Before making his general advance from Kroonstad northwards towards Johannesburg, Lord Roberts employed his cavalry effectively, both to the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 3,693 wordsThe British troops under General Buller who have reoccupied the north of Natal, found that in the towns of Dundee and Newcastle the Boers had first desecrated ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 25 May 1900, Page 5
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