... Somali troops on the run Ethiopia claimed fresh gains against Somali forces in the Horn of Africa war and its troops were rzgorted grouping today for a major thrust Oft Iclals In Addis Ababa stopped short of ranking their latest military success as the ...

... SOUTH AFRICAN •WAR VETERANS Annual Service at Burton Parish Church The veterans of the South Africa, War held their annual chinch paradt to Burton Parish Church on Prior to the service the parade, which included members of both the men', and women's sections ...

... soldier and was pro- to act as Commander-in-Chief Mated rapidly. there. But in 1900 he was recalled to .., war broke out in Afghanis- South Africa. War had broken . on India• 's north . west out once again and the Boers Trootier. The local tribesmen were ...

... veterans who attended the annual service of the Birmingham and Midland South Africa War Veterans Association — the only remaining service in the country for those who fought the war at the turn of the century. Although the number of old soldiers was small ...

... ief of the But in 1900 he was British Army. recalled to South Africa. War had broken out once again, and the Boers were ad- When he retired, his invancing towards the British terest in war and soldiers strongholds. But Roberts was continued. In 1914, ...

... Division. On the outbreak of the 1914-18 war he proceeded to France with the Battalion. He was through the Retreat from Mons and served with the 80th all through the war, being one of the very few who did so. During the war he obtained his commission for service ...

... always employed on of the aid industry andte; work at Kingsbury a when the pits were still privately owned. He In Africa during World War II and was arrtied . ti, Military Medal. ...

... Mandela gets ‘ ’ : war war mn% ANC leader Nelson Mandela wound up a triumphant three-day election roadshow in the right-wing heartland of the Orange Free State. 4 But in th~ conservative town Lichtenburg in the Western Transvaal a white neo-Nazi leader ...

... in 1917 %Own in France: • _ _ - He joined the 3rd Kin in 1909 at :he 18 and posted. tc Africa. When war 1914 he transferro battle front. After being injured the war. he Ina the Military Mounted and was attached to t Division when *coral .the Croixcle ...

... at Derby. From there he volunteered for service in the Boer War and was drafted out to South Africa. and up to the time of his death he was a member of the local branch of the South Africa War Veterans' Association. After demobilisation, Mr. Bull coin- ...

... of Macbeth in only three weeks during 1948. Raid on Rommel— Stars Richard Burton. In North Africa during World War 11, a British officer releases prisoners of war and leads them in an assault on Tobruk. Released in 1971. ...

... other day, he came across “ A Soldier's Thoughts,” composed on a midnight guard duty while serving with the R.AF. in Africa during the war. And what were a soldier's thoughts? ° Naturally, they were thoughts of home. ...