An item reported that the Boers who were held at prisoner of war at Simonstad were suffering badly by diseases. A day earlier were again five men buried. The authorities did all efforts to improve the situation. In the meantime arrived a third transport which could offer more relief.
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.
