British prisoner of war transport Columbia ariving in St. Helena Island according to the Dutch newspaper Goessche Courant Middelburgsche Courant dated 16 January 1901

An item referred to a telegram from St. Helena Island that with the transport Columbia again 200 prisoners of war arrived. Many were very weakened and taken over by an ambulance. All men were brought to the Deadwood camp.

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.