Boers Volunteering for Service.
Anxious to End the Struggle A Brother of Cror^fe Commanding a Corps. . Received November 23, 9.52 a.m. LONDON, November 22. In the fights at Caledon River, Pongola Bush, Villiersdorp, and Pietretef, 32 Boers were captured. Many Boers are volunteering for service, and are eager to attack'irreconciliables and end the struggle. General Andries Cronje, .a brother of the Paardeburg Cronje, commands a corps of ex-burghers. General Colliers another corps. The bulk of Morley's Scouts consist of Boers who were recently fighting against the British. All are rendering valuable services.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10501, 23 November 1901, Page 2
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92Boers Volunteering for Service. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10501, 23 November 1901, Page 2
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