| Notes: | Hobhouse, Brunt of the War: p.53 Letter, Miss Ellie Cronje, Worcester, to Miss Hauptfleisch p.54 Daughter of General Cronje. Farm was three hours from Winburg. Describes repeated visits of British to the farm and looting of the house, as well as insults from the British. p.55 Eventually they are rounded up, house burnt and they are sent into Winburg where they have a house, but they are not allowed to stay there. Subsequently they were told that they could go into camp in Bloemfontein, or they could go to the Colony. p.57 'At Winburg there were a number of families less fortunate than ourselves, who were obliged to crowd together; they received food from the military, but were without any comforts for the little children, the sick, and the old women. These people had been able to bring nothing with them. One of these women, in my presence, told the military that when she tried to save some of her children's clothing, the soldiers threw these back into the flames. Another woman had with her twins of five months old, children of her daughter, who had died soon after their birth - when sent in she had asked for milk for these children, but it was not given her.' p.58 Cd 524 records the farm (Welgelegen, Winburg district) as being burnt on 18 September 1900. |
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