Prisoners escaped from British prison ship Manila in the Simons Bay, South Africa according to the Dutch newspaper De Zeeuw dated 9 January 1900

An item reported that three prisoners of war escaped successfully from the prison ship Manila anchored in the Simons Bay.

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.