Excerpt from The Capture of De Wet: The South African Rebellion, 1914 The South African rebellion occupies an important position in the history of the great European war. It is not important in the matter of the casualties, or in the actual number of men engaged, as such things are reckoned to-day, but it is of surpassing importance from the ethical point of view. The psychology of this rebellion will repay study by those who are endeavouring to analyze that subtle essence known as the German psyche, manifested in that still more imponderable quality termed "Kultur." It is not suggested that in South Africa it has assumed any unusual forms; there is just the same spying and treachery, the ignoring of principles of honour, such as the history of the European war has accustomed us to expect. What it has done that is slightly out of the ordinary is to reveal the mental attitude of certain British subjects. Be it remembered that the whole of the British Empire has been absolutely solid on the side of the Motherland, with the single exception of South Africa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.