A German Officer of the Boers

Subject: A German Officer of the Boers Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:38 pm

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Source: Los Angeles Herald, Number 92, 31 December 1899

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Adolf Schiel photographed by Jan van Hoepen

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Hi All,

Indeed.
I dont know how deep this mans hate of the English was, as his grandson, lives very happily today in south east England with his English wife.

regards

barry

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Falkirk Herald 12 August 1903

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I agree that you have to be very careful with this kind of jingoistic reporting. It says more about the British than it does the "continentals" that supposedly hated us. The anti German sentiment reached its climax a few years later during WW1 and was very ugly indeed. There is nothing new about "Fake News" or "little Englanders".

Steve

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Aberdeen Press and Journal 08 January 1902

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Penny Illustrated Paper 28 October 1899

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"Captain Schiel, the German, who was wounded and captured at, Elandslaagte. had not only been the artillery adviser of the Transvaal Government, but during the Zulu War of 1879 he held a similar position under Cetewayo. He had always shown, the most, fanatical hatred of England, and after the battle of Ulundi. closing the Zulu campaign, the British Government offered a thousand guineas for his capture."

Gloucestershire Echo - Monday 27 October 1924

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