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Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite his age and a painful eye infection, President Kruger leaves Pretoria by train for the Natal Front
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- 30 Sep 2019
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- 01Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa.
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, February 17). Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite his age and a painful eye infection, President Kruger leaves Pretoria by train for the Natal Front. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074497
South African History Online (2012) 'Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite his age and a painful eye infection, President Kruger leaves Pretoria by train for the Natal Front', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074497 (Accessed: 25 October 2026).
South African History Online, Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite his age and a painful eye infection, President Kruger leaves Pretoria by train for the Natal Front [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074497, (accessed 25 October 2026).
"Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite his age and a painful eye infection, President Kruger leaves Pretoria by train for the Natal Front." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074497. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Anglo-Boer War 2: Despite his age and a painful eye infection, President Kruger leaves Pretoria by train for the Natal Front." South African History Online. February 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074497.
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