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Not sure if this has been covered before. But did the troops carrying water purifying tablets or similar. Or was the water boiled or did they just collect water from the rivers and drink. ( I'm just thinking about water-born diseases )
Drummer Boy 14
Posts : 2008 Join date : 2011-08-02 Age : 25
Subject: Re: Drinking Water Mon Oct 31, 2011 7:12 am
Hi Dave,
My dad thinks that Water tablets where not around at that time. Boiling it seems the most likly way they cleaned it, however i think i remember an account from Hamilton-Browne who said that they had water from a stream that seemed brackish, but they drank it anyway.
Cheers DB14
90th
Posts : 10613 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Drinking Water. Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:46 am
Hi Dave / DB14 . I'm certain this has been covered but as always not sure where it is . I do remember posting something on this subject a while ago . cheers 90th.
impi
Posts : 2308 Join date : 2010-07-03 Age : 42
Subject: Re: Drinking Water Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:47 am
Posts : 10613 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Drinking Water. Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:24 am
Hi Impi. Thanks for finding the thread on Water / Waterbottle etc . Ian Knight covers the water aspect in his book ' A Companion To The AZW ' under the topic of disease . Someone who knows how to scan and post may do so for us that are computer challenged ................ Me being one firmly in that camp !!. cheers 90th.
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