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The Bay State Monthly, Volume 1, Issue 1

Various, 1884. A Massachusetts magazine of history and biography, held for its local-history reporting on Boston and its neighbors.

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Various

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1884

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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Petticoat Commando: Boer Women in Secret Service This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: The Petticoat Commando: Boer Women in Secret Service Author: Johanna Brandt Release date: December 26, 2006 [eBook #20194] Most recently updated: January 1, 2021 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20194 Credits: E-text prepared by Jeannie Howse, Jonathan Ingram, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/c/) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PETTICOAT COMMANDO: BOER WOMEN IN SECRET SERVICE *** E-text prepared by Jeannie Howse, Jonathan Ingram, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/c/) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 20194-h.htm or 20194-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/1/9/20194/20194-h/20194-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/0/1/9/20194/20194-h.zip) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has | | been preserved. | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in this | | text. For a complete list, please see the end of this | | document. | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ THE PETTICOAT COMMANDO Or Boer Women in Secret Service by JOHANNA BRANDT With Ten Illustrations [Illustration: THE WRITER] Mills & Boon, Limited 49 Rupert Street London, W. Colonial Edition Published 1913 To HANSIE'S MOTHER AS A PEACE-OFFERING FOR HAVING BROUGHT HER INTO PUBLICITY IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO HER WISHES FOREWORD In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a welcome for it, not only for the light which it throws on some little-known incidents of the South African war, but also because of the keen personal interest of the events recorded. It is more than a history. It is a dramatic picture of the hopes and fears, the devotion and bitterness with which some patriotic women in Pretoria watched and, as far as they could, took part in the war which was slowly drawing to its conclusion on the veld outside. I do not associate myself with the opinions expressed by the writer as to the causes of the war or the methods adopted to bring it to an end, or as to the policy which led to the Concentration Camps, and the causes of the terrible mortality which prevailed during the first months of their existence. On these matters many readers will hold different opinions from the writer, or will prefer to let judgment be in suspense and to look to the historian of the future for a final verdict. We are still too near the events to be impartial. But this book does not challenge or invite controversy. Fortunately

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