Manuscript letter from Capt O T Webber, Royal Engineers, written from Bloemfontein to his family in Kellyville, during the Boer War, 5 May 1901.
Capt Webber is getting more hopeful that the war will soon end as over 5000 Boers have been captured since the beginning of the year. He is also excited by the comet that they can currently see in the morning sky.
From a collection of letters and other papers from Capt Oswald Webber, Royal Engineers, to his family from 1895 to 1901.
Associated with the Boer War (1899-1902).