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Medals to the 10th Mountain Battery, RGA 11 years 1 day ago #24210

Frank Kelley Offline Senior Member Posts: 6763 Thank you received: 963	Yes, indeed a superb medal, I can see why you would have wanted it.
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Medals to the 10th Mountain Battery, RGA 11 years 1 day ago #24213

coldstream Topic Author Offline Moderator Posts: 2056 Thank you received: 215	Ian, Thank you for your kind comments. Cheers Paul LinneyI wrote: Paul A good touch; medal with illustration of incident location! Medal is certainly in lovely condition. IL. "From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us."
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Medals to the 10th Mountain Battery, RGA 11 years 1 day ago #24214

coldstream Topic Author Offline Moderator Posts: 2056 Thank you received: 215	Thanks Frank Cheers Paul Frank Kelley wrote: Yes, indeed a superb medal, I can see why you would have wanted it. "From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us."
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Medals to the 10th Mountain Battery, RGA 11 years 19 hours ago #24222

Frank Kelley Offline Senior Member Posts: 6763 Thank you received: 963	They must certainly have stood out on the "Nek" in their blue puttee's, quite frankly though, it's their poor animals that I feel sorry for, having to carry those wretched little guns!
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Medals to the 10th Mountain Battery, RGA 11 years 7 hours ago #24237

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Frank,
It is little wonder they ran away given the chance.

Paul

Frank Kelley wrote: They must certainly have stood out on the "Nek" in their blue puttee's, quite frankly though, it's their poor animals that I feel sorry for, having to carry those wretched little guns!

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

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Medals to the 10th Mountain Battery, RGA 11 years 7 hours ago #24238

coldstream Topic Author Offline Moderator Posts: 2056 Thank you received: 215	I found this picture in an edition of "Under the Union Jack"dated Nov 11th 1899 No10 Mountain battery "The captured Battery where mules stampeded" Paul "From a billow of the rolling veldt we looked back, and black columns were coming up behind us." Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: djb
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