RAID BY DE WET.
A MAGISTRATE SEIZED. FOOLISH AMBITION ANNOUNCED. (Received November 7, 9.30 a.m.) CAPE TOWN, November 6. De Wet, with 150 armed horsemen, raided Vrede, a village of Orangia to the north of Bloemfontein, on October 28, and a postal clerk at much risk warned the postmaster, who wired to Pretoria before the raiders smashed the instruments. De Wet seized'a magistrate who formerly had fined him £2 for whipping a native, and dragged him into a public place, where .the inhabitants were ordered to muster. •■ ,; De Wet addressed the meeting, and said he proposed to join Maritz, march on Pretoria, pull down the British flag, and proclaim a South African Republic.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 235, 7 November 1914, Page 9
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113RAID BY DE WET. Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 235, 7 November 1914, Page 9
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