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Tuesday, 31 December 2019

British transport Orcana arrived at Durban, South Africa according to the Dutch newspaper Goessche Courant dated 3 February 1900

An item reported that the British transport Orcana arrived at Durban with one cholera case on board. The troops which she had transported were not allowed to go on shore.

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.