DK86 1 2 47
DK86 1 2 47
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| Title | Letter dated 26/12/1907 sheet 1 |
|---|---|
| Description |
My dear Father, I wonder if you have heard of my disaster yet. I suppose you will have. I hope you won’t think me an awful fool for being taken prisoner but it could not be helped. They sent me out in the middle of the night with only 200 men to round up a few Boers living in farms and in the banks of the Vaal about 16 miles away from camp. After I had gone, a telegram came from the Intelligence to say there were a lot of Boers there. Anyway, we had had a long gallop directly after it got light after 2 lots of Boers who [??] as hard as they could go. I saw my right party in a good place after their gallop & then went off to collect my left party to get them altogether. When I got back I heard some firing & went down to see what it was, & when I got to within about 50 yards, a man in khaki fired at me which I thought was rather peculiar, and some of the men shouted to me. I grasped then that my people had been surprised & taken prisoners by Boers in khaki. I did not want to be captured, so I galloped for it. |
| Photographer / artist | Unknown |
| Publisher | Unknown |
| Contributor(s) | |
| Date | 1907 |
| Type | Manuscript |
| Format | Letter |
| Identifier | DK86 1-2-47 |
| Area | Herefordshire |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Archives |
