While the Orange people were privately deriding the so-called Transvaal Restoration Army, the Transvaal Restoration Army's routine "training camps" also began.
A newly established "Provisional Government of the Republic of the Transvaal" had been set up in Bloemfontein, and the man serving as president of the new government was Little Pretoria.
After idling away for so long in Cape Town, Little Pretoria was finally invited out again by the British and became the leader of the resistance organization of the former Republic of the Transvaal.
The first thing Little Pretoria did after arriving in Bloemfontein was gather his old subordinates and hold a dinner banquet there.
"Gentlemen, we were all victims of East African aggression. The East Africans stripped us Transvaal people of our most important property—land. East Africa had merely relied on its advanced weapons and vast armies at the time to launch a surprise attack, forcing the Republic of the Transvaal to dissolve.
"But we Transvaal people will not be defeated so easily. Even in Orange, we can still unite, twist ourselves into a single rope once more, resist the East African invaders, and ultimately reclaim what belongs to us." Little Pretoria announced at the banquet.
There was little substance in Little Pretoria's words, yet they still resonated with everyone, because the Provisional Government was still filled with former high-ranking officials of the Republic of the Transvaal—the greatest victims of East Africa's invasion of the Republic of the Transvaal.
They had once all been large estate owners and landlords. Although East Africa had allowed them to transfer their assets, their most important assets—the land within the Republic of the Transvaal—had been taken away by East Africa.
Thus, they held nothing but hatred for East Africa. Now that the British had provided a platform and gathered them together once