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THE GREAT BOER WAR. 
are of great use in checking the movements of the enemy. 
[In October, 1901, an attempt was made by General Louis 
Botha to invade Natal by way of Zululand. His advance 
was stopped at Itala, where he was defeated after a desperate 
äght with great loss of life on both sides. 
Large Concentration Camps for the free housing, 
maintenance, and general welfare of the Boer women and 
children who have been rendered homeless and destitute by 
the war have been established by the Imperial Government 
in several districts of the Orange River Colony and Trans- 
vaal, and in Cape Colony and Natal. 
Amid all the sorrow and suffering which this war has 
caused, we have the consoling thought that, however defec- 
tive our preparedness for such a war was at its beginning, 
$he courage of our men has never been questioned. “Proud 
England ” has kept “ untamed the strong hearts of her sons.” 
Our soldiers and sailors, home-born and colonial, are as 
brave as they were in the days of Wellington and Nelson. 
Neither lapse of time, nor change of clime, has sapped the 
courage of the race. 
The blood shed for Freedom in South Africa by the men 
of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Cape Colony, and Natal, 
will bind these states by stronger ties to the Empire for 
which their sons have fought so well. And when the last 
embers of rebellion are stamped out, the Boer will learn to 
value the freedom and the justice which are his under the 
sheltering Flag of England, and the soul of goodness 
which is in things evil will shew itself in a happy contented 
people, and in a peaceful and prosperous South Africa.