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Sw. volunteers in the Anglo-Boer War & South Africa 1899-03 The Imperial Military Railway South Africa 1900- 1900 Crash mail, foreign postcard Ladysmith, Natal - Norway. Place Date *=cancel 1 penny, Foreign Ladysmith*, Natal 29.3 Train postcard (Natal) Jan. 1, 1893 - Feb. 1922. Cape Town, Cape 4.4 British mail Colony steamer Mexican Collision with 4.4 Mail was com- “WINKFIELD” pletely saved. Mexican sunk ! No loss of life. Cape Town 11.4 Br. mail steamer via Madeira 23.4 Tantallon Castle Southampton, UK 27.4 Train Norway was in union Trondhjem*, Norway 2.5 with Sweden 1814-1905. The S.S. Mexican left Table Bay on the 4th of April 1900 and col- lided with the British Boer War transport ship “S.S. Winkfield”. The Mexican sank 60 miles NNW Capetown but all 244 pas- sengers and crew were saved together with the mail. The British military recognised Railway lines had been damaged from the out-break of the war that by Boer units as they were forced the railways, because of the to retreat. IMR worked in close co- immense distances involved, operation with the British Army's would play a vital role. Imperial engineer units. Military Railways (IMR), with overall responsibility for the railways, was created on March 17, 1900. Duration: 1899-1903 Main area: Natal, Boer Republics Enemy: the Boer Republics Total Swedes & Norwegians: approx. 5