Vulgar words in The Relief of Mafeking - How it Was Accomplished by Mahon's Flying Column; with an Account of Some Earlier Episodes in the Boer War of 1899-1900 (Page 1)
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Only the shortest horse rations can be carried, and even at the best, a fortnight's continuous work of this kind will so knock up a good horse that he must have three months' rest before he can be of any further use.
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Two teams of mules were knocked up, and more will follow if this goes on.