Title

'Cronje's Captive Warriors, the Docks, Paardeberg', South Africa, 1900. Artist: Unknown

Caption

'Cronje's Captive Warriors, the Docks, Paardeberg', South Africa, 1900. Soldiers of Piet Cronje's Boer Army after surrendering to Field Marshal Lord Roberts after the Battle of Paardeberg. Cronje and 6000 Boer prisoners of war were taken to the island of St Helena. Other Boer POWs were transported to Ceylon, Bermuda and India. A print from Black and White Budget Vol III, WJP Monckton, London, April 14th 1900.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C52_467

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,2Mb) / 18,5in x 10,5in / 5544 x 3154 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male man men South Africa country guy ship ships British conflict captive wharf docks dock South African war captivity location Victorian century Britain prisoner soldiers soldier imprisoned concept defeat B&W defeated captured MONOCHROME pow embarking water transport black & white black and white B W Military personnel 1900s 20th century prisoner of war prisoners of war The Print Collector 1899 - 1902 Afrikaner Boer Boer War British Empire colonialism Boers photograph Unknown Piet Piet Cronje Cronje Piet Cronje photograph