eheim-Keetmanshoop Railway, approximately
500 miles in length, was made by two forces which joined
hands at Keetmanshoop. The advance from Aus (captured on
April 1) was made by General Smuts's forces. Colonel
(afterward General) Vanderventer, moving up from the
direction of Warmbad and Kalkfontein, around the flanks of
Karas Mountain, pushed on after reaching Keetmanshoop in the
direction of Gibeon. Bethany had previously been occupied
during the advance to Seeheim. At Kabus, twenty miles to the
north of Keetmanshoop, and at Gibeon pitched battles were
fought between General Vanderventer's forces and the enemy.
No other opposition of importance was encountered, and the
operations were brought to a successful conclusion at
Windhoek.

A part of the German forces had retreated to the northward, intending
to carry on guerrilla warfare in the hills. General Botha went in
pursuit. A Reuter's telegram, dated June 26, announced that
Otjivarongo, approximately 120 miles north of Karibib, on the Otavi
Railway, was occupied on that day by General Botha, the enemy having
retired northward during the previous night. General Botha's movements
have again been characterized by rapid and extraordinary marching
through dense bush country, which is almost waterless. The retirement
of the enemy was more suggestive of a flight than a strategic retreat.

A telegram from Lord Buxton, the Governor General of the Union of
South Africa, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, concludes
the story:

This morning, July 9, General Botha accepted from Governor
Seitz the surrender of all the German forces in Southwest
Africa. Hostilities have ceased and the campaign has thus
been brought to a successful conclusion.

The newly conquered territory, which is half as large again as the
German Empire, is destined to become a part of the South African
Union. As a great part of it is 5,000 feet above sea level, it is well
adapted for white settlers. Its chief resources are diamond mines and
grazing.

General Botha's force is likely to be divided between the European
seat of war, to which the South African Union has up to the present
sent no troops, and German East Africa, much of which still remains in
the hands of the Germans.

IV. GERMAN EAST AFRICA.

The early stage of the struggle for German East Africa is lucidly
summarized in The Sphere for May 8: