MAJOR-GENERAL CLEMENTS'S PROCLAMATION.
THE OATH OF NEUTRALITY. COLESBERG REBELS ARRESTED. When Major-General Clements entered PhiKppoEa he read a proclamation to the burghers announcing that those swearing neutrality, if they had taken no leading part in the policy of the Republics or hostilities, would 'be allowed to return to their farms. The late Government of Bioemfontein would never be re-established. The burghers listened carefully, and then surrendered their arms. The landdrost and sheriffs were reappointed to their offices. A number of Colesberg rebels who had taken shelter in the town, were arrested.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 10616, 28 March 1900, Page 5
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