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Military Madness Multi-Cache

Hidden : 10/17/2003
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A tribute to all those who died in battle.


At the posted co-ordinates you will find a memorial.

You will need to do some homework before starting this cache.

 

Using the rule A= 1 to Z = 26 calculate the following

A = On the memorial - The 4th letter of the surname of the soldier who died at the battle of Colenso?

B = The 3rd letter of the name of the river the battle was fought at?

NB There are 2 ways of spelling this rivers name

C = The 6th letter of the surname of the British Commander?

D = The 3rd letter of the surname of the Boer Commander?

E = A son of a Field Marshall was killed attempting to retrieve the guns, How many letters in his surname?

F = The 1st letter of the day of the week the battle commenced?

G = The first letter of the christian name of the soldier who died at the battle of Colenso?.

H = How many wooden slats comprise one of the seats that are adjacent to the memorial?

I = At the bottom of the SE face is carved a town name, The 2nd letter of this town name?

J = H -A

K = (G - D) -3

L = (F + I)-B

M = E - I

N = H - A

P = (G-A)- L

Q = C - A

Proceed to cache at

          S      36  IJ.EK0                                    E    144 LM.NPQ

  

 

LEST WE FORGET

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf pnpur vf qvssvphyg gb svaq - Ab uvagf jvyy or tvira.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)