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    The Armoured Train Incident
    The Armoured Train Incident
    The Armoured Train Incident
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    The Armoured Train Incident

    By Kathy Stewart

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    On 15 November 1899, near the start of the Anglo-Boer War, an armoured train manned by British soldiers and containing a young British journalist named Winston Churchill ground its way towards Chieveley in the misty hinterland of Natal, South Africa. The Boers, those fearsome, brave Afrikaner farmers known for their horsemanship and marksmanship, had proved to be a fearsome and formidable force. So as the train steamed along the track, the soldiers were well aware that the often
    elusive enemy could strike at any time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKathy Stewart
    Release dateNov 10, 2014
    ISBN9781310712265
    The Armoured Train Incident
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    Kathy Stewart

    Kathy Stewart was born in South Africa, and now lives on the Gold Coast, Australia. Her manuscripts, [The] Chameleon [Factor] and Race Against Time, were shortlisted and longlisted respectively for the 2010 CWA Debut Dagger Award in the UK. Another historical mystery, The Mark of the Leopard, is in the pipeline.

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      The Armoured Train Incident - Kathy Stewart

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      Kathy Stewart

      The Armoured Train Incident

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      Wednesday, 15th November, 1899

      Senior Combat General Louis Botha stood up in his stirrups and peered into the thick mist blanketing the veld. His horse shifted beneath him and tugged at the reins held loosely in his hands. The sound was unmistakeable. Then the trail of smoke barrelling into the air told him he was right. The shape rumbling out of the white swirls, puffing black breaths into the leaden skies, gradually solidified.

      This was indeed most fortunate. When Botha and his patrol had set off that morning, their expedition was only meant to be for reconnaissance, to see if and when they could attack Estcourt. And then this – the armoured train huffing importantly towards them through the sodden early morning air, the light still grey with the sun barely peeping over the horizon. The train rattled over the trestle bridge spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, heading north.

      The burghers waited behind the shelter afforded by the hills overlooking the railway line and watched as the train chugged slowly past. Close-up – so close they could smell the soot and glimpse the faces of the men inside the armoured carriages – the noise

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