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Intombi 8 months 1 week ago #99878

Frank Kelley Offline Senior Member Posts: 6763 Thank you received: 963	Elmarie, Thankyou, that's very kind, I take it the panels are not original to monument and have been replaced at some point in the second half of the last century? Sincerely Frank
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Intombi 4 weeks 1 day ago #102919

Neville_C Offline Administrator Posts: 2092 Thank you received: 3558	A photograph I don't believe I have seen before. Taken from the Utrecht Commando's position (most shots of Intombi were taken from the slopes of Umbulwana). .. Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: Elmarie, Rory, Rob D, Moranthorse1, Sturgy
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Intombi 4 weeks 19 hours ago #102943

Rob D Offline Senior Member Posts: 1119 Thank you received: 1109	Good image, Neville! Why do you think Maurice got the site of the camp wrong? Or is that a Times History map? I’m in SA and away from my maps… Rob The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past. The following user(s) said Thank You: Neville_C
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Intombi 4 weeks 15 hours ago #102979

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It's beyond me. Intelligence maps (both Boer & British) show the neutral camp straddling the railway line, and Amery has it to the east of it. The Official History map is the only one I am aware of that (incorrectly) places the camp on the west side.

British Field Intelligence map prepared for the relieving force (surveyed by Capt. A. Kenney Herbert, F.I.D.; printed at Pietermaritzburg, 6 Dec 1899)