Winston Churchill's name is known all over the world as a statesman, politician, and writer. From history books and autobiographies we can learn all the facts about his life, along with many interesting additions. For example, Churchill participated in the second Anglo-Boer war in Africa, as a War correspondent for Morning Post. According to biographies, he was captured by the Afrikaners, but later on he managed to escape. But it's surprising to find that contemporary media recorded this incident - in this case, it was the Nelson Evening Mail from New Zealand. In the 2nd January 1900 Issue you can find the following coverage:
"Lieut. Churchill's Escape
Lieut. Winston Churchill, the war correspondent of the "Morning Post," who has just escaped for the second time from the custody of the Boers, states that he managed to slip away from his guards at night, and by scaling a wall was able to get right away from them. He boarded a train which run from Praetoria to Delagoa Bay, just as it was moving away from the platform, and concealed himself under a number of coal sacks. A close search was made of the train at Komati Poort, the station at the boundary between the Transvaal and Portuguese East Africa, but he was not discovered. On arrival at Delagoa Bay he obtained passage by steamer to Durban. For several days he lived simply on chocolate."
And forty years later, he became the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and one of the greatest men in history.
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