THE BOERS A COWARDLY LOT.
The following letter, received from a Highlander at the front, throws further light upon the method of the Doers' warfare. 'l'he letter, which was sent from Modder River, on the (It h December, says, inter alia: “I don't feel up to writing you a long letter, as the left half battalion has just come into this station after marching 13 miles. Just before I posted my last letter, about Ist December, we had to inarch from Orange River to here, covering about 50 or <>o miles, starting (•very morning at 2 a.m., and reaching our station some time before the sun got terribly hot. I never once fell out of the ranks, and had to carry rolled coat, haversack, water-bottle, rifle, waist belt and pouches of ammunition. We passed over all the ground where battles have recently been
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue XVIII, 5 May 1900, Page 840
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143THE BOERS A COWARDLY LOT. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue XVIII, 5 May 1900, Page 840
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