BOER WAR A 4pp. a.l.s., to Captain Orr, Secretary to the Military Governer of Pretoria, from his nephew Percy, dated with Gen. Harts Force, Potchestroom, September 11th, 1900, imploring him to get him a job in Pretoria, anywhere away from General Hart (General Sir Reginald Hart V.C. 1848-1931) '....We are now under Mad Hart & he truly is mad & if you don't make a frontal attack, you are left in a kopje & he forgets you for 12 hours...I have never been so beat in my life...' ; and two other letters describing Boers and conditions in the field. (3)
BOER WAR A 4pp. a.l.s., to Captain Orr, Secretary to the Military Governer of Pretoria, from his nephew Percy, dated with Gen. Harts Force, Potchestroom, September 11th, 1900, imploring him to get him a job in Pretoria, anywhere away from General Hart (General Sir Reginald Hart V.C. 1848-1931) '....We are now under Mad Hart & he truly is mad & if you don't make a frontal attack, you are left in a kopje & he forgets you for 12 hours...I have never been so beat in my life...' ; and two other letters describing Boers and conditions in the field. (3)
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