South Africa
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Maritzburg |
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John Clark Collection |
This grim photograph illustrates the carnage which resulted form aerious tactical errors by the Bristish command. Neither the British superiority in numbers nor in guns was used to advantage. |
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John Clark Collection |
Col. A.W. Durnford shared the responsibility for the defense of the camp after Lord Chelmsford had set off with the balance of the troops. He died with his men. |
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John Clark Collection |
A mule-drawn ambulance wagon collecting the wounded from the battlefield. |
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John Clark Collection |
J. L. Hulett |
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John Clark Collection |
Cyril and Murie Shuter 1979- Outside Gillitt's Flat |
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John Clark Collection |
An old photograph of a military balloon used at Ladysmith for reconnaissance. |
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John Clark Collection |
Historical markers at the entrance to Ladysmith |
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John Clark Collection |
Maritzburg College |
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Sugar refinery built in South grand junction by Sir J.L Hulett. |
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Members of the volunteer Indian bearer corps carrying seriously wounded men to the nearest first-aid post. The famous Mahatma Gandhi served in this corps. |
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John Clark Collection |
Ladysmith Boer war. |
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John Clark Collection |
This mural in the Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria, is an impression of the signing of the treaty between Dingane and Piet Retief. The two youths on the right may represent Thomas Halstead and one of the 14-year-old Voortrekker boys. |
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The term 'murder' used in Boer War grave North of Natal |
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John Clark Collection |
H. F. Fynn (1803-61) |
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War damage in Natal was considerable, particularly to railways and bridges. Examples are shown here: (a) Lngsnek tunnel, blocked by the Boers with dynamite charges. |
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John Clark Collection |
A contemporary cartonn published after Ulundi. Britannia, her foot placed on a news paper containing the words 'Nastycondemnation' and ' Ignorant criticism', prepare to place a laurel wreath on chelsmford's brow. Around him are the Zulu dead |
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The number of soldiers who died in the Ladysmith battle-area or from disease numbered many towards thousands . This picture of the Intombi war cemetery near the town shows some of the graves. Six hundred men are buried here. |
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John Clark Collection |
Pearl Divers of Ceylon The pearl fishery of Ceylon was a lucrative source of pearls as well as a theatre of colonial power. |
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The small steamer Sir Robert Peel, first mail steamship to enter the harbour at Durban. She crossed the bar successfully on the 15th August 1852. |