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Subject: [BOER-WAR] BOER BRITS.
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 04:31:32 EST


I have been reading The National Army Museum Book of The BOER WAR by Field
Marshal Lord Carver ISBN 0 283 06333 5. He mentions that 13,300 people
from Natal and the Cape plus 800 foreigners joined the Commandos. There was
also a Foreign Corps 2,120 strong which included 500 Irish, 320 Dutch, 200
Germans, 100 Scandinavians, 75 Italians, 50 French, 50 Americans, and 25
Russians. This list is from page 14 of the above book published 1999. I
presume that the Irish, and Cape and Natal people (or many of them) were
British.

Hope this helps

JOHN CRONIN (Christchurch Dorset)

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