McLeod and Flood’s provisioning party ‘ambushed’ on the Murray, 29 October 1839
McLeod and Flood, transporting provisions to Finniss’ overlanding party, report being ‘ambushed’ on 29 October. They fell back to their drays and after half an hour’s firing, in which there were ‘one or two well told shots’, the clash was over.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)
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Sources
- Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier
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McLeod and Flood’s provisioning party ‘ambushed’ on the Murray, 29 October 183929 Oct 1839 — Near the North-West Bend of the MurrayMcLeod and Flood, transporting provisions to Finniss’ overlanding party, report being ‘ambushed’ on 29 October. They fell back to their drays and after half an hour’s firing, in which there were ‘one or two well told shots’, the clash was over.
(See 'The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies' for more details.)Source: Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier