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Tuesday, 28 July 2020

British troop transport Gascon arrived at Durban, South Africa according to the Dutch newspaper De Zeeuw dated 14 November 1899

An item reported the arrival at Durban of the transport Gascon with on board the 2nd battalion Coldstream Guards and she immediately continued her voyage to Natal and the Delagao Bay.(1)

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.