Post by David Cochrane on Oct 20, 2014 0:01:04 GMT
Looking at available information on Lieutenant Wright's place & date of action I've curious about two points of confusion:
First, the date of the action - originally announced as 24 March, but subsequently corrected to 26 February in a later Gazette announcement. Most reference books I've seen use the later date, but the most recent work on the subject (the 3-volume history) uses the original one. Sometimes an announcement gets it right originally and then makes an erroneous correction - this happened once or twice in the early years, I think - and as the latest book features some corrected dates that no other books have shown I wondered if that wasn't the case this time too. On the other hand, the new book's researchers may have just forgotten to include that correction.
Second, the location of the action. This is something that is always described as simply 'Northern Nigeria' in every reference I've ever seen, so perhaps it was simply in an area without any settlements nearby that could be used to narrow down the location. Even so, most citations (if not subsequent books with more up-to-date info) are usually able to provide slightly more detailed information even if the action took place in a barren area. Is there any information available that is more specific about the location, or has it just become lost over time (if indeed it was ever recorded in the first place)?
First, the date of the action - originally announced as 24 March, but subsequently corrected to 26 February in a later Gazette announcement. Most reference books I've seen use the later date, but the most recent work on the subject (the 3-volume history) uses the original one. Sometimes an announcement gets it right originally and then makes an erroneous correction - this happened once or twice in the early years, I think - and as the latest book features some corrected dates that no other books have shown I wondered if that wasn't the case this time too. On the other hand, the new book's researchers may have just forgotten to include that correction.
Second, the location of the action. This is something that is always described as simply 'Northern Nigeria' in every reference I've ever seen, so perhaps it was simply in an area without any settlements nearby that could be used to narrow down the location. Even so, most citations (if not subsequent books with more up-to-date info) are usually able to provide slightly more detailed information even if the action took place in a barren area. Is there any information available that is more specific about the location, or has it just become lost over time (if indeed it was ever recorded in the first place)?
