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At left, something noble Irlandaise

given that Irlandaise is feminine, I think it might be À une noble Irlandaise, To a noble Irishwoman.

Flying visit reported in Edinburgh Evening News - Wednesday 23 July 1902

COLONEL SHIEL AT QUEENSTOWN.
The Boer Colonel. A. Shiel, who landed at Queenstown to-day, left immediately en route for Germany.

The first shipment of 514 PoWs arrived on the 10th April 1900, including General Cronjé and his wife, Colonel Schiel and 21 other officers.

sainthelenaisland.info/boerprisoners.htm

Cork Weekly Herald - Saturday 18 November 1899

THE BOER PRISONERS.
INTERVIEW WITH COLONEL SHIEL.
Cane Towun Thursday Cape llown, Thursday.
Colonel Schiel, the German soldier who is generally supposed to have originated the Boer plan of campaign, has been interviewed on board the guardship Penelope, where he is at present detained a prisoner, He professed the highest admiration for the bravery displayed by the Gordon Highlanders at Flandslaagte, and remarked, “Whenever I meet one of them in future I shall take off my hat to him.”

Adolf has a wikipedia page, a different photo of the same officer.

died on 8 August 1903 in Bad Reichenhall of the wounds he had received at Elandslaagte.

Innes, A. L. (Alexander Lee), 1868-1948, photographer. St Helena Studio, Jamestown No idea re subject

Captain Jens Friis from Denmark ?? "Mr Uggla had continued recruiting and on 20th January 1900 another 20 new volunteers arrived from Pretoria under command of Captain Jens Friis, who was a Dane. The decision to disband the Company was now altered and it should instead be reorganized. The new organization was: ... ..." From - www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/boer-units/1955-sca... (Use 'find on page' "Friis") He was taken Prisoner of War and must have ended up on St Helena. Not sure "V.C" refers to Victoria Cross.

Similar info here - samilitaryhistory.org/vol145sb.html

A censored letter to Jens Friis in Cape Town.
Via - stampauctionnetwork.com/ha/ha301285.cfm

This wiki page about Boer foreign volunteers mentions an Irish brigade, which might be a possible connection to Alice Stopford Green - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boer_foreign_volunteers And - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_commandos

11 September 1901 was a Wednesday ...

The verso is a "True Translation" of the front, which might be in Afrikaans or possibly Double Dutch.

beachcomber australia I've only recently started Double Dutch on Duolingo, so can't help at all.

We read about Boer prisoners of War on St. Helena when researching this moustache:

Deadwood Camp Gedenksboek St Helena 1900-1902.
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MJ Wolmarans was one of the officers in the Deadwood POW camp.
A gedenksboek is Dutch/Afrikaans for "remembrance book"

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Ha ha!

" ... Marthinus Johannes Wolmarans was the commandant of the Potchefstroom commando and was part of the siege of Mafeking where he was wounded. He and his burgers also formed part of General P.A. Cronje’s commando’s that were captured as prisoners at Paardenberg and sent to St. Helena. The eight sons of Commandant Wolmarans all took part in the war and one was later a commandant under General Liebenberg. ..."
Lots more info here - www.theheritageportal.co.za/article/six-photographs-103-p...

Same image here (5th down) - rapidttp.co.za/deadwood/personalities.html

M J Wolmarans Commandant P.C.Stroom [Potchefstroom] Z.A.R.