Title

'The Battle of Paardeberg', 1900. Creator: Sidney E Paget.

Caption

'The Battle of Paardeberg', 1900. The Battle of Paardeberg was fought during the Second Boer War. Piet Cronje's Boer army in retreat, was intercepted by Major General John French at Paardeberg, where the Boer general eventually surrendered after a prolonged siege. 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_251

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,4Mb (2,8Mb) / 18,6in x 12,6in / 5589 x 3779 (300dpi)

Keywords

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