French transport shouting for passing Dutch warship Hr.Ms. Gelderland with on board Paul Kruger according to the Dutch newspaper Goessche Courant dated 20 November 1900

An item referred to the British newspaper Daily Mail which reported that according to tidings from Port Said the crew of a French transport underway to Tonkin last Thursday while passing the Hr.Ms. Gelderland was shouting Yahoo for the South African president Kruger.

Note

1. The Second Boer War found place between 11 October 1899 and 31 May 1902 and ended in a defeat of the Boers and regaining British sovereignty of the Orange Free State and South African Republic (Transvaal). In 1920 became the Union of South Africa part of the Commonwealth.