"The Boer War: An Excellent documentary

[Watchdog]

Let's toss a bumper down our throat, -
Before we pass to Heaven,
And toast: "The trim-set petticoat
We leave behind in Devon."

It does have a rhythm to it, doesn't it? What I like about this one, and what's interesting to me, is that if you're reciting it aloud, you could put the emphasis on different words in each line, and it would still work.

For instance:

Let's toss a bumper down our throats...

or

Let's toss a bumper down our throats...

Well, anyway, it's interesting to me.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

I just read a great book about this:

Hero of the Empire

Could not put it down

That looks like a good one. Didn't he leave his Broomhandle Mauser on the train but got it back much later? I didn't make clear before that his escape was not mentioned in the documentary but I read it somewhere.

 

[Texas Star]

That looks like a good one. Didn't he leave his Broomhandle Mauser on the train but got it back much later? I didn't make clear before that his escape was not mentioned in the documentary but I read it somewhere.

Churchill wrote later that his Mauser C-96 was recovered from the train and "I have it by me now" as he wrote back in England. He described its use in the cavalry charge at Omdurman in, "My Early Life." (Published in 1930)

"Man at Arms" had an excellent article some years ago on his handguns. These ranged from a Wilkinson-Webley Model of 1892 to to his Colt .45 auto, bought in 1915. Yes, it in in .45 ACP, not in .455 auto caliber. And in 1951, Colt presented him with a Commander .45.

Jay Framer-

The word Boer doesn't refer to a boar, nor is it pronounced the same. Nor are all Boers/Afrikaaners farmers, although at one time, most were landowners and farmers.

In both the parent Dutch and in Afrikaans, "Boer" just means farmer.

Some examples of whom you may have heard include Paul Kruger, a statesman whose head is on the gold coin bearing his name (Krugerrand) , RAF ace "Sailor" Malan, actress Charlize Theron, and VS models Candice Swanepoel and Behati Prinsloo (Levine). Malan got the nickname of Sailor, as he was in the Merchant Marine prior to joining the Royal Air Force. I believe he was the brother of Daniel Malan, an architect of apartheid. If memory serves, that began in 1948 and ended in 1995.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Churchill wrote later that his Mauser C-96 was recovered from the train and "I have it by me now" as he wrote back in England. He described its use in the cavalry charge at Omdurman in, "My Early Life." (Published in 1930)

"Man at Arms" had an excellent article some years ago on his handguns. These ranged from a Wilkinson-Webley Model of 1892 to to his Colt .45 auto, bought in 1915. Yes, it in in .45 ACP, not in .455 auto caliber. And in 1951, Colt presented him with a Commander .45.

Jay Framer-

The word Boer doesn't refer to a boar, nor is it pronounced the same. Nor are all Boers/Afrikaaners farmers, although at one time, most were landowners and farmers.

In both the parent Dutch and in Afrikaans, "Boer" just means farmer.

Some examples of whom you may have heard include Paul Kruger, a statesman whose head is on the gold coin bearing his name (Krugerrand) , RAF ace "Sailor" Malan, actress Charlize Theron, and VS models Candice Swanepoel and Behati Prinsloo (Levine). Malan got the nickname of Sailor, as he was in the Merchant Marine prior to joining the Royal Air Force. I believe he was the brother of Daniel Malan, an architect of apartheid. If memory serves, that began in 1948 and ended in 1995.

What do Charlize Theron and Hally Berry have in common? They are both African American women who won best actress Oscars.

 

[5-Shot]

How 'bout some Enfields.....303?

If you read the book you'll probably only want a Mauser...although I did get an Enfield too.

Ed

 

[M1A]

I watched the first two episodes on the YouTube last night.
Thanks!
A well done doc.

 

[ChuckS1]

If not for the Boer War, Boy Scouts probably would not have been founded. There's your homework assignment for the evening.