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An English troop carrier, the Birkenhead with Robert Salmond as captain, carrying reinforcements for the 8th Frontier War, runs
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, February 17). An English troop carrier, the Birkenhead with Robert Salmond as captain, carrying reinforcements for the 8th Frontier War, runs. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074419
South African History Online (2012) 'An English troop carrier, the Birkenhead with Robert Salmond as captain, carrying reinforcements for the 8th Frontier War, runs', South African History Online, 17 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074419 (Accessed: 29 September 2026).
South African History Online, An English troop carrier, the Birkenhead with Robert Salmond as captain, carrying reinforcements for the 8th Frontier War, runs [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074419, (accessed 29 September 2026).
"An English troop carrier, the Birkenhead with Robert Salmond as captain, carrying reinforcements for the 8th Frontier War, runs." South African History Online, 17 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074419. Accessed 29 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "An English troop carrier, the Birkenhead with Robert Salmond as captain, carrying reinforcements for the 8th Frontier War, runs." South African History Online. February 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074419.
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