" en banderole " ???

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Hi all

Anyone know if the 91 th soldiers at Gingindhlovu Have Fought With Their blankets " en banderole " or not ?

They wore them or not?

Cheers

Pascal

Subject: Re: " en banderole " ??? Mon Nov 04, 2013 5:20 pm

Pascal,

Personally, judging by Fripp's drawing of Gingindlovu, which was worked-up into a Graphic engraving, I would say no.

This was something that done on the march. There is the well-known photograph of the 91st in line-of-march. The 57th also adopted the same idea.

JY

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Bonsoir et merci John

Therefore after you, if I understand a little the English language, In campaign , their walked with their blankets " en banderole ", but not fighting with, ditto for the 57 th ...

Cheers

Pascal

Posts : 2558 Join date : 2009-04-06 Age : 62 Location : UK

FPascal you may find this interesting.

Historical records of the 91st Argyllshire Highlanders, now the 1st Battalion Princess Louise's Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, containing an account of the Regiment in 1794, and of its subsequent services to 1881 (1891)

Zulu War pages 259-298

https://archive.org/stream/historicalrecord00goffuoft#page/258/mode/1up

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Merci

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