Photos Boer wars 1880- 1881 & 1899 - 1902

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Boer commando ca. 1899.

 

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General Cronjé before Kimberley, with Captain P. T. van der Merwe and his artillery. “Om Piet gave orders that Long Tom should attack Kimberley. Roaring and thundering the gun threw the big shells into Rhodes’s fortifications. Had not Lord Roberts, thanks to his overwhelming forces, just then succeeded in taking the Magersfontein position (15 February 1900), Kimberley would no doubt have succumbed to the terrible fire of the celebrated gun, which, in spire of French’s quick march to the town, was brought away expeditiously and safely, over Bishof"

 

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Memorial at Magersfontein to fallen Scandinavian soldiers from the Battle of Magersfontein

 

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Winston Churchill (age 24) as a war correspondent for the Morning Post during the Boer War in South Africa (1899)

 

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'Hairy Mary Armoured Train', South Africa, circa 1900.

During the Second Boer War, the engine Havelock was prepared to see action while serving on armoured trains. Unlike usual practice in such cases, the engine was not equipped with armour plate protection, but was draped in strands of thick hemp rope which covered it from front to back. This earned the locomotive the apt nickname Hairy Mary amongst the troops

 

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Australian soldiers of C Squadron, 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen, outside their headquarters in Grahamstown, South Africa, 1901

 

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Excellent photos, thank you for posting all

 

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The Black Watch, under orders for the Cape march near Frensham, near Aldershot. The 2nd Battalion arrived at the Cape about 13th November 1899.
Along with the 1st Highland Light Infantry, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders, and 1st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, they formed the 3rd or Highland Brigade, under Major General Wauchope

 

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A group from Scottish Rifles waiting to board The "City of Cambridge" which is bound for the Cape, October 23rd 1899.
This shot shows the contrast in ages of the men. A couple of men look almost at the end of their service while the young lad is unbelievably young looking and would I guess be within his first year.
The 2nd Battalion arrived at Durban about 21st November. Along with the 1st Durham Light Infantry, 3rd King's Royal Rifles, and 1st Rifle Brigade, they formed the 4th Brigade under Major General Lyttelton.

 

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1st Highland Light Infantry on parade in Britain before leaving for South Africa in 1899.
The Battalion fought in the Highland Brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein on 11th December 1899, suffering significant casualties

 

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Cutlass Drill on HMS Niobe, Cape Town, South Africa,1900

 

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Men from the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, mounting an armoured train at Estcourt, South Africa. 1899