tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post5310021456746585400..comments2023-12-07T16:02:04.056-08:00Comments on Woza Mark: 2008. Boer War Ghosts of Canterbury's SonsMark JS Esslemonthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-13907555739778157652009-11-29T13:04:52.077-08:002009-11-29T13:04:52.077-08:00Received an email from an Amanzimtoti priest inqui...Received an email from an Amanzimtoti priest inquiring about Boer War concentration camps in Durban and Pinetown.Mark JS Esslemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6048488460945517673.post-8590181774531752722008-09-25T19:53:00.000-07:002008-09-25T19:53:00.000-07:00Email from an Auckland expat about the Boer War Ho...Email from an Auckland expat about the Boer War Horse memorial, Port Elizabeth, SA:<BR/><BR/>"I seem to think that it had a trooper kneeling next to a horse and giving it water from his helmet [bucket]... <BR/><BR/>Regarding the enteric fever aspect, read that Cronje and others threw dead horses into the rivers flowing toward British encampments and this was a source of the fever and typhoid, which also took its toll on the Souties. The Imperial Forces lost almost 20 000 to disease and about 8000 from lead poisoning."Mark JS Esslemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749586039279026148noreply@blogger.com