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Offline Prof.Witchheimer

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The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« on: 12 October 2009, 11:08:04 PM »






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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #1 on: 13 October 2009, 01:00:28 AM »
Guess who got my vote... :)
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #2 on: 13 October 2009, 11:00:08 AM »
Another very nice presentation ...
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #3 on: 13 October 2009, 12:44:27 PM »
Wow! What a story  :o

Thanks for posting Prof  :)

cheers

James
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #4 on: 14 October 2009, 07:51:13 PM »
oh I never thought that there where Scandinavien in the Boer war !!?!
cool now you wake my interest in the boer conflict .
Oh I see a new range of figures for my collection ,what figures do you use ?

one last thing to say nice report !

good work
Grimm
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #5 on: 16 October 2009, 01:57:13 PM »
Quote from: Grimm on 14 October 2009, 07:51:13 PM
oh I never thought that there where Scandinavien in the Boer war !!?!
cool now you wake my interest in the boer conflict .


You better believe it. Quite a few Germans to.
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #6 on: 16 October 2009, 07:37:46 PM »
Hammers wich book I have to read about the Boer war ?
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #7 on: 17 October 2009, 03:28:10 AM »
This story won my vote, but I must say that they are all good stories. Well done to all who entered.

Helen
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #8 on: 17 October 2009, 01:42:31 PM »
Every day is a school day for me on this forum. Well educated and entertained at the same time, bargain! Well done!   
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #9 on: 19 October 2009, 06:29:20 PM »
Quote from: Grimm on 16 October 2009, 07:37:46 PM
Hammers wich book I have to read about the Boer war ?

Sorry, not my area of expertise. The only book I have read about it is that one by Churchill (My Youth?) but it says little about the foe, just his own overrated self *ducks* :)
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #10 on: 19 October 2009, 08:06:24 PM »
WOW! that is really interesting, I need to start reading the colonial tales section. :o
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #11 on: 20 October 2009, 04:45:31 PM »
Many thanks for all your comments!

I really enjoyed this contest!
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #12 on: 17 November 2009, 10:53:04 PM »
Grimm, "The Boer War" by (Sir?) Thomas Pakenham is one of the best military history books I have ever read.  The author is the same guy who wrote "The Scramble for Africa."
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #13 on: 17 November 2009, 11:03:38 PM »
Interesting. I had no idea my countrymen fought for the Boers.

The flags on the photo is the old "union flags". 

Thanks Witchheimer!!!  :)
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Re: The Colonial Tales - The Heroes of Magersfontein (traveller)
« Reply #14 on: 18 November 2009, 10:04:55 AM »
Yes, it is a pretty interesting story, isn't? Although a rather foolish undertaking, from today's perspective.
There are a few stories like this about Swedish adventurers taking part in wars all over. It is for example pretty interesting to read about the Swedish Persian Gendarmerie was involved in the campaigns in Persia during WWI and after.

And then there is of course the notorious von Rosen family of fliers...
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