The South African
Military History Society

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Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krygshistoriese Vereniging

Military History Journal
Vol 18 No 6 - June 2020

Cover photographs

Front Cover illustration

Inside back cover illustrations:

Photographs from Post Retief
Taken in 1993 by Richard Tomlinson

From NE, showing N wall in Foreground, inside
of loopholed W wall and buildings against
W Wall (Commissariat Store and Stable)

View E along N wall from NW corner, to
Bakery & Meat Stores & Yard
(Brick house on left is a later extension)

From NW, with N gateway on right and
buildings against inside of N perimeter wall.
(from L Officers Stables, Officers Kitchens
and Commissariat Quarters and Stores).

Looking N along E wall to NE Angle Tower
(Officers privies).

Looking through doorway of building
on N side towards SE corner of fort.

Building against N wall note zinc roof
with zinc strips on triangular wood rolls.
(Contractor Room).

Back Cover illustration

Cemtery after reburials
Copyright CWGC

Original cemetery photograph
Long shadows lie across the Trekkopjes cemetery,
now cared for by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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