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Subject: style of tents in the british army in 1879. Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:03 am
Hi all
How was it different style of tents in the camp at Isandhlwana ?
Cheers
Pascal
barry
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Subject: Tents at Isandlwana Sat Jan 28, 2012 6:53 pm
Hi Pascal, To my knowledge the most used tent in the AZW was the "bell" tent. This tent, as implied by it's name was round, standing at the single central pole some 2,5m high. Verical side walls were about .6m. This tent slept some 8 - 10 men. Normally white canvas was used. I wil look for pictures of these tomorrow , which I will send to you, and from them you will be able to gauge more accuratley sizes and proportions. For larger gathering the marquee tent was used. These had many different sizes.
regards
barry
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Subject: Re: style of tents in the british army in 1879. Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:23 pm
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Subject: Re: style of tents in the british army in 1879. Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:05 am
http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=173&start=15 Source: Victorian War Forum.
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Subject: Re: style of tents in the british army in 1879. Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:32 pm
Good evening DB14
There did not say any more figurines are large is more beautiful ...
Cheers and thank you
Pascal
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Subject: Re: style of tents in the british army in 1879. Sun Jan 29, 2012 3:41 pm
Good evening and thank you Old Historian
Good for tents is starting to become good, question is whether those of this kind there were all the same size and how many soldiers they could hold, because there are differences on the forum about this, after all I've read today ...
And to think also rectangular tent ...
There is not to say the color photos of reenactors can help, thank you again ...