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69 - Congo, OUBANGUI postmark on an envelope from a soldier aboard the *Ville de Maceio* (July 9, 1903) anchored off Cap Lopez (Gabon), bound for Paris, with arrival date on the reverse: July 16, 1903. An interesting note from Paul Verdier, a noncommissioned officer assigned to the 1st Company of the Congo Indigenous Regiment, Bol outpost, military territory (Chad): “… I have received my assignment. I am leaving for the 1st Company of the regiment at the Bol outpost, on the eastern shore of Lake Chad, in the heart of Africa. Upon arriving in Matadi, where we are scheduled to disembark on July 17, I will still have approximately 3,500 kilometers to travel: about 400 kilometers by train from Matadi to Brazzaville; the rest, from Brazzaville to Banghui by pirogue on the Congo River and its tributary, the Oubanghui River, about 500 kilometers on foot from Fort Possel to Fort Archambault—again by pirogue from Fort Archambault to Fort Lamy, and on horseback or by camel from Fort Lamy to Bol…,” a text accompanied by a hand-drawn map illustrating the journey
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Congo, OUBANGUI postmark on an envelope from a soldier aboard the *Ville de Maceio* (July 9, 1903) anchored off Cap Lopez (Gabon), bound for Paris, with arrival date on the reverse: July 16, 1903. An interesting note from Paul Verdier, a noncommissioned officer assigned to the 1st Company of the Congo Indigenous Regiment, Bol outpost, military territory (Chad): “… I have received my assignment. I am leaving for the 1st Company of the regiment at the Bol outpost, on the eastern shore of Lake Chad, in the heart of Africa. Upon arriving in Matadi, where we are scheduled to disembark on July 17, I will still have approximately 3,500 kilometers to travel: about 400 kilometers by train from Matadi to Brazzaville; the rest, from Brazzaville to Banghui by pirogue on the Congo River and its tributary, the Oubanghui River, about 500 kilometers on foot from Fort Possel to Fort Archambault—again by pirogue from Fort Archambault to Fort Lamy, and on horseback or by camel from Fort Lamy to Bol…,” a text accompanied by a hand-drawn map illustrating the journey
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