Boer Collection (page 11)

Racial /s Africa / Boer
A Boer postman in the Transvaal rides his horse urgently across the veldt, uncertain whether strangers are friend or foe

Lord Edward Cecil
EDWARD HERBERT CECIL Fourth son of third Marquess of Salisbury, Lord Cecil fought in the Boer War, and married Violet Maxse

Crowds Celebrating / 1900
RELIEF OF MAFEKING Celebrating crowds throng the streets of London: flags, banners, whistles, trumpets, confetti & false noses pressed into service of high spirits

Voortrekkers En Route
THE GREAT TREK The Voortrekkers - Boer farmers seeking to escape British rule - emigrate northwards to the Transvaal

The Great Boer Trek
THE GREAT TREK To escape British rule, Boer families emigrate northwards en masse to the Transvaal and beyond, fighting the Zulus and others on their way

Boer / Rhodes at Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes watching the effect of the Long Cecil gun on the enemy trenches

Boer / Cronje Surrenders
The surrender of Cronje at Paardeberg

Boer Prison Guard
Boer prisoners escorted inside the prison by armed guard

Boer War / Zulus in Action
Mounted Zulu warriors in action against Boer troops

Boer War / Baden Powell
Mafeking defended by Baden Powell

Boer Bull & Brit Lion
CARTOON The Boer Bull, with the face of Paul Kruger, charges the British Lion

Boer / Refugees / Tofani
REFUGEES Refugees from Ladysmith

Boer / Armoured Train / Begg
TROOP MOVEMENTS Soldiers travel in an armoured train along a rocky embankment near Ladysmith

Events / Africa / Boer War
Baden-Powell defends Mafeking

Siege of Ladysmith 1899
THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH A " Long Tom" gun in use during the siege of Ladysmith

Mafeking / Relief Hailed
MAFEKING Three cheers for B P : Relief of Mafeking is hailed by a patriotic British boy in his garden

Transvaal Boer Farm
A Boer farm in the Transvaal

British Colonial Troops
British colonial troops, fresh from active service in South Africa (presumably the Boer War) in Kensington Gardens, London

Boer War Camp Scene
British camp scene during the Boer War where, according to private Ward of the Frontier Mounted Police, Borwicks Baking Powder enabled them to enjoy excellent bread

Baden-Powell at Mafeking
LORD ROBERT STEPHENSON SMYTH BADEN-POWELL English army and Chief scout rejects Boer embassy calling on him to surrender Mafeking

Spion Kop - Anon
At SPION KOP, the British are initially successful, but are compelled to retreat from the hilltop they have captured, failing to break through the Boer lines

Spion Kop / Warren Bath
At SPION KOP, Sir Charles Warren insists on his morning bath before the battle, in which his division performs well though the action is ultimately unsuccessful

Spion Kop - Bordeaux
At SPION KOP, the British take the hill, but are unable to hold it and have to retire with heavy losses

Spion Kop - P. Journal
At SPION KOP, Buller and Warren fail to break through the Boer lines despite taking Spion Kop; they have to retire with heavy losses

Moffat and Boer
Robert Moffat makes a big impression on Boer farmers and African tribespeople when he starts preaching in southern Africa

Churchill / Boer War / Menpe
WINSTON CHURCHILL British statesman and author as a Boer War correspondent

Nz Troops to Boer War
Troops heading for South Africa, leave Wellington, New Zealand

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