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Estcourt 7 years 9 months ago #47011

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While sorting through files that survived my last great 'clean-out' I came across the cartoon below. I cannot remember where it originated. The residents of Estcourt must have been relieved that their town proved to be "uncrackable".

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An important part of all that soldering



Source: Forbes' 19th Century Battles
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Titled 'Trying to heliograph into Ladysmith from Estcourt'

That would be a distance of 48km.

Is there line of sight between these two places?

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Boer prisoners arrested on the railway line neat Estcourt, brought up for examination at General Murray's headquarters

Source ILN 16 December 1899
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'The British camp at Estcourt
Whence the first advance was made to the Tegula'

Source: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/3...the-union-jack#93318
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