We had to read DDD in school. Didn't know about Spion Kop. I still wear rhodies in the summer and have a Man Among Men Rhodesian army recruitment poster tshirt.
I showed it to my FiL. He walked on that hill in the fifties, and remembers seeing bandages and bullet-casings. Arid environment. Once the moisture is gone, the stuff just keeps lying around. Not much wild-life to carry off the /prizes/. I expect the bullet-casings are gone now, from foot-traffic up there.
The Boer trenches became mass-graves for the Brits.
Nah Spionkop
We had to read DDD in school. Didn't know about Spion Kop. I still wear rhodies in the summer and have a Man Among Men Rhodesian army recruitment poster tshirt.
I met an 'expat' dude from Rhodesia once, he was very emotional about what happened there.
Anyway, enjoy The Anglo-Boer War: The True Story of the Battle of Spion Kop
Rhodesia got overtaken. Was once a great country. Will watch video.
I showed it to my FiL. He walked on that hill in the fifties, and remembers seeing bandages and bullet-casings. Arid environment. Once the moisture is gone, the stuff just keeps lying around. Not much wild-life to carry off the /prizes/. I expect the bullet-casings are gone now, from foot-traffic up there.
The Boer trenches became mass-graves for the Brits.
I remember Angela Ripon carefully pronouncing Moo-Gah-Bay, and the BBC presenting the man as 'our guy' because he had gold-rimmed spectacles.
It is frightening to see the Imperialists/globalists/oligarchs/crown? trying it on in Europe and the ME, now.