Film Zulu: Colour Sergeant Bourne: It's a miracle. Lieutenant John Chard: If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle. Colour Sergeant Bourne: And a bayonet, sir, with some guts behind it.
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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Bournemouth Guardian - Saturday 29 November 1913
Tig Van Milcroft
Posts : 86 Join date : 2022-02-21
Subject: Re: Colonel Mansel's memories of iSandlwana Sat Sep 24, 2022 10:35 am
Thanks for that, interesting insight, imagine bumping into him after his retirement in a pub and having a chat over a pint or three.
gardner1879
Posts : 2831 Join date : 2021-01-04
Subject: Re: Colonel Mansel's memories of iSandlwana Sat Sep 24, 2022 2:46 pm
Hi Tig Hypothetically, bearing in mind how inaccurate some of the survivors accounts appear to be after we have pulled them apart, what would happen if you did sit down in a pub supping a beer with an iSandlwana or Rorke's Drift survivor and listen to their story. Would you have the bottle to tell them they were wrong? I'm sure if you did, you would be met by a withering, angry stare followed by a Vietnam response of "How the hell do you know, you weren't there man" Just a little thought. Kate
Tig Van Milcroft
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Subject: Re: Colonel Mansel's memories of iSandlwana Sat Sep 24, 2022 3:14 pm
Hi Kate, a lot of the answer depends upon whether it was one pint or three and whether or not we got on the Whisky course.
There are times to speak and others to listen. I think, no hope, at least until pint four I would be listening. Judging by Mansel's experiences I think Isandlwana would only be a part of the experiences he could recount.
It is one thing to challenge accounts in the dry pages of history another to listen to an account from the horses mouth true or embellished and nay say them. To "you were not there", there is no answer.
gardner1879
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Subject: Re: Colonel Mansel's memories of iSandlwana Sat Sep 24, 2022 3:23 pm