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Title: The Petticoat Commando
Boer Women in Secret Service

Author: Johanna Brandt

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Language: English

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THE PETTICOAT COMMANDO

Or

Boer Women in Secret Service

by

JOHANNA BRANDT

With Ten Illustrations

[Illustration: THE WRITER]

Mills & Boon, Limited
49 Rupert Street
London, W.
Colonial Edition
Published 1913

To
HANSIE'S MOTHER
AS A PEACE-OFFERING
FOR HAVING BROUGHT HER INTO PUBLICITY
IN DIRECT OPPOSITION
TO HER WISHES

FOREWORD

In introducing the English version of this book I venture to bespeak a
welcome for it, not only for the