Frederick Russell Burnham
| To my friendly enemy, Major Frederick Russell Burnham, the greatest scout of the world, whose eyes were that of an Empire. I once craved the honour of killing him, but failing that, I extend my heartiest admiration. |
| Letter signed: Fritz Joubert Duquesne, 1933, One warrior to another. |
For many years, starting in the Second Boer War, Duquesne was under orders to assassinate the highly decorated American, Chief of Scouts for the British Army, Frederick Russell Burnham, and in 1910 the two men met in Washington, D.C., while separately lobbying Congress to pass a bill in favor of the importation of African game animals into the United States (H.R. 23621). After returning to America, Burnham remained active in counterespionage for Britain and much of it involved Duquesne.
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