1900 -
Hebron surrenders.
Reported from Pretoria on this day - "During the days immediately following the occupation of Pretoria, three men of the Canadian Mounted Infantry lost their way and went through the Boer lines unperceived. They arrived at Hebron, the inhabitants of which place, thinking they were the forerunners of a British force, gladly surrendered the town and gave up their rifles and ammunition. The Canadians accepted the surrender, and, commandeering an ox-waggon, actually passed once more through the Boer lines and arrived at Pretoria with eighty-eight rifles and a huge quantity of ammunition.
The South Wales Daily Post, Thursday 20th September 1900
1901 -
The hunt for General de la Rey.
Mafeking, Sept. 24.......
....Fifty mounted men of the Northumberland Fusiliers proceeded on the night of the 18th inst. from Lichtenburg to a farm at Duikersfontein with the object of capturing General Delarey, his staff, and family. The farm was rushed at daybreak on the 19th inst., but Delarey had fled overnight. Eleven Boers were captured.—Reuter.
Cheltenham Chronicle, Saturday 28th September 1901
