For the first time in centuries, the sword of the Gorsedd bards was unsheathed at Merionethshire in Wales and the chief bard "invoked the blessing of God on British arms in South Africa, and announced that the sword would not be sheathed again till the triumph of the forces of righteousness over the hordes of evil".
Boer troops fighting at Ladysmith attempted a raid on British positions resulting in 1,000 British casualties.
The German ship Herzog was seized by the HMS Thetis on suspicition that it was carrying supplies to the Boers, which it was not.
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