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The Selous Scouts / s ə ˈ l uː / was a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army that operated during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1973 until the reconstitution of the country as Zimbabwe in 1980. It was mainly responsible for infiltrating the black majority population of Rhodesia and collecting intelligence on insurgents so that they could ...
Reid-Daly, meanwhile, formed and commanded the Selous Scouts special forces regiment from 1973. [9] The Selous Scouts concept was influenced by similar operations conducted by Special Branch in Malaya. [33] Both the Rhodesian African Rifles and the Rhodesian SAS endured following Malaya, and served in the Bush War. [34]
Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO (/ s ə ˈ l uː /; 31 December 1851 – 4 January 1917) was a British explorer, officer, professional hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa.
Operation Eland, also known as the Nyadzonya [a] Raid, was a military operation carried out by the Rhodesian Selous Scouts at Nyadzonya in Mozambique on 9 August 1976. [2]The raid had adverse political and diplomatic consequences for Rhodesia.
Prior to 1963, its crews were trained in the United Kingdom or Aden Colony [3] and were known as the "Selous Scouts" under the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. [4] After Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence , maintaining the armoured vehicle fleet became a responsibility of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) until Major Bruce ...
Murphy's Selous Scouts were now told to turn south and lay waste to as much of the railway as they could within a distance of 20 kilometres (12 mi) before returning. Murphy disregarded this restriction, however, wiping out railway bridges and stations as far south as Mabalane , about 75 kilometres (47 mi) away; at Mabalane, his unit destroyed ...
Cap badge of the Selous Scouts. During this time period the Selous Scouts, operated as special forces regiment of the Rhodesian Army. They were named after British explorer Frederick Courteney Selous (1851–1917), and their motto was pamwe chete, which translated from Shona means "all together", "together only" or "forward together". The ...
He was the first recipient of the award and one of only two recipients in its history (the other being SAS commander Grahame Wilson). [8] [9] Schulenburg received the award for actions whilst serving as a captain in the Selous Scouts. He conducted a number of reconnaissance operations on the north-east Rhodesian border.