After losing amiably in the 1899 General Elections, Winston Churchill knew better than waiting idly. He found another war to join. The British in Cape Colony at the southernmost tip of Africa had started fighting with Dutch Boers (Farmers). Although the British had captured the Republic of Transvaal twenty years ago, The Dutch had recently armed themselves and denied the rights to the British Uitlanders. The British troops were ordered to the Transvaal border to ensure …showed first 75 words of 470 total…

…showed last 75 words of 470 total…a minute. Finally after 3 tiring days he was out of the Dutch territory. He got off the train at the capital of Portuguese east Africa and immediately went to the British Consulate. There he enjoyed a hot bath, a good dinner and told the world of his escape using the telegraph. After that he returned to the British territory. A cheering crowd greeted him at the Dock at Durban. His escape made him a hero.