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    Bear

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    1. I got another Boer War letter. This guy has terrible handwriting. :banger:

      General Charles Parsons (3 sept 1901)

      My dear Segrave,

      Yours of 16th August reached me at _________ on Sept 1st as I was coming down here from the north on my way home on 3 months leave which the Chief has been _________________ You have done alot of work since I saw you and fully deserve your promotion which I hope before long will make you C.O. of a Battalion_______________ Things are bad in this neighborhood - Last month I was shut up for a week in _______ all road communications blocked by Scheepers Commandos and in the absence of mobile columns the local troops could only act on the defensive - I made a dart out with 16 men on the 30th august and fortunately got through all right. Spear left for ____ in May and White is doing_____ work at_____ and Sawyer is at Cradock and O'meara is at Johannesburg as______. ______ Scheepers lot was last heard of near ____ dam and People here are getting dissatisified at the way these Boers move about with impunity. It is very difficult to catch them - very mobile and keep to the mountains. Be sure and look ______________ Military Club ___________________ ....

      thanks,

      barry

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