HOW OTHER PRISONERS FARE.
(Received June 1, 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, 31st May. The two Australians who escaped from Pretoria state that they had several narrow escapes before reaching Mafeking. On one occasion Boers were within three yards of their hiding place. They had little food and were without water for 48 hours. In Pretoria they were allowed only a pound of meat for a week and a small portion of bread. When they left Waterval there were three hundred British prisoners in hospital. Forty prisoners had up to that time escaped.
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Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 129, 1 June 1900, Page 5
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91HOW OTHER PRISONERS FARE. Evening Post, Volume LIX, Issue 129, 1 June 1900, Page 5
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