24 October 1899: A letter describes the extraordinary spectacle as Dutchmen and Englishmen,friends and colleagues, faced war on opposing sides The moment Boer war was fought from October 1899 to May 1902 between British and Afrikaner settlers in the Transvaal and Free Orange State. The peace treaty led to the founding of a united South Africa in 1910.
The son of a London gentleman writes to his father, and under date the 30th ult.,from Norse Deep Mine, Johannesburg, or as follows:-
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