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Lord Chelmsford Said .Buller is ‘one of the finest soldiers of the century’, so modest and reticent –that it was difficult to say for what individual deed he had got the Victoria Cross as he had been doing acts worthy of it all along the line
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This is a composit of 5 seperate photos, shows the battlefield in all its glory from Durnfords Donga ( group of buildings on the left ) to the Nyoni ridge on the right.
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90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: The Battlefield Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:27 am
Great work springy , just shows the distances involved . Cheers 90th.
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7507 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 73 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: The Battlefield Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:03 pm
I like this shot in particular, it puts the battlefield firmly into scale
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90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: The Battlefield Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:25 pm
Hi Springy . I agree 100 % , I think it's a wonderful picture , well worth framing . What are the chances of you getting a few printed up and possibly selling them ? . Cheers 90th
free1954
Posts : 174 Join date : 2012-02-16 Location : northeast usa
Subject: Re: The Battlefield Sun Aug 11, 2013 1:41 pm
very nice sir. thanks for posting. from that distance the mountain does resemble the sphinx.
Cromwell
Posts : 27 Join date : 2013-07-28 Age : 58 Location : Northampton, England
Subject: Re: The Battlefield Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:26 pm
Nice Photo, have you any close-ups of the hill itself. I would like to see the cave where a soldier fought till the last, I cant imagine the fear going through his mind as he fired his last.
littlehand
Posts : 7086 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 51 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: The Battlefield Mon Aug 12, 2013 12:30 am
Posts : 7507 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 73 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: The Battlefield Mon Aug 12, 2013 9:32 am
It is debatable who was the last man standing.: uMhoti was eating sugar and watching Chelmsfords men returning ( should give an idea of the time) in the distance when he was started by a shot from the slopes of Mahlabamkhosi. "A soldier had been lying there ans seeing a zulu approach, fired at and killed him, and then made a run for it;but was soon overtaken and speared."
Possibly this was the last man?
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90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: The Battlefield Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:02 am
Hi Springy . Form where did you find that snippet ? . Cheers 90th.
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7507 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 73 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: The Battlefield Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:06 am
Its cropped up a couple of times, easiest is the Big Silver book page 89. I have his original statement some where.
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90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: The Battlefield Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:16 am
Thanks Springy , I read the book a couple of years ago but didnt remember that . Cheers 90th
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7507 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 73 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: The Battlefield Mon Aug 12, 2013 10:45 am
There is no real consensus as to which is the right cave. This one is above the final Younghusband position. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
This one is the oposite end of the mountain [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
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