An item reported that on board of the British transport Honorius underway to South Africa with 347 horses a severe fever broke out among the animals. In stead of taking another 134 horses waiting at Queenstown on board continued the transport her voyage with the sick animals.
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.
