Title

'The Capture of Johannesburg

Caption

'The Capture of Johannesburg: The Guards' Attack at Germiston', (1901). British forces under Frederick Sleigh Roberts captured Johannesburg in the South African Republic, (now part of South Africa), on 31 May 1900, during the Second Boer War. From "The Life and Deeds of Earl Roberts, Vol. IV. - To Lord Roberts's Reign in Pall Mall", by J. Maclaren Cobban. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1901]

Date

1901

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F15_067

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,9Mb (2,8Mb) / 19,0in x 12,5in / 5692 x 3742 (300dpi)

Keywords

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