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Part One: Robert Baden-Powell: Founder Of The Boy Scouts

Behind the Bastards

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The Battle of Meficing

The war is most noteworthy because it was where the British first deployed concentration camps. The siege of Meficing held several influential moments in the development of scouting. In order to free up men for the fight, Robert Baden-Powell deputized a bunch of teenage and preteen boys to act as messengers.

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