Boer Collection (page 3)

Cronjes Captive Warriors, the Docks, Paardeberg, South Africa, 1900. Soldiers of Piet Cronjes Boer Army after surrendering to Field Marshal Lord Roberts after the Battle of Paardeberg

General Cronjes principal commanders after surrendering, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
General Cronjes principal commanders after surrendering, South Africa, Boer War, 1900. The Boer general Piet Cronje (1835-1911) surrendered to Lord Roberts

Boer prisoners resting on the road from Paardeberg to Modder River, South Africa, 1900-1902. Stereoscopic card details

Oom-poleon Boer-naparte on Board the Highbury Castle, 1901. Cartoon depicting the Boer leader Paul Kruger, know by the nickname Oom (uncle) Paul

The Boer Farmers Wife, 1931. Plate taken from Historic Farms of South Africa, by Dorothea Fairbridge, published by Oxford University Press (London, 1931)

The Way of the Voortrekker, 1931. Originally from Travels Into the Interior of South Africa, volume I, by John Barrow. Plate taken from Historic Farms of South Africa, by Dorothea Fairbridge

Pom-pom bridge and Boer headquarters telegraph station, Tugela River, Natal, South Africa, 1901. Stereoscopic card

Mud Hall, the last prison occupied by the British officers at Pretoria, South Africa, 1901
Interior of Mud Hall, the last prison occupied by the British officers at Pretoria, South Africa, 1901. Prison for British officers captured by the Boers. Stereoscopic card

Boer trenches and crest of Harts Hill, scene of the Irish Brigades famous charge, Colenso, 1901
Boer trenches and crest of Harts Hill, Colenso, South Africa, 1901. Scene of the Irish Brigades famous charge. The Battle of Colenso (15th December 1899)

Boer trench, Tugela River, South Africa, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Boer trench, Tugela River, South Africa, 1901. The Tugela River was the scene of fighting in late 1899 and early 1900 as the British attempted to cross in order to attempt to relieve the Siege of

Looking north-west to the Daspoort Range, Pretoria, South Africa, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking north-west to the Daspoort Range, Pretoria, South Africa, 1901. The Post Office is in the foreground. Stereoscopic card

Intervewing a Boer farmer at his home near Brandfort, South Africa, Boer War, 1901. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Intervewing a Boer farmer at his home near Brandfort, South Africa, Boer War, 1901. Stereoscopic card

The overpowered Boer prisoners resting on the road from Paardeberg to Modder River, 1900. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The overpowered Boer prisoners resting on the road from Paardeberg to Modder River, 1900. General Piet Cronjes men, captured by the British at the Battle of Paardeberg. Stereoscopic card

The Caffre War: Natives attacking a convoy, 19th century. Eurocentric view of white settlers fighting the local population in South Africa

General Piet Joubert (1831-1900) and staff, late 19th century (1935). Joubert was a South African general who opposed British annexation of the Transvaal region in 1877

Boers and Kaffirs, Cape Colony, South Africa, 19th century. Artist: Pranishnikoff
Boers and Kaffirs, Cape Colony, South Africa, 19th century. Racist portrayal of Dutch settlers and Africans

Cape Town, South Africa, c1888. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

Pontoon over the Vaal River, Klipdrift, South African diamond fields, 1874. A print from The Illustrated London News, (10 October 1875)

Berkly or Klipdrift, a town in Griqualand West, South Africa, c1890
Berkly or Klipdrift, a town in Griqualand West, Northern Cape Province of South Africa, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Pretoria, South Africa, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

A ferry on the Vaal River, Transvaal, South Africa, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Travelling in Griqualand, South Africa, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Potchefstroom, the Transvaal, South Africa, c1890. Potchefstroom, on the banks of the Mooi River, is 120 km west-southwest of Johannesburg

A South African cattle kraal, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

A Boer farm, South Africa, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

House of a rich Boer, South Africa, c1890. An engraving from Robert Browns The Countries of the World, published by Cassell, (London & Paris, c1890)

