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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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Posts : 7507 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 73 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Alfred Boast reports Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:19 pm
Some interesting files Document 104 of 145 DEPOT NAB SOURCE CSO TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 894 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 1883/580 PART 1 DESCRIPTION A BOAST. REPORTS THAT HE ARRIVED AT ISANDHLWANA ON THE 10TH INSTANT AND THAT HE HOPES TO HAVE ALL THE BONES BURIED IN THREE WEEK'S TIME FROM THE DATE OF HIS LETTER. STARTING 1883 ENDING 1883
Document 105 of 145 DEPOT NAB SOURCE CSO TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 897 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 1883/867 PART 1 DESCRIPTION A BOAST. REPORT AS TO THE PROGRESS MADE BY THE PARTY UNDER HIS COMMAND IN BURYING THE DEAD AT ISANDHLWANA. STARTING 1883 ENDING 1883
Document 106 of 145 DEPOT NAB SOURCE CSO TYPE LEER VOLUME_NO 899 SYSTEM 01 REFERENCE 1883/1078 PART 1 DESCRIPTION ALFRED BOAST. IN CHARGE OF ISANDHLWANA BURIAL PARTY, FORWARDS REPORT, COPY OF DIARY AND PLAN WITH ACCOUNTS OF ISANDHLWANA BURIAL PARTY. STARTING 1883 ENDING 1883 REMARKS T1883/332, CE1883/861.
90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Alfred Boast Reports Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:32 pm
Hi Springy I still cant get any photos to appear on my screen which are posted here , so I'm not sure if these Boast reports are the same as the one's I posted a couple of years ago ? . Cheers 90th
littlehand
Posts : 7086 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 51 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: Alfred Boast reports Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:38 pm
90th try uninstalling and re-installing you web browser. Or changing web-browser. What are you using at present to search the Internet ?
John Young
Posts : 2099 Join date : 2013-09-08 Age : 64 Location : Lower Sheering, Essex
Subject: Re: Alfred Boast reports Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:36 pm
90th,
What Springy has posted are just the search references from the National Archives of South Africa, there are no images on the search results.
John Y.
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7507 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 73 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Alfred Boast reports Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:03 am
Sorry 90th AS Ive said on a different string. Ive been spending a fare amount of time in the archives and while looking for some specifics I have been coming across little snippets that I thought may stimulate a bit of forum interest
90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Alfred Boast Reports Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:33 am
Hi Springy . I take it you were in the Archives yesterday ? , probably a good thing being there instead of Centurion Park ! . LOL. I know you have a thick skin , you may need to become Pachyderm if day 1 is any indication of what may befall you in this series . Hahahhahhhhha , sorry , couldnt resist and all that . 90th
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7507 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 73 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: Alfred Boast reports Thu Feb 13, 2014 5:18 am
He who last laughs.....................................
90th
Posts : 10089 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 64 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Alfred Boast Reports Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:45 am
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