Butchered to Make a Dutchman's Holiday
by Harry "Breaker" Morant

In prison cell I sadly sit,
A d__d crest-fallen chappie!
And own to you I feel a bit-
A little bit - unhappy!

It really ain't the place nor time
To reel off rhyming diction -
But yet we'll write a final rhyme
Whilst waiting cru-ci-fixion!

No matter what "end" they decide -
Quick-lime or "b'iling ile," sir?
We'll do our best when crucified
To finish off in style, sir!

But we bequeath a parting tip
For sound advice of such men,
Who come across in transport ship
To polish off the Dutchmen!

If you encounter any Boers
You really must not loot Ôem!
And if you wish to leave these shores,
For pity's sake, DON'T SHOOT 'EM!!

And if you'd earn a D.S.O.,
Why every British sinner
Should know the proper way to go
Is: "ASK THE BOER TO DINNER!"

Let's toss a bumper down our throat, -
Before we pass to Heaven,
And toast: "The trim-set petticoat
We leave behind in Devon."

Movies

This issue I wanted to include a listing for period movies. This a second attempt at this, as last issue's listing was sabotaged by some trick of fate. Probably another plot by those Ancient gamers! I'm not going to comment on the quality or juxtaposition of this or that. You can judge for yourself. I recently have started to greatly increase my collection of movies, and I use two sources for this. First off: E-Bay -- enough said on that, as the site speaks for itself. Secondly, I use Belle and Blade. A little pricey compared to E-Bay, most times, but the titles are available here and now!!

Northern and Central Africa
The Wind and the Lion (1972)
Young Winston (1972)
Khartoum (1966)
The Four Feathers (British, 1939)
The Four Feathers (1977)
The Four Feathers (2002)
The Light That Failed (1939)
The Last Outpost (1935)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
The African Queen (1951)
Black and White in Color (1977)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Sanders of the River (British,1935
Out of Africa (1985)
The Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
Beau Geste (1966)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
Fort Saganne (French - 1984)
March or Die (1977)
Morocco (1930)
Under Two Flags (1936)
Legionnaire (1998)
Outpost in Morocco (1949)
Ten Tall Men (1951)
Desert Sands (1975)
The Desert Song (1953)
The Flying Deuces (1939)
The Road to Morocco (1942)
Desert Hell (1958)
Desert Legion (1953)
Lion of the Desert (Lybian/British,1981)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
King Solomon's Mines (1950
King Solomon's Mines (1985)
Trader Horn (1931)
Trader Horn (1973)
White Cargo (1942)
Slavers (1978)
Sundown (British,1941)
Guns at Batasi (British, 1964)
The High Command (British, 1937)
Dark of the Sun (1968)
The Hill (British, 1965)
The Wild Geese (1978)
Black Hawk Down (2001)

Southern Africa
Zulu (British, 1964)
Zulu Dawn (British, 1979)
Breaker Morant (1979)
Untamed (1955)
The Jackals (1967)
The Hellions (1962)
Rhodes (British, 1936)
The Naked Prey (1966)

India
The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
Gunga Din (1939)
Soldiers Three (1951)
King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Kim (1950)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
Black Narcissus (1946)
Flame over India (1959)
A Passage to India (1984, British)
Gandhi (1982, British-Indian)
Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
The Drum (1938)
Bengal Brigade (1954)
Storm Over Bengal (1938)
Conduct Unbecoming (1974)
The Deceivers (1988, British)
The Long Duel (1967, British)
The Adventures of Captain Marvel
Elephant Boy (1937, British)
Bhowani Junction (1956, US/British)
Elephant Walk (1954)
Bandit Queen (Indian,1999)
Carry on up the Khyber (1968, British)
Bonnie Scotland (1935)

China and the Far East
Lord Jim (1965)
Anna and the King (1999)
The Real Glory (1936)
Krakatoa, East of Java (1968)
Cavalry Command (1963)
The Sand Pebbles (1966)
55 Days at Peking (1963)
High Road to China (1983)
Shanghai Express (1932)
China Seas (1935)
They Met in Bombay (1941)
Soldier of Fortune (1955)
Two Brothers (British/French 2004)
The Last Samurai (2003)

Various Locales
The Lighthorsemen (Australian, 1987)
Gallipoli (Australian,1981)
The Lost Patrol (1934)
Action in Arabia
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Hidalgo (2004)
Michael Collins (1997)
Nate and Hayes (1983)
His Majesty O'Keefe (1954)
The Man from Snowy River (1980, Australian)
Return to Snowy River (1988, Australian)
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Utu (1983, New Zealand)
Northwest Mounted Police (1940)
Death Hunt (1981)
Saskatchewan (1954)
The Undefeated (1969)
Major Dundee (1965)
Vera Cruz (1954)
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
They Came to Cordura (1959)
A Fistful of Dynamite (Italian,1971)
One Man's Hero (1999)
Fitzcarraldo (German, 1982)
Charge of The Light Brigade(1968)

Miscellaneous
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (British, 1943)
The Assassination Bureau (1968)
Zeppelin (1971)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Master of the World (1961)
First Men in the Moon (1964, British)
The Time Machine (1960)
Mysterious Island (British, 1961)
The Wild Wild West (1999)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
The Lost World (1925)
The Lost World (1960)
The Lost World (1992)
From the Earth to the Moon (1958)
Topsy-Turvy (British, 1999)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Shaka Zulu (1986)
Rhodes (British,1998)
Zulu Wars (1997)
Heart of Darkness (1994)
Heat of the Sun (British,1979)
The Flame Trees of Thika (British, 1980)
Queen of the East (British 1994)
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (British, 1960)
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
Journey To The Center Of The Earth (1959)
The Jewel in the Crown Riel (late '70s, Canadian)
ANZACs (Austrialian)
All the King's Men (British, 1999)
The Far Pavilions (1983)
An Outpost of Progress (1982)
Riley, Ace of Spies
Rough Riders (1997)
The Young Indiana Jones Chonicles
The Cisco Kid
Two and a Half Feathers (British, 1970)
Ripping Yarns (British, 1976-1979)
Captain Gallant

Lots to watch and enjoy...my suggestion? Do it while painting. Maybe they'll inspire you (as they have me) to pickup the Colonial Period in gaming.