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| John Clark Collection |
Provincial council gate. |
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| John Clark Collection |
John Clark Collection |
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| John Clark Collection |
Old Carton bar. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Natal's Treasurey chest. |
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| John Clark Collection |
PMB Photo taken about the early 1900s. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Besiegers constructed a sandbag dam blocking the Klip River in the hope of flooding the town. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The Natal countryside, particularly in the foothills and mountains of the Drakenberg and midlands, wa little known to the British troops, and reconnaissance balloons were invaluable for the observation of enemy positions. This balloon was used at Ladysmith by the Royal Engineers. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Types of artillery, both light and heavy, used in the war. In the foreground a heavy maxim machine gun; in the cack-ground a howitzer. |
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| John Clark Collection |
The famous popm-pom of the South African war. It fired 300 shots a minute, each shell weighing 1 lb. |
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| John Clark Collection |
General Sir Ian who fought at Majuba (1881), Elands-laagte, Rietfontein, Lombardskop, and in the defence of Ladysmith |
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| John Clark Collection |
Contemporary Portrait of Sir Redvers Buller, officer commanding the British forces. The press invariably pictured him as a worthy representative of the British bulldog spirit - in fact 20 yeras previously he had won the V.C. for outstanding bravery at Hlobane during the Zulu war. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Collenso Brider Blown up by boers |
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| John Clark Collection |
Lieut. Fred. S. Roberts, V.C. |
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| John Clark Collection |
Anglo Boer War, soldiers |
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| John Clark Collection |
The baystander is looking towards Aloe Hill from which a deadly fire by the boers saturated the makeshift trenches of the British. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A communal grave of the men killed in the train fight. |
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| John Clark Collection |
A former combatant on the same hill, Mr Lucas Meyer, Stands thoughtfully beside the grave of an uknown British soldier at spioenkop |
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| John Clark Collection |
All that remains of a sangar or defensive position on Wagon Hill., Ladysmith. Scores of them can still be traced on the battlefield. |
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| John Clark Collection |
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 |
Historical markers at the entrance to Ladysmith |