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MILITARY OPERATIOXS IN SOUTH AFRICA 



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TAELt OF DISTANCES. 



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THE BRITISH ISLES 

 UN THE SAME SCALE 



Railway Opened 1,300 



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RAII.WAVS IN .SOITII AKRIOA 

 By courtesy of The Eiiginffrimj Muti'izine 



Mafeking to its present uortliern terminus, Bulawayo, 1,360 miles 

 from Cape Town. The midland section consists of a line from Port 

 Elizabeth (with a short branch from Port Alfred) to Norvals Pont, on 

 the Orange River, where it connects with the Orange Free State line 

 running north to Bloemfontein, and on through Johannesburg to 

 Pretoria. This road runs through the heart of the Boer Republics. 

 The eastern section runs from East London to Aliwal North, near 

 the Orange River. The western and midland sections are connected 

 by a line from De Aar, on the former, to Naauwpoort, on the latter ; 



