MIDDELBURG  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal, 98 M . E. by See also:

• RAIL

rail of See also:

• PRETORIA

Pretoria, and 251 M . W. of Louren90 Marques . Pop . (1904), 5o85—of whom 2343 were whites . It is prettily situated op the high veld, 5090 ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, on one of the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head streams of the Olif ants See also:

• RIVER

River . Middelburg is the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief town of an administrative See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the same name, and is a trading centre for a large See also:

• DISTRICT

district . It is also the centre of one of the richest See also:

• COAL

coal-See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa . From some of the adjacent collieries excellent See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam coal is obtained . See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

Copper and See also:

• COBALT (symbol Co, atomic weight 59)

cobalt are found in the neighbourhood . Middelburg was chosen in 1901 as the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference for See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace negotiations between the See also:

• BRITISH

British and the Boers . After the occupation of Pretoria in See also:

• JUNE

June 1900 by See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• ROBERTS, DAVID (1796-1864)
• ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS, EARL

Roberts the See also:

• BOER

Boer forces had been reduced to guerilla warfare, and Lord See also:

• KITCHENER, HORATIO HERBERT KITCHENER, VISCOUNT (1850- )

Kitchener, learning that the Transvaal commandants were despondent, invited See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• BOTHA, LOUIS (1862- )

Botha to enter into negotiations, on the basis of the recognition of British See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty .

The conference between Lord Kitchener and General Botha was opened on the 28th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February and the negotiations, which ended in failure, were protracted until the 16th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March (see TRANSVAAL: See also:

• HISTORY

History, § The See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1899-1902) . Middelburg is also the name of a town in the Cape See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

Province, South Africa, 250 M . N. by W. of See also:

• PORT

Port See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . Pop . (19o4), 6137 .