LORD KITCHENER'S FAREWELL MESSAGE.
Received July 9, 10.55 a.m. London, July 8.
Lord Kitchener's farewell message to the troops in South Africa, which was delayed in transmission, pays a tribute to the Arrays endurance and humanity, which is well known by their quondam enemies, many of whom, when the fighting was finished, expressed the hope that they could serve in the British army.
Reuter'a agency states that thirty per cent, of the able bodied population of Rhodesia participated in the operations of the war.
General Botha has denied that De Wet used cattle to break the blockhouses lines in the eastern part of the Orauge River Colony. He says the wire fences were easily cut.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 158, 9 July 1902, Page 2
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115LORD KITCHENER'S FAREWELL MESSAGE. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 158, 9 July 1902, Page 2
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