The Soldiers Resting Place Memorial Day Reflections
A poem returns to a battlefield graveyard where gray and blue foes lie undisturbed by time. The speaker hears distant melodies and notes how peaceful nature now blankets the scarred landscape. The verse honors fallen heroes and recalls the memory of war amid tranquil summer winds.
Pretoria as Boer last ditch question in Transvaal war
In a debate over the Transvaal crisis, two prominent promissory voices discuss Pretoria as the Boers’ potential final stand. The piece outlines Boer defenses, British strategy, and the looming siege, with references to Generals Roberts, Buller, and Joubert, and speculates on Pretoria’s impregnable fortifications and strategic role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Meoon
Orange Free State
Pretoria
Geeht Hattle
England
Lord Saliabury
Lord Roberts
Great Britain
Posal
Dodienes
Cape
Suallsbury Verdon Devin
Amnather
Gutaerghs Baller
Africa
Mafeking
Yule
Ladysmith
White
Kimberley
Free State
Lord Methuen
Modder River
Buller
Gatucre
Stormberg
Lords Roberts
Kitchener
Little Bobs
Joubert
Bloemfontein
Roberts
Lst
Bobs
Drakenberg
Durbin
Johannesburg
Elandsfontein
Pretoria-Delagoa Bay
Botha
de Wet
Rand
South Africa
Johannesbureg
Kruger
Cape Town
Durban
Delagoa Bay
Transvaal
Law Courts
Europe
Plevna
Paris
Sevastopol
United States
Berlin
Nataly
Paul Skhruger
Thomas HH
Jamieson
Eclipse of the Sun and the Lost Astronomer
An ancient Babylonian predates modern science by predicting a total solar eclipse, chronicled in Mitchel's The Orbs of Heaven. The tale contrasts the triumph of human inquiry with the erasure of a scholar's name, leaving only his monument and achievement.
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Ormsby McKnight ‘Mitchel
Hell
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Burlington
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