okahandja and Windhoek on May 12. With the fall
of the latter place 3,000 Europeans and 12,000 natives
became prisoners.

The wireless station--one of Germany's most valuable
high-power stations, which was able to communicate with one
relay only with Berlin--was captured almost intact, and much
rolling stock also fell into the hands of the Union forces.

The advance from the south along the
Luederitzbucht-Se