Nelspruit
noun
a city in NE South Africa, the capital of Mpumalanga province on the Crocodile River: trading and agricultural centre, esp for fruit, with a growing tourist trade. Pop: 21 541 (2001)
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The burgher, who had told me Nelspruit was in the hands of the enemy, must have dreamt it.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer WarBen Viljoen.
The Governments retreated by train to Nelspruit, and thence to Hectorspruit, the commandoes following by rail and road.
With Steyn and De WetPhilip Pienaar
It was reported on the 12th that Nelspruit had been cut off by the Boers and required assistance.
The Record of a Regiment of the LineM. Jacson