Title

The 'Club' which was struck by a 94lb Boer shell, siege of Mafeking, South Africa, 1901. Creator

Caption

The 'Club' which was struck by a 94lb Boer shell, siege of Mafeking, South Africa, 1901. Under the command of Colonel Robert Baden-Powell (1857-1941), Mafeking held out against the surrounding Boers for 216 days until relieved by forces commanded by Field Marshal Lord Roberts on 17th May 1900.

Date

1901

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C47_196

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (3,5Mb) / 13,6in x 14,4in / 4066 x 4305 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings South Africa destruction country British damage damaged South African Bophuthatswana war location Victorian century Britain concept outside B&W MONOCHROME bombardment black & white black and white B W 1900s 20th century siege The Print Collector 1899 - 1902 Boer War Mafeking Siege of Mafeking TGN 1st Baronet photograph Robert Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Underwood & Underwood Robert Baden-Powell Baden-Powell (of Gilwell) Sir Robert Baden-Powell Baden-Powell Robert Stehenson Smyth Baden-Powell Robert Baden-Powell photograph