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...engaged in massive property destruction, and we believe the struggle should be soldier-to-soldier combat. But a lot of people have been killed, ordinary African men, women and children attacked by the [Rhodesian] Selous Scouts, who try to terrorize the population into not supporting the freedom fighters. Two days ago, 23 people were burned in their huts, and the Rhodesians said the freedom fighters did it and pointed to the Communist-made weapons. But you know a weapon responds to any finger...
Perhaps the most famous Rhodesian military unit is the Selous Scouts (named for British Explorer Frederick Selous), a secret, mixed-race tracker group of about 300 men who are renowned for their ability to survive in the bush. If water is not available, they will slake their thirst by sucking moisture from the stomach of a slaughtered kudu, the graceful spiral-horned antelope. Black members of the Scouts have masqueraded as guerrillas in order to discover the political leanings of black villagers. Consequently, whenever the Salisbury government charges that innocent civilians have been tortured or murdered by guerrillas, the nationalists...
...since the war began, but at least 2,000 remain active inside Rhodesia, 3,000 are based just outside the borders and thousands more are undergoing training in neighboring countries. The government's defense effort has benefited from the performance of several predominantly black counterinsurgency units, like the Selous Scouts, a Rhodesian version of the Green Berets. Nonetheless, the "kill ratio" of the Rhodesian forces over the guerrillas has dropped in recent months from 10 to 1 to about 5 to 1, and the Rhodesians are losing men at three times the rate of a year ago. Says...
Married. Miss Camilla Lippincott, daughter of Joshua Bertram Lippincott, late Philadelphia publisher, to Gerald H. Selous, British consul at Casablanca, Morocco; in Paris. The best man was Col. James A. Logan, American observer with the Reparation Commission. Present were Myron T. Herrick, U. S. Ambassador to France; Henry P. Fletcher, U. S. Ambassador to Italy; Baron Avezzana, Italian Ambassdor to France...
...Hunting Trips in North America," by Selous...