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Dear Cuan
I'm so pleased someone is visiting the site. I've never heard mention of Mrs Mentz's letter, though this forum is a good place to enquire. I don't know about his relatives. (To eliminate one dead-end, a Mr Fanie Mentz farmed about 2 km east of the site (south of Hambrook) but his family only bought that farm in the 1940s. Fanie is recently deceased, and he had no knowledge of Veldkornet Mentz or the action nearby.)
I don't know if you are referring to my article in the Mil Hist J or my book The Spioenkop Campaign. If you don't have a copy of the latter, you can buy one from Three Trees lodge and it should provide plenty of ideas for other routes to wander. Start with Three Tree Hill (start at the lodge, with permission) or the Boer trench line on Platkop to Green Hill, though then you'll need permission from the land owner, Alan Green. Send me a PM if you want to correspond.
RD

Thank you so much for the prompt reply Dr. Davidson. The reference to the letter from VK Mentz's wife is in the account by Churchill and is in your write up in the Military History Journal. I have attached a snip.
Mentz was from the Heilbron area so would imagine any descendants would most likely still be in that area.
I am new to this portal, so please guide me on how to PM you. I wish to provide other details which you might find to be of interest.

Cuan, sorry to have written clumsily - I meant that I have not come across mention of the actual letter, for example in an archive or collection. To send a Private Message you should see a link towards the top right of your screen. Another way is to click on my name and look for the option to Write Private Message. Third way is to click on the overlapping balloons under a member’s name on the left of the screen.
Good luck!
Rob

Hello Dr Davidson.
I tried to PM you. Please would you kindly check if it came through to you.
Regards Cuan

Hi Cuan, ja got it - check your inbox for my reply! Let’s move over to emails - send. me yours asseblief !
Rob

Excellent. cuanwatkins@gmail.com