Major Thomas Major Bolton But let all the world come and try to trample me down and put his foot on my neck, and try to crush my country, then with twenty men about me I will fight, yes, fight the world entire, fight till I am free or dead.'"[26]. One of them was W.D. [Being dragged away by prison guards]  [standing on a table]  It wasn't until later in 1902 that the words "Land of Hope and Glory" became permanently wedded to the tune. [65], The Reports of November 1901 of the Mission Head Office in Berlin later announced, "Their investigation lasted from 8–11 September 1901. Morant was accused of the summary execution of Floris Visser, a wounded prisoner of war, and the slaying of four Afrikaners and four Dutch schoolteachers who had been taken prisoner at the Elim Hospital. "And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.". Heese's wife Johanna wrote, "As he turned a corner he saw a wagon with 8 Boers who had surrendered - that is given up their arms, and they were now, as they thought, to be taken to some sort of camp. Around a year after his arrival, Murrant first settled in outback Queensland. Visser vehemently denied it. Matthew 10:36? Morant was at the Battle of Diamond Hill and was then part of General French's staff, Cavalry Brigade, as war correspondent with Bennet Burleigh of the London Daily Telegraph. [79], Captain de Bertodano later recalled, "One afternoon walking through the Camp, I met Morant out for exercise with a young Lieut. In response, Kitchener also assembled and deployed a number of irregular regiments to combat Boer commandos. Shortly before 06:00 hours, Morant and Handcock were led out of the fort at Pretoria to be executed by a firing squad from the King's Own Cameron Highlanders. It's all right, Major. Presumably, they tended them themselves in the bush. The book was reprinted during 1982 following the success of the 1980 movie Breaker Morant. Soon afterwards, acting on a report that three armed Boer commandos were travelling to the fort, Morant took Handcock and several other men to intercept them. [29], According to South African historian Arthur Davey, "...Hunt was only 28 when he was killed and therefore younger than his subordinates, Morant and Handcock, and only a year older than the hapless Witton. I don't like to do it, but they will shoot me if I don't. Well... it's somebody who doesn't believe there's a divine being dispensing justice to mankind. Soon after the second hearing, the prisoners were put in irons, taken to Pretoria while heavily guarded, and tried on the third main count, that of killing Reverend Heese. "The statement that Captain Hunt's body had been maltreated is in no way corroborated & the reprisals undertaken by Lt Morant on this idea were utterly unjustifiable.