WINBURG  , a See also:

• TOWN

town in the See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange See also:

• FREE

Free See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State, 90 M . N.E. by See also:

• RAIL

rail of See also:

• BLOEMFONTEIN

Bloemfontein . Pop . (1904) 2762, of whom 1003 were whites . It is built by the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of a tributary of the See also:

• VET

Vet affluent of the See also:

• VAAL

Vaal, and is a trading centre for a large See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain and See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral See also:

• DISTRICT

district . It is joined to the See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk railway from 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 to the See also:

• TRANSVAAL

Transvaal by a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch See also:

• LINE

line from Smaldeel, 28 m . N.W . The town was founded in 1837 by Commandant H . See also:

• POTGIETER, EVERHARDES JOHANNES (1808-1875)

Potgieter, one of the voortrekers, and was named by him in See also:

• COMMEMORATION

commemoration of a victory gained over the See also:

• MATABELE (" vanishing " or " hidden " people, so called from their appearance in battle, hidden behind enormous oxhide shields)

Matabele See also:

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

chief Mosilikatze . It became the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of a quasi-See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• BOER

Boer state, which included considerable areas See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the Vaal . In 1848 the town and district were annexed to See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain and thereafter followed the fortunes of the Orange See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty (see ORANGE FREE STATE) . In the Boer See also:

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

War of 1899—1902 Winburg was one of the Boer centres in the See also:

• GUERRILLA (erroneously written " guerilla," being the diminutive of the Span. guerra, war)

guerrilla fighting which followed the fall of See also:

• PRETORIA

Pretoria .