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The Boer War

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According to post #1 in this thread they are British casualties. Since it is Spionskop it seems more likely they are indeed British casualties of war.

Yes, that is one of the shallow trenches the British soldiers managed tp scrape out on the top of Spion Kop ... if you go visit the site, they used the trench as a mass grave later and just filled it in covering the dead and it's lined with white painted stones ... very eery place indeed.


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At right, W. Churchill as prisoner of war.
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W. Churchill joined the British army in 1893 and developed a keen interest in war correspondence. Some of his early literary works were reports on various military campaigns. This led Churchill to work as a war correspondent for The Morning Post, in which he was to cover the occurrences of the Anglo-Boer War in S. Africa. Soon after his arrival in South Africa, he accompanied a scouting expedition on an armored train. The train was ambushed by the Boers and on 15 November 1899, Churchill was captured and imprisoned in a Prisoner of War (POW) camp. He managed to escape, and with the assistance of an English mine manager, made his way to Delagoa Bay. Hailed as a hero in England, Churchill then joined the army that marched on Mafikeng. On his return to England, he published a volume on his experiences during the war in South Africa. Later, Churchill turned his attention to politics, winning a seat in Parliament in the 1906 general election.

The up pic show Churchill as prisoner of war: "Three days after the attack on the armored train, Churchill arrived in Pretoria, the Boer capital, with the other British prisoners of war. Surrounded by curious Boers eager to see the new prisoners, he glared back at them with unconcealed hatred and resentment. Although he respected the enemy on the battlefield, the idea that average Boers would have any control over his fate enraged him.”

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