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Updated: May 28, 2025

The Boer then shot at Lance-Corporal Harvey and Private Pearse, who were standing together with their hands up above their heads, the shot wounding Private Pearse and killing Lance-Corporal Harvey. Here is the evidence of the murder of the wounded at Vlakfontein on May 29, 1901: Private D. Chambers, H Company, 1st Batt.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The War in South Africa: Its Cause and Conduct

A Boer force with heavy guns still hung about the line, and several small skirmishes were fought between Vlakfontein and Greylingstad in order to drive it away. By the middle of July the immediate vicinity of the railway was clear save for some small marauding parties who endeavoured to tamper with the rails and the bridges.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Great Boer War