tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post3010442184961670600..comments2024-03-27T20:35:24.546-04:00Comments on My Daily Kona: The incompetant commanders of the Boer WarMrGarabaldihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-72611063646026269772018-02-23T12:00:41.435-05:002018-02-23T12:00:41.435-05:00Awesome sauce post! I have to +1 on Aaron. Garbage...Awesome sauce post! I have to +1 on Aaron. Garbage in, garbage out. Momma Fargohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17625178164224513103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-89119685252429852712018-02-22T19:30:49.724-05:002018-02-22T19:30:49.724-05:00Hey Old NFO;
Like I commented on Aarons post...Hey Old NFO;<br /><br /> Like I commented on Aarons post, the British Soldier is stalwart and determined, their officer corp have been either brilliant or inept. The lessons learned or not learned showed up in WWI. And for that matter from the American Civil War, and the European armies were still hung up on linear tactics.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-2346064091196603622018-02-22T19:20:15.639-05:002018-02-22T19:20:15.639-05:00Hey Aaron;
I noticed that...The British Soldie...Hey Aaron;<br /><br /> I noticed that...The British Soldier were stalwart and determined, but their officers were Hit and Miss, I keep thinking of the battle of Singapore where thanks to the incompetence of their officers, 80,000 British soldiers were marched into POW camps of the Japanese and many died there because of the malaise of their officers.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-74141662824692988942018-02-22T19:18:35.424-05:002018-02-22T19:18:35.424-05:00Hey Murphy;
Thank you and the lessons learned...Hey Murphy;<br /><br /> Thank you and the lessons learned through that war and didn't learn showed up again in WWI.MrGarabaldihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05768774166065615995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-35941484306785281232018-02-22T18:06:21.940-05:002018-02-22T18:06:21.940-05:00Aaron beat me to it... Their tactics 'sucked&#...Aaron beat me to it... Their tactics 'sucked' to put it mildly, and they refused to learn from it.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-22887460126981594982018-02-22T14:41:10.938-05:002018-02-22T14:41:10.938-05:00The Brits certainly have had a longstanding tradit...The Brits certainly have had a longstanding tradition of being " Lions led by Donkeys"!<br /><br />An inbred officer class will do that to you. Very nice post indeed.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146728790019377401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1444550425694584077.post-23231562010247065162018-02-22T08:03:07.105-05:002018-02-22T08:03:07.105-05:00Well-written indeed. And on behalf of my ancestors...Well-written indeed. And on behalf of my ancestors...OVS forever!!Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.com