Boer delegation received by General Gallieni, Governor of Madagascar, 1902. When the Boer War ended in 1902, some of the Boer leaders who wanted to continue the fight went into exile in Madagascar

Meeting in favour of Boers disturbed by the anti-nationalists, 1900. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Meeting in favour of Boers disturbed by the anti-nationalists, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th January 1900

The South Lancashires Storming the Boer Trenches at Pieters Hill, Natal, 1900 (1903). Artist: William Barnes Wollen
The South Lancashires Storming the Boer Trenches at Pieters Hill, Natal, 1900 (1903). A scene from the Boer War (1899-1902)

Creusot quick-firing field gun, Boer armoury, c1900
Creusot quick-firing field gun or Long Tom, which delivered eighty-four-pound shells and was a powerful weapon in the Boer armoury, c1900

Engagement near the Tugela River, 2nd Boer War, 1899-1902. A picket of the British 13th Hussars surprised near the Tugela River (Hussar Hill)

Boers attacking a British blockhouse (microfort) during the 2nd Boer War 1899-1902
Boers attacking a British blockhouse (microfort) during the 2nd Boer War of 1899-1902

Boer War, 1899-1902. Boer commander Christiaan Rudolf de Wet attempting to lead a column across a railway at night past an armoured train and blockhouse

Boer women and children in a British concentration camp in the Transvaal, Boer War, 1901. This represented the first use of the internment of civilians in camps in wartime

Fall of the British garrison at Jamestown, South Africa, Boer War, 1901. British soldiers, some of them wounded, marching into imprisonment after surrendering to the Boers

Leander Starr Jameson taken prisoner after the failure of the Jameson Raid, South Africa, 1896. The aim of the Jameson Raid was to initiate rebellion in Johannesburg by British settlers or

British soldiers surrendering to Boer forces at Doornbosch, Transvaal, South Africa, 1901. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 8 December 1901

Attack on the British encampment at Tweefontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1901 (1902)
Attack on the British encampment at Tweefontein, South Africa, Boer War, 1901(1902). Boer forces under General de Wet surprised an encampment of British soldiers at Tweefontein on 25 December 1901

Christiaan de Wet, Boer soldier and politician, c1900. De Wet (1854-1922) commanded the forces of the Orange Free State during the Second Boer War (1899-1902)

Boer prisoners under escort, 2nd Boer War, 1900. After Paardeberg, one of the bloodiest battles in the 2nd Boer War (1899-1902), fought in February 1900, many Boer officers and leaders

Piet Cronje, Boer leader and soldier, surrendering to Lord Roberts, Paardeberg, 1900
Piet Cronje, Boer leader and soldier, surrendering to Lord Roberts, Paardeberg, South Africa, 1900. Cronje (1835-1911) fought against the British in the 1st Boer War

Some of Cronjes Boer officers after Paardeberg, 2nd Boer War, 1900. The Boer general Piet Cronje (1835-1911) surrendered to Lord Roberts, the British commander-in-chief in South Africa

Boer prisoners in a camp at Bloemfontein, 2nd Boer War, 1899-1902

Sectional view of a typical Boer entrenchment, Boer War, c1900. The 2nd Boer War 1899-1902

Piet Cronje, Boer leader and soldier, c1900. Cronje (1835-1911) fought against the British in the 1st Boer War and defeated the Jameson raiders at Krugersdorp, on 29 December 1895

Leander Starr Jameson, Scottish-born South African politician, c1900. A friend of Cecil Rhodes, Jameson (1853-1917) was the leader of the Jameson Raid on 29 December 1895 to 2 January 1896

Martinus Theunis Steyn, South African statesman c1900. Steyn (1857-1916) was President of the Orange Free State from 1896 He allied the Orange Free State with the Transvaal during the Boer War

Boer families in a British concentration camp at Eshowe, Zululand, 2nd Boer War, 1900. This represented the first use of the internment of civilians in camps in wartime

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