British transport Manchester damaged according to the Dutch newspaper De Zeeuw dated 3 May 1900

An item reported that the British transport Manchester with on board Australian volunteers (1) hit a cliff off Brisbane and needed to be docked causing a delay of the contingent for some weeks.

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. For more details about the Australians in the Anglo-Boer War see the following link http://www.bwm.org.au/site/Background.asp