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War dispatches from the front and home front
General French and General Gatacre push Boers around Colesburg and Cyphergat with reinforcements aiding the advances. British and Canadian troops escort loyalists from Douglas after Pilcher’s withdrawal. The German ship General seized at Aden prompts Berlin commentary. Farewell demonstrations ripple through Canadian cities as troops head to Halifax. Winnipeg field artillery reaches Kingston completing C battery. Commissioner Herchmer returns to Regina with ranch gift horses.
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French
Colesburg
Gatacre
Cyphergat
Buller
Methuen
Modder
Tugela
Douglas
Pilcher
General
Aden
Berlin
Britain
Broadway Drill Hall
Winnipeg
Halifax
Itch