Sujet

'Mafeking

Légende

'Mafeking: Eloff's Desperate Attack on the Eve of the Relief', (1901). The town of Mafeking, (now called Mahikeng, in South Africa), was besieged during the Second Boer War from October 1899 to May 1900. Here Sarel Eloff leads the Boers in an attack on the British-held town. 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

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F15_006

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,5Mo (3,0Mo) / 46,4cm x 33,2cm / 5484 x 3920 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Gens Homme Hommes pays Britannique arme armes pistolet pistolets tir attaque attaquer explosion Sud-africain Bophuthatswana guerre endroit Forces Armées siècle Grande-Bretagne UK Royaume-Uni Angleterre soldats soldat concept impérial mise à feu Armée guerre 19e siècle armements Années 1900 20e siècle Armée Britannique dix-neuvième siècle siège histoire historique The Print Collector Richard Caton Woodville II Boers Anonyme Roberts Lord Frederick Sleigh Roberts 1899-1902 TC and EC Jack Jack 2nd Boer war Woodville Richard Caton II R Caton Woodville Caton Woodville R Second Boer War TC and EC Second Transvaal War T. C. & E. C. Jack T. C. & E. C. J Maclaren Cobban Cobban J Maclaren James Maclaren J. Maclaren Cobban J. Maclaren James Maclaren Cobban Frederick Sleigh Richard Caton Woodville Jr. Woodville Richard Caton Richard Caton Woodville Richard Caton Woodville Jr Mahikeng Sarel Eloff Eloff Sarel