STORY OF COLONEL MARITZ'S DUPLICITY.
GARRISON DISARMED OX FALSE PRETEXT.
PURSUED FOR SIX DAYS BY 700 REBELS. 'Received October 26, I a.m.) Capetown, October 24. Colonel Maritz, at the outset of his rebellion, disarmed a garrison of 38 men at Kakadamas, on the pretext that he needed rifles for another force against the Germans. He (hen departed. The garrison subsequently learned that he was returning with 700 Germans and traitors. Thereupon the garrison went to Maritz's old camp, and seized 38 rifles, destroying the remainder. They also took 10,000 rounds of ammunition and 70 horses. Maritz overtook them near Kenhardt, about 100 miles from the frontier of, German South-west Africa, and after a hot light the garrison escaped. They were chased for six days until they reached Carnarvon, 130 miles south of Kenhardt. Practically the whole countryside in the southern parts of Calvinea, Fraserburg, Carnarvon, and Kenhardt is actively pursuing Maritz.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6
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151STORY OF COLONEL MARITZ'S DUPLICITY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6
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