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WWI: Only three SA officers and 140 men march out of Delville Wood. Six days earlier, on moving in, the strength of the brigade
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- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 3, p. 638
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 13). WWI: Only three SA officers and 140 men march out of Delville Wood. Six days earlier, on moving in, the strength of the brigade. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088453
South African History Online (2012) 'WWI: Only three SA officers and 140 men march out of Delville Wood. Six days earlier, on moving in, the strength of the brigade', South African History Online, 13 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088453 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, WWI: Only three SA officers and 140 men march out of Delville Wood. Six days earlier, on moving in, the strength of the brigade [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088453, (accessed 25 September 2026).
"WWI: Only three SA officers and 140 men march out of Delville Wood. Six days earlier, on moving in, the strength of the brigade." South African History Online, 13 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088453. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "WWI: Only three SA officers and 140 men march out of Delville Wood. Six days earlier, on moving in, the strength of the brigade." South African History Online. July 13, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0088453.
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