British troop and horse transports Assaye, Ulstermore abd Englishman underway to South Africa according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated Friday 14 June 1901

An item reported that last Tuesday the British transports Assaye and Ulstermore with more as 1,400 officers and men arrived at Southampton returning from South Africa while the transport Englishman departed from Southampton towards South Africa with troops and remount horses.

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.