Trooper 1 Hugfhes Roberts, a Britisher who accompanied Botha's victorious army in Gorman South-West Africa witfh tho Natal Light Horso, relates a yarn, told by one of tho German officers ia-keti prisoner. r pic story goes that an aeroplane came down near a Hottentot, who was watching the cattle grazing. When he saw it lie seemed too stupefied to know what to do. When tlio aviator stopped out of tlio car tlio nigger fell on his knees, and, according to the German version, exclaimed: "Morra, Gotfc I"—i.e., "Good day, God!" the Poity being the only One lio though capable of coming through the clouds.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2625, 22 November 1915, Page 8
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104Untitled Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2625, 22 November 1915, Page 8
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