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To: GreyFriar

I know, I was teasing, I think the word ( laager ) came into English via the Anglo-Boer War.


46 posted on 06/10/2017 3:13:02 AM PDT by skepsel (Apres moi, le deluge.)
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To: skepsel

I thought you were teasing, but figured to explain for those who may not have heard the term. And you are correct, laager, I had misspelled it, did come from the Anglo-Boer War.


48 posted on 06/10/2017 7:32:15 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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