DE WET'S ACTIVITY.
GREAT RIDE TO A; RENDEZVOUS.
COMMANDOS DISTRUSTFUL.
LONDON, May 21
De Wei, escorted by forty men, made a wonderful ride from Vrede, in the extreme north-east, to Philippolis, near Orange Paver, #. distance of about 400 miles, to consult with Hertzog and the Orange River Colony commandos, who were ordered- to concentrate at the rear of the Orange River. They decline to follow De Wet, alleging that he is too dangerous.
Cotnmsji.ndants Hertzog and Brand hold th ? country round Petrusburg, due West ctf Bloemfontein.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 120, 22 May 1901, Page 5
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86DE WET'S ACTIVITY. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 120, 22 May 1901, Page 5
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