SIR GEORGE WHITE
HIS NOBLE TRIBUTE TO THE: _ TROOPS. -'Nt TjOXDON, March 11. A letter from Kruger was found ia> the commandant’s bag among thestores captured, by the British on theTugela.. The letter, which is dated January 27th, states:- “If Ladysmith- is relieved the Boers’'Cause will indeed bedoubtful and precarious, but if Ladysmith is captured by us we will secure peace and independence,” Sir O. White, who is still, feeble- • from the attacks of fever contracted.' during the siege,, has left Ladysmith, for Stromberg. His leave-taking of this troops wasr a touching one. On arrival at Maritzburg. Sir Or.. White was presented with an- address by the Corporation.. In reply lie remarked that the garrison of Lidysmith, when supplies bo* came short, measured? the rations iu> the hollow of their hands. In all hardships and ; trials- thefroops were cheerful: So presumptuous were the enemy,, that they actually sent trucks to conrvey the garrison to. Pretoria,.
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Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22212, 13 March 1900, Page 2
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155SIR GEORGE WHITE Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22212, 13 March 1900, Page 2
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