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Foreign attaches 10 years 8 months ago #13167

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Can anyone find the QSA entitlement for the Norwegian, Johannes Praetorius Dahl? I cannot find him on the rolls.
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Foreign attaches 10 years 8 months ago #13168

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I would have been pleased to attend having checked the places at the table first of course, would not be keen to be seated to close to the Baron! :sick: :sick: :sick:

djb wrote: Wouldn't it have been wonderful to attend this dinner:

AN OFFICIAL DINNER AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

On Tuesday, March 20th, Lord Roberts entertained the following Military Attachés, accredited by the Great Powers to his staff, at dinner at Government House:

Colonel Stakovitch, Russia; Commandant d'Amadi, France; Major Esteben, Spain; Captain Baron V. Luttwitz, Germany; Captain Slocum, America; Captain Hieroka, Japan.

There were also invited the following to meet the distinguished guests: Lieut. General Sir H. Colvile, Lieut. General Kelly-Kenny, Major General Sir W. Nicholson, Major General Pretyman, Major General Wood, Major General Marshall, Major General Pole-Carew, Major General Gorden, The Very Revd. Dean of Bloemfontein, The Honble. Mr. J. G. Fraser; the Private Secretary; the Military Secretary; Major General Kelly, Colonel Richardson, Mr. Justice Hopley, Colonel Stevenson, Colonel Viscount Downe, Lieut. Colonel Otter, Captain Bearcroft, Lieut. Colonel Ricardo, Colonel H. C. Cholmondeley, Colonel Lord Stanley, Reverend H. J. Coney, Lieut. Colonel Byron, A.D.C., Captain Lord Herbert Scott, A.D.C.

After the Queen's health had been drunk, Lord Roberts, in a happy little speech in which he proposed the health of the foreign Attachés, said that he had much regretted while in Capetown not having been able to entertain the Attachés, but now he felt some satisfaction at not having been able to do it, as he was able to entertain them as comrades, while at Capetown they would only have been representatives of foreign Powers. He had often been distressed at seeing the Attachés undergoing many discomforts on the march. But it had shown him that they were officers devoted to their duty, and regardless of all discomforts. He had not heard complaint or murmur of discontent at their want of comfort, in fact, the only complaint made was one to Lord Downe in which Attachés represented to him that he, with a regard for their personal safety, had not allowed them to go as close as they could wish to the passing line. It had been a great pleasure to see them there that night, and he hoped before long to be able to entertain them again in Pretoria.

Colonel Stakovitch, the Russian Attaché, replied, saying how pleasant it had been for him and his comrades to accompany the British Army on their great and successful march. He thanked the Field Marshal for his kindness and courtesy to them, and wound up by proposing the health of Lord Roberts and his army, to which Lord Roberts made a suitable reply.

The band of the Buffs played a selection of music during dinner.

The Austrian Attaché was unavoidably absent, having left on a short visit to Capetown.

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Foreign attaches 10 years 8 months ago #13169

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David,

If I remember rightly Kinberg's group was in the Spink ABW centenary sale.

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From Bonham's Russian Sale last month:
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A jewelled gold samorodok presentation cigarette case
Gabriel Niukkanen (Nykänen), St. Petersburg, 1899-1908
rounded rectangular with hinged compartments for cigarettes, matches with striker lid and tinder winding mechanism, the lid applied with red and green gold initials for Ivor Herbert, opening at cabochon thumbpiece to reveal engraved signatures, 56 standard
length 9.7cm (3 13/16in).
Sold for £6,875 inc. premium
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PROVENANCE:
Major-General Ivor John Caradoc Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen
Thence by descent

Roughly ten years after leaving St. Petersburg where he served as Military Attaché, Herbert was posted as Assistant Adjutant General with the South African Field Force during the Boer War. There he was put in charge of Foreign Representatives at Army HQ from 1899-1900. He is cited in the Cape Times Weekly Edition of 17 January 1900 as having arrived from Durban on January 14th with foreign military attachés from the front. The piece goes on to list that Colonel Ivor Herbert was to sail the following day on the Harlech Castle bound for Capetown in the company of Colonel Slocum (US), Baron Lottritz (Germany), Captain Trenimel (Austria), Colonel Stackhovitch (Russia), Captain Hiruka (Japan), Major Gentillius (Italy), Major Estaben (Spain), Comte A. Damade (France).

These names conform to the signatures inside the proposed cigarette case and are likely to have been presented to Herbert to commemorate the mission.


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Justin,

What a nice piece.

Courtesy of Spink, here are the images for Captain A G H Kinberg, Swedish Army:



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Hi everybody
Somewhere there must be a photo of Major Aziz Bey : wish I could trace it!
He must have been quite a character, as is evident from the 2-page extract from "High Pressure" by Col Lionel James.
The other reference to him that I found is from "Twice Captured" by the Earl of Rosslyn. Would someone be so kind as to translate his French comment on the Boers.
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