A BOER WAR ANECDOTE.
Here (says the “ Diamond News” is a good story from Potchofstroom, for the authenticity of which we can vouch. While the Boers were digging trenches to the powder magazine one evening, as usual, the horses were left out of the Fort to water. The horses being old chargers, and it being certain that Boers were in the neighborhood, the animals were turned out without headstall or halters. They rushed straight to the vlei at which it was customary for them to slake their thirst. Out of the trenches came the Boers, seized and mounted the horses, and were for riding them into the town. The buglar in the Fort sounded the “ Horses in at a trot,” and straightwa}? the whole of them turned and made for home, canning their unwilling freight. The Dutchmen threw themselves off right and loft, but four were carried right into the camp and promptly taken prisoners.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2513, 9 April 1881, Page 3
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155A BOER WAR ANECDOTE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2513, 9 April 1881, Page 3
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