Uit die argiewe van die Globe and Mail vir Oct.22, 1899
Oorspronklik gepos deur: @sympatico.ca Uit die argiewe van die Globe and Mail, Oct. 22: 100 years ago: On Oct. 22, 1899. the Globe reported that a British force from Ladysmith had engaged the Boers under the command of General Jan Kock and inflicted a crushing defeat on them, capturing the general who later died of his wounds. A message was received from Colonel Baden-Powell in Mafeking saying the Boers were surrounding him but he hoped to hold out. A Major Scott, in command of a police unit at Vryburg, shot himself after being forced to surrender the town to the Boers.