Title

'The Last Stand Made By The Boers Before Kimberley-Charge of British Cavalry', 1900. Creators: Godfrey Douglas Giles, WS Small.

Caption

'The Last Stand Made By The Boers Before Kimberley-Charge of British Cavalry in the Engagement at Klip Drift', 1900. Major-General John French charged his cavalry at Klip Drift during the Relief of Kimberley at full gallop and taking the Boers by surprise. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV", by Louis Creswicke. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1900]

Credit line

Photo12/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19G32_246

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,3Mb (3,5Mb) / 20,5in x 11,6in / 6144 x 3485 (300dpi)

Keywords

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