Welcome to part 2. In my previous post I related how we arrived at Pilanesberg and about a close encounter with an elephant. So after breakfast we decided to go on a game drive. For a full list of posts in this series please click here. Please remember to visit this website for more information. Please do join…
Read MoreIn 2014 my sister, Karin, brother, Hawie, sister in law, Lindsay and I went to Pilanesberg Game Reserve. It is close to Sun City in the North West Province. Lindsay is American and we wanted to introduce her to South Africa. We stayed in Safari Tents at the Manyane Camp. The first evening we arrived there…
Read MoreThe Martini-Henry rifle Mk.II has a single shot hinged-block action.The stock is of a two-piece design with the secured by means of a threaded longitudinal bolt passing through it and accessed for tightening by removing the -plate. This bolt screws into a socket into the rear of the receiver.The fore-end is attached to the barrel…
Read MoreBaden Powell got his fame from two totally differently accomplishments. While he were serving in the British Army during the Boer War (1899-1902), he led the defense of Mafikeng for 217 day’s against a greatly outnumbered 1,200 Boers he became a hero. In 1907 when Baden-Powell learned that his text book ‘Aids to scouting’ (1899)…
Read MoreSurely the normal monetary and postal system of the time existed during these time. But to understand why it was changed is closely knit with the understanding of Baden-Powell. Please read the biography of Baden Powell to understand better. It is open for discussion if his popularity has gone to his head. He received many…
Read MoreApart from the daily skirmishes of which can be read in the day to day reports from the diaries there were a few major battles. 1.What a waste of dynamite. On the morning of the 13th October Baden Powell used a locomotive to push out 22,5 tons of dynamite 15km to the north with the…
Read MoreBaden-Powell‘s leave here or starve here policy. The month of January were a bad month for the Garrison, the food were running low. At the start of the siege Baden-Powell calculated that he had enough food for the white garrison to last at least a month (until Feb..). Supplies for the Africans that meant their…
Read MoreAbaham Stafleu was born on 26 November 1870 an Leiden, Holland. Trained as a teacher and marries Christina Noest on 24 November 1894.Comes to ZAR 8 January 197 to a school at Kuilfontein in the Marico district. His wife died with the birth of their first child a son called Abraham Johannes Christiaan 29.12.1899. Stafleu…
Read MoreAlthough the Boer Mauser is almost identical to the Spanish Mauser Model 93, there are minor differences. The Boer Mauser has often been referred to as a Model 95, Model 96 or Model 97, depending on the date inscribed on the receiver. The model’s designation is more an indication of date of manufacture than of…
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