Pulliene and Melville relationship.

Posts : 249 Join date : 2013-06-01

Thanks for the information 90th - I didn't know that!!!!!
Do you think they lost the colours in the river, or do you think the Zulus on the Natal side chucked their bodies and the colours (the damning evidence) back into the Buffalo, to try to disguise the fact that it was friendly zulus who had killed them?

Subject: Pulleine and Melvill relationship Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:25 am

Hi Kopie .
I believe the Colours were lost , not dumped in the river , Melvill and Coghill were found a fair distance from the river and had climbed a steep hill before they were killed , they were not tossed back into the river . agree

Cheers 90th.

Posts : 249 Join date : 2013-06-01

Wow, thanks.
Therefore, their bodies were found, minus their excuse - the colours.

Subject: Pulleine and Melvill relationship Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:42 am

Hi Kopie .
If you use the search box on the left hand side you'll be able to read quite a bit on Melvill and Coghill , including finding their bodies and the subsequent burial . agree

90th

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