Photos Boer wars 1880- 1881 & 1899 - 1902

[morris]

Australians who supported the Boer cause

Australians on British side

South Australian Mounted Rifles training near Adelaide, c. 1900, prior to deploying to South Africa

Troops of 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse in the Transvaal 1902

Australians and New Zealanders at Klerksdorp 24 March 1901 by Charles Hammond

Tasmanian Mounted infantry Australian Contingents to the Boer War

Harry 'Breaker' Harbord Morant, whose execution caused an increase in anti-war sentiment in Australia.

 

[NebrHogger]

Beat you to it old mate, merged and deleted the other thread just after NebrHogger created it

Thank you! I struggle with things like this.

 

[t13]

From:
https://www.militaryimages.net/threads/colourised-images-of-ww2-earlier-conflicts.7084/page-4
The Anglo-Boer War (The South African War) – 1899 – 1902

Oh gee, that is a fantastic extract, which is truly appreciated.

I'd seen a couple of originals of these but seeing them with colour reproduced is very special.

Thank you, really!

 

[morris]

Armored trains.

Bloemfontein, circa 1901. First pattern of armoured engine.

Circa 1901. Six-inch gun.

NGR No 48 'Havelock' armoured with rope during the Anglo-Boer War and named 'Hairy Mary'.

Armoured Train captured at Kraaipan, 12 October 1899. Source: Rompel’s. Heroes of the Boer War, 142. “On the 12th of October 1899, at Kraaipan, he [De Wet] derailed and captured the armoured train and took Captain Nesbitt, V.C., and his 30 men prisoners. ”

 

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[morris]

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Translation: "My Sarie Marais/ is so far from my heart/ but I hope to see her again/ she lived in the area of the Beautiful River/ before the war began. Oh, bring me back to the old Transvaal/ to where my Sarie lives/ there under the corn next to the thorn tree/ there lives my Sarie Marais. I was so afraid/ that the Brits would capture me/ and send me far away across the sea/ then I fled to the side/ of the Upington sand/ there along the Great River. Salvation came/ and it was time to go home/ back to the old Transvaal./ My beloved/ shall surely be there too/ to reward me with a kiss.

 

[SamWell]

Afrikaner Commandos

 

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Boer soldiers at the Siege of Ladysmith (1899-1900)

 

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Thanks @NebrHogger
British soldiers firing from cover during the Boer war.

 

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Afrikaners on the veldt near Ladysmith during the second Boer War,1900

 

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Royal Canadian Regiment - Cape Colony, January 1900 (Battle of Sunnyside)

 

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General Piet Cronje's 94-pounder Creusot 'Long Tom' gun fires at British forces during the siege of Mafeking which lasted from October 1899 to May 1900.

 

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Boer commando 1899-1902.

 

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Boer Creusot 75mm gun on the Natal front December 1899 overlooking Colenso and the Tugela river.]

 

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Lancashire Fusiliers in barracks before departure to South Africa.

 

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Officers of the German Corps fighting with the Boers at the Battle of Spion Kop on 24th January 1900

 

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Volunteers from Finland and Scandinavia to fight with the Boers, 1901

 

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