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Postcard-Colenso battlefield 13 years 5 months ago #3361

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Colenso battlefield,showing the late Lieut.Roberts Monument and the position of the only two guns saved.




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"From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us."
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Re: Postcard-Colenso battlefield 13 years 5 months ago #3366

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Sadly, the site looks very different today. It is overshadowed by a slag heap left by the now defunct power station at Colenso. The town itself and its infrastructure have decayed to a shocking extent.

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Re: Postcard-Colenso battlefield 13 years 5 months ago #3373

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That is sad news, particullary about the town.

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Sadly, the site looks very different today. It is overshadowed by a slag heap left by the now defunct power station at Colenso. The town itself and its infrastructure have decayed to a shocking extent.

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"From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us."

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Re: Postcard-Colenso battlefield 13 years 5 months ago #3441

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Managed to aquire another postcard of the Colenso battlefields.
This one has a Natal Colenso postmark March 06 and addressed to Mrs E Sweeney 2nd Mounted Infantry Harrismith Kings Hill.







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