THE FIRST TWO MEETINGS IN 1990 TAKE PLACE AS DETAILED BELOW IN THE DU TOIT ROOM OF THE ATHENAEUM 154 CAMPGROUND ROAD, NEWLANDS,AT 8 P.M.
(PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING
IS BEING HELD A WEEK LATER THAN USUAL)
"SOLDIERING IN THE MIDDLE-EAST IN THE NINETEEN-SIXTIES", a talk by CAPTAIN DAVID CHRISTIE, a former regular officer in the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
"THE BATTLE OF THE NILE (ABOUKIR BAY)", a slide-illustrated talk by MR. BOB LIGHTLEY on the battle in 1797 in which Napoleon Bonaparte's dream of conquering the Mediterranean, and India, was shattered by the actions of a British naval officer, Horatio Nelson.
Mr. Lightley is internationally renowned as a shipping authority, whose intricately detailed historical models covering a range of several centuries have not only been displayed in South Africa but abroad as well.
BOTH MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO NON-MEMBERS
PAUL LANGE CHAIRMAN
Telephone nnnnnnn after hours.
VICE-CHAIRMAN: Major Antony Gordon (telephone mmmmmmm after hours)