laager

• Now if Lord Methuen could have sent out a light column westward from Boshof to the rear of the laager, and also held the enemy in front with the remainder of his force, he might with good fortune have bagged the whole Boer force, which he knew from my information to be weak in guns. —  The Relief of Mafeking How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900
• Two-thirds of them spoke English, as nearly all in this laager were from Heidelberg. —  Impressions of a War Correspondent
• Find out where his wagon is in the laager, and then wait till the sentry's asleep, and crawl out of this thing, and nobble the lot Rubbish Not it! —  A Dash from Diamond City
• Here they made their laager, and it was plain that the fighting would consist either of descents by the Burghers on the kraals, or of attacks by the Kafirs upon the hills. —  Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories
• He generally had his sons or brothers with him in the same laager, and to a Boer there was always much joy in this. —  With the Boer Forces

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