Film Zulu Quote:Lieutenant John Chard: The army doesn't like more than one disaster in a day. Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead: Looks bad in the newspapers and upsets civilians at their breakfast..
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Posts : 95 Join date : 2010-01-10 Age : 70 Location : Taunton
Subject: Re: War is so bad for the tax payer. Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:20 pm
From 'Narrative of the Field Operations connected with the Zulu War of 1879' :-
Approximate Costs of the Zulu War 1879:- £ Army: net cost over normal expenditure 1/08/1878 to 30/09/1879 4,395,528 Naval transports 700,000 Stationery 2,500 Cost of raising and movement of funds 39,845 Colonial Gov Natal: total war expenditure 85,986 Colonial Govt Transvaal: war expenditure and materials taken and used 6,464
Total 5,230,323
JohnB
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-25 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: War is so bad for the tax payer. Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:37 pm
Quote :
5,230,323
Lot of money in those days
Aidan
Posts : 45 Join date : 2010-08-18 Age : 66 Location : Perth Westen Australia
Subject: Re: War is so bad for the tax payer. Mon Nov 01, 2010 12:16 pm
littlehand wrote:
Quote :
5,230,323
Lot of money in those days
Especially when 300 PA was considered to be more than a good income
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