"On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something to eat after his escape from Pretoria the night before. The manager, John Howard, hides him in the underground stables of the mine, and slips him into a goods truck destined for Lorenço Marques six days later, from where he sails to Durban to enjoy a rousing welcome as hero." (Bulpin: Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa, p.224).
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South African History Online. (2011, December 9). ”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070917
South African History Online (2011) '”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something', South African History Online, 9 December. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070917 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).
South African History Online, ”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070917, (accessed 28 August 2026).
"”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something." South African History Online, 9 Dec. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070917. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something." South African History Online. December 9, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0070917.
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