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| Tango01 | 04 Nov 2020 8:39 p.m. PST |
" 'Zulu Frontiersman' is the edited memoirs of George Dennison who served in a variety of colonial units in South Africa at the end of the 19th century and after. It covers his experiences in all the major conflicts of the period including the Anglo-Zulu Wars and the Boer Wars. While being born in the Cape Colony, he lived for most of this period in the Boer territories, the frontier states often in conflict with their African neighbours and Imperial expansion. He fought with the Boers in volunteer units and despite his Imperial sympathies respected them as friends and neighbours. As he put it; "Good folk, but the superstition of ignorance ruled them strongly". During these early conflicts, he got himself into some tight spots including being held for execution by the Swazis. Escaping captivity became something of a theme. Of some interest to me, he fought with a Captain Campbell who served with the Turkish army during the Shipka Pass battle in the Russo-Turkish War. Some soldiers of the period certainly got about…"
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