The fifth column

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Hi all

To do, what condition was the uniform of the 80 th of the fifth column ...

Ragged or not ?

Cheers

Pascal the Rascal

Guest

You do not like the stories of ragged uniforms ?

Very important, however, because people have a very wrong idea of the appearance of British imperial infantrymen in this war, they see them, nice and clean as new pennies...

Subject: Re: The fifth column Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:24 am

Pascal,

A parade of the 80th in Pretoria in about 1877/8. Looking very smart indeed. A shame it was photographed from the front.

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80th Regiment, Pretoria post 1877.
John Young Collection

Fifth Column? I thought we were dealing with the Anglo-Zulu War rather the Spanish Civil War, best you stop reading Hemingway or quoting General Mola!

John Y.

Subject: The Fifth Column Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:46 am

Hi John
I to thought Pascal meant '' fifth column '' then realised he's talking of number 5 Column commanded by Hugh Rowlands
90th .

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Thank you John and 1000 Bravos!

But I do not speak of the fifth column in France in 1939/40 but the No. 5 Column of the Colonel H.Rowlands ...

There may be a Zulu fifth column in the NNC !

The company of the 80 th has been shaking on the Intombi Drift , has fought the pedis in 1878 before the Zulu war ?

The infantrymen who fought the Pedis in 1878, should have their uniform shredded for their return, right ?

Cheers

Pascal

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Congratulations Grand Marsupial, you'll become translator of Bretonglish !

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