But every time General Hamilton-the skilful Hamilton as he has been called-flung them out again by counterattacks.
"London to Ladysmith via Pretoria"
Winston Spencer Churchill
Determined counterattacks by the British, however, and reinforcements by the French, stopped the Germans in the next few days, and this offensive, like that farther south in the valley of the Somme, gradually died out, leaving the Germans with gains of only a few square miles of devastated territory to show for their continued heavy losses.
"America's War for Humanity"
Thomas Herbert Russell
The nature of the general situation after the operations of the 18th, 19th, and 20th, cannot better be summarized than as expressed recently by a neighboring French commander to his corps: 'Having repulsed repeated and violent counterattacks made by the enemy, we have a feeling that we have been victorious.
"America's War for Humanity"
Thomas Herbert Russell