Boer war

[mikkel]

I was curious how many british soldiers wer killed and Dutch(I cant rember if it was the dutch or not) were killed(includeing concentration camps) I am not being snoty just curious thanks.

[Jason The Argonaut]

The Boer War South Africa, 1899-1902

Take a look a this web site mikkel all you need to know will be there.

http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/index.html

[mikkel]

thanks. :infinity: :infinity: :infinity: :infinity: :infinity: :infinity:

[RobT]

anyone see where louis therou (spelling) went to see the boers and stay with them in south africa? brilliant program, was on uk horizons a few times

[Dmanton300]

anyone see where louis therou (spelling) went to see the boers and stay with them in south africa? brilliant program, was on uk horizons a few times

That was the one where he managed to get an interview with Eugene Terre-Blanche wasn't it? Scary man, my respect for Louis Theroux rose after that encounter, it was a brave thing to do, Terre-Blanche is a dangerous man.

[Jason The Argonaut]

anyone see where louis therou (spelling) went to see the boers and stay with them in south africa? brilliant program, was on uk horizons a few times

RobT how long ago did you see that programme ?, sounds interesting.

[Aldo]

Did anyone see the one about the white supremesists the other week? It was very scary and VERY funny at the same time. One woman had her daughters singing about the fuhrer or something and at the end of the song they stood to attention and did the szeeg hail thingy.

[Jason The Argonaut]

Did anyone see the one about the white supremesists the other week?

I did Aldo, what about those two young girls singing white supremacists song's that was a bit worrying. What about when they found out that Louis was a Jew . Well he didn't say that he was jewish, but I think he is.

[Sisyphus]

I did Aldo, what about those two young girls singing white supremacists song's that was a bit worrying.

Worrying, yeah! But wasn't it so sad, too? Remember the bit about 'Blacks shoot whites in South Africa'? I wonder when they'll learn, if ever, about the obscenity of racial segregation and apartheid.

And I wonder, too, what they'll think when they find out Jesus wasn't a fair-skinned, blue-eyed, light-haired Robert Powell look alike. Who's going to tell them he was dark-skinned, probably had jet black hair and dark brown eyes? Oh, and he was brought up in the Jewish tradition.

[Aldo]

Sisy, they were probobly mormons. To them Jesus was a blond haired blue eyed texan and fed the five thousand with a huge chilli dog

I didn't know wether to laugh, cry, or hide behind the cushion while I was watching that. You have to hand it to louie though he is the king, who else would have the guts to go up to a 6 foot, paranoid, skin head nazi in his own home and ask him what he would do if you said you were jewish lol Someone give that man a medal, a better prog ne'er have I seen

[Jason The Argonaut]

Worrying, yeah! But wasn't it so sad, too?

It Was a bit, but if that's the way they are going to bring up their kids, then what can you do.

You have to hand it to louie though he is the king, who else would have the guts to go up to a 6 foot, paranoid, skin head nazi in his own home and ask him what he would do if you said you were jewish lol Someone give that man a medal, a better prog ne'er have I seen

He's got ball I'll give him that.

[BenChug]

Yeh mate its kinda funny as techincally they are 'christians' and 'hate' jews, but Jesus was jewish.

[Tab]

Just think, if there had not been a Boer War we would never had the Commando's, for it was from them that the name came.

[RDC]

a member of my family was the Commander in Chief in the Boer war, Field Marshall Frederick Slegh Roberts.

In 1893, Roberts left India for good. He returned to Britain to be made a Field Marshall and then commander-in-chief in Ireland from 1895 to 1899. His tenure there was cut short after the disastrous start of the Boer war, in which his only son was also killed. Such was his reputation that the public demanded that 'Bobs', as he was known, should be sent to deal with the Boers. He was duly despatched in 1900 with I'M A SCAMMER SPAMMER!!! as his Chief of Staff. He immediately realised that he needed to massively increase the number of mounted troops and to remodel the supply and transport system in order to beat the mobile and efficient Boers. He fought a reasonably successful series of battles leading to the entering of Bloemfontein and Pretoria. He left South Africa in October, not realising that the guerilla phase of the war would last as long as it did. He was awarded an earldom and the KG for his services in South Africa and became the last ever Commander in Chief until the position was abolished in 1905.

[Space Cadet]

lol.. if anyone cares.. my great (great great?) grandfather was in the boer war.. was a sargeant major in the engineers...

think i might be able to dig up some info in his diary.. although that might be in South Africa.. *shrugs*