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| Grosvenor on our Maxim |
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| Field Battery, Derdepoort |
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| 6 inch Quick-Firers, Derdepoort |
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| Our guns on the March |
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| 6 inch quick-firer, Derdepoort |
Wednesday, 30 May 2012
Another Treasure comes to Light
These original photos of an Artillery field battery were taken at Derdepoort in South Africa during the Boer War. I found them in a batch of old photographs that I probably purchased 30 years at an Antiques fair. Derdepoort was the scene of many successes and reverses for the British Army. Sadly, these photographs are undated - photograph four reveals the shadow of the photographer who seems to be using a hand-held camera.
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