Mellema

My two professional scouts, Jordaan and Mellema, had also reconnoitred the village from another direction, and had brought back confirmatory information and the news that Lydenburg was occupied by about 2,000 British soldiers, consisting of the Manchester Regiment and the First Royal Irish, together with a corps of "hands-uppers" under the notorious Harber.

My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War P. [Illustrator] Van Breda 1892

Two of the more adventurous spirits amongst my scouts, by name Jordaan and Mellema, succeeded in blowing up a mill in the Lydenburg district used by the British for grinding corn, and the enemy very soon retaliated by blowing up one of our mills at Pilgrim's Rest.

My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War P. [Illustrator] Van Breda 1892

Young, accompanied by Jordaan and Mellema, crept up to within 10 feet of one of these blockhouses, and brought me a report that the barbed wire network which surrounded it rendered an assault an impossible task in the darkness.

My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War P. [Illustrator] Van Breda 1892

Mellema said, but the "spirit of fraternalism is really still there."

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But thanks to a recent emphasis on community service for younger generations and interest from colleges on seeing such service on applications, younger generations may find their way to fraternities like his, Mellema said.

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