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Monday, 28 May 2012

British transport Montrose with Boer prisoners of war towards Bermuda according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 15 August 1901

An item dated London 14 August reported that the British transport Montrose departed with 900 Boers prisoners of war on board towards Bermuda.

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.