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30 April 1999

  • British troops on short notice from today (1 May) to assist French & German troops with engineering and the erection of tents at Cegrane, in an effort to speed up development of the site.

Running totals

  • Total meals prepared/food distributed by British Troops
    • 264,000 litres bottled water supplied
    • 163,000 litres milk supplied
    • 129,000 meals served using
    • 46,000 whole chickens
    • 48 tons of goulash
    • 129,000 loaves of bread
    • 442,000 chocolate bars
    • 145 tons of fruit
    • 102,432 jars of baby food
    • 19,500 scones, muffins and Chelsea buns
    • 3 tons of cheese
    • 16,000 hard boiled eggs
  • Total items supplied
    • 20,000 baby bottles
    • 58,000 nappies
    • 35,000 toothbrushes
    • 58,000 items of female hygiene
  • Currently holding at Supreme warehouse on behalf on NGOs
    • 72 tons of goulash
    • 50 tons of rice
    • 35 tons of flour
    • 3,000 litres oil
    • 800kg sugar
    • 5 tons of salt
    • 18,750 litres soup
    • 6 tons of raisins
    • 6 tons of tinned vegetables
    • 200 tons of lamb, halal
    • 200 tons of chicken, halal
    • 540kg cereals
    • 400,000 packets/bars of confectionery
    • 800kg yeast
  • Infrastructure activity by British Troops at Brazde and Bojane
    • 16,500m fencing erected
    • 130 Deep Trench Latrines (DTL) dug
    • 1. 6km of water pipeline laid
    • 8 water supply facilities (to provide potable water from the local stream) were established - since dismantled
    • 2,660 tents erected
    • 2 General Purpose shelters (double) erected for cooking and storage
    • Significant quantities of stone laid to reinforce camp circuit at Brazde
    • 1. 5km track way constructed
    • 1 x 6 bay single storey Medium Girder Bridge (MGB) constructed for foot and vehicle access between sites.
    • A culvert crossing was constructed and the MGB was dismantled.
       
Document compiled by Dr S D Stein
Last update 03/05/99
Stuart.Stein@uwe.ac.uk
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