Baden- Powell's Butterflies
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Topic: Baden- Powell's Butterflies
Posted By: Nick1986
Subject: Baden- Powell's Butterflies
Date Posted: 22-Oct-2011 at 20:59
During the Boer War, Robert Baden-Powell did a bit of spying disguised as a butterfly-collector. The pattern on the wings of the "butterflies" he sketched actually marked out Boer fortifications and gun emplacements. Other sketches of fortresses were disguised as leaves and even an intricate stained-glass window ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
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Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 23-Oct-2011 at 19:10
 Here's another "butterfly," actually a fort built into the high ground ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2011 at 19:17
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The text of Baden Powell's life as a spy can be found http://pinetreeweb.com/bp-adventure02.htm - here . He was a remarkable individual, despite fighting on the side of the aggressors ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |
Posted By: Centrix Vigilis
Date Posted: 24-Oct-2011 at 20:47
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A very interesting, complex and brilliant man. ------------- "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" S. T. Friedman Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it's probably true' |
Posted By: Nick1986
Date Posted: 17-Jul-2012 at 19:57
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Stained glass window, or map? http://www.krepcio.com/vitreosity/archives/002195.html - http://www.krepcio.com/vitreosity/archives/002195.html ------------- Me Grimlock not nice Dino! Me bash brains! |