The presence of women in our laager was a great hindrance to me in my work. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years' War] Reference
The white minority will be even more of a minority, trapped in their "laager". From Wordnik.com. [PROGRESS OF LIBERATION OF AFRICA CANNOT BE STOPPED] Reference
A Volkstaat would be a "laager" from which Afrikaner culture and identity could contribute to South African society. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The NNP claims that the choice is between its co-operative governance with the ANC or retreating with the DA into a "laager" of minorities. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But the English had fortified their position in the night with ditches, palisades, and a 'laager' of wagons. From Wordnik.com. [The Red True Story Book] Reference
Infantry Volunteers garrisoned the convent laager. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
At each corner of the laager there hung an arc light. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
The night was passed at Mount Prospect, and a laager made. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
It was a fine position for a laager, and well hidden away. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
The laager seemed to him, by comparison, a haven of refuge. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
The Boers had also a force estimated at 3000 in laager near Komati. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Colonel Rochford attacked a small Boer laager between Pretoria and. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
We returned to the laager well supplied with clothes and foodstuffs. From Wordnik.com. [In the Shadow of Death] Reference
When I got back to the laager Commandant Wessels was there, off-saddled. From Wordnik.com. [In the Shadow of Death] Reference
There were twelve thousand men in the camp and eight hundred in the laager. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
Then rode out to surrendered burghers 'laager and held service in Dutch, fully. From Wordnik.com. [With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back] Reference
Some scampered away to their laager on the Nek, and from thence to other kopjes. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
At daybreak on the 13th, we located a Boer laager some five miles out on the plain. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference
Two-thirds of them spoke English, as nearly all in this laager were from Heidelberg. From Wordnik.com. [Impressions of a War Correspondent] Reference
One of these attacks took place while the force was in laager, on the 25th of October. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
The following day the British laager was attacked by a horde of Zulus, who were routed. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
In a laager in the remote distance 500 more Boers were reported to be hidden in reserve. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
He had assumed this sort of disguise and managed to secure a horse from near the laager. From Wordnik.com. [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference
When the end ridge was gained and the guns captured, the enemy's laager was close in sight. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
These hills were held by the enemy, while their laager was situated on the connecting ridge. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
An armoured train got within about 1500 yards of a Boer laager three miles south of Crocodile Poort. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
The laager was inclosed by a high wire fence which we were forbidden to approach within four feet of. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
The patient stated that the shot was fired by a man he recognised in a laager 150 yards distant from him. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
I'll bet you fifty pounds to five you have never put your head inside a Boer laager in war time in your life. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front] Reference
In war time the Boer never, under any circumstances, makes his laager in the open country if there are any kopjes about. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front] Reference
One other advantage of these wagons, the possibility of converting them into an excellent laager, is not to be underrated. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
They patrolled the four-foot lane that enclosed the laager and wandered up and down it, their tongues out, always on the alert. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
British prisoners, of whom Simmons and I were the only Canadians, all shoved into two huts in the middle of the usual barbed-wire laager. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
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