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Date	Original Topic
21st January 2003	Curlings escape By Melvin Hunt In the telling of his escape from Isandlwana, Curling says that when the firing line broke the gunners trotted back to the camp and found that it was in possession of the enemy who were killing the men AS THEY RAN OUT OF THEIR TENTS. Why would they have been in the tents as the battle had been raging for some time by now?
Date	Replies
24th January 2003	Julian Whybra I presume that this refers to the plethora of non-combatants, non-24th men, staff, sick, etc., and those not on duty.
24th January 2003	Julian whybra Hi sorry if this repeats, i had a glitch on my pc. Melvin, i presume that this refers to the many non-combatants in camp at the time - staff, cooks, waggon drivers, contractors, sick, those off duty, etc etc.