BOTHA’S BOOTY.
A SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY. (Received Aug. 11, 12.20 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 10. One of tho last discoveries of General Botha’s troops in German StrathWest Africa was 27,000 rifles packed in cases, and also parts of a large number of machine guns and an enormous quantity of ammunition, which had been landed a few weeks before the outbreak of the war. This adds point to die Wet’s Admission that he was marching to the German border to obtain ammunition.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4005, 11 August 1915, Page 5
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79BOTHA’S BOOTY. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4005, 11 August 1915, Page 5
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