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Roberts (Lord Frederick Sleigh), Proclamatie. Aan de Inwoners van de Oranje Rivier Kolonie. Nademaal eene waarschuwing volgens proclamatie uitgevaardigd werd op den 1sten Juni 1900, dal alle personen de wapens dragende tegen Hare Majesteit binnen de Oranje River Kolonie, blootgesteld zouden zijn om als rebellen te worden behandeld en nademaal het gelast werd dat alle wapens en ammunitie overgegeven moesten worden; Nu Derhalve, Ik Frederick Sleigh, Baron Roberts van Kandahar..., Translated [loosely]: Proclamation. To the residents of the Orange River Colony. Whereas following a proclamation issued on 1st June 1900 that all persons bearing arms against Her Majesty in the Orange River Colony would be regarded as rebels, and whereas it was ordered that all arms and ammunition should be surrendered; Now therefore I, Frederick Sleigh, Baron Roberts of Kandahar..., published Bloemfontein, 1900, broadsheet poster, old folds with fraying, some chipping and fraying to margins with slight loss, professionally restored, slight spotting, backed with archival tissue, on the verso is a contemporary note in blue pencil 'taken out of a deserted Boer farm', 630 x 505 mm, offered with Herfst (J.J.), Post Kaart van den Oranje Vrijstaat, published W.A.Wright, Bloemfontein, circa 1900, lithographic map, old folds with fraying and slight loss, margins and old folds strengthened on verso, 400 x 450 mm This proclamation was one of many issued during the Boer Wars and this example was published during the second phase of the second Boer War, two days before Roberts considered the war over and England victorious. History proved him to be overly optimistic as a vicious guerilla war continued for another two years (the third phase). The Orange Free State had been annexed on May 28th 1900 and renamed the Orange River Colony. The stipulations of the proclamation can be seen as a prelude to Kitchener's 'scorched earth' policy which was ruthlessly activated during phase three. (2)