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Boer War Art Prints
Cranston Military Prints  By Subject Military Art 19th Century Conflicts  Boer War |
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All That Was Left of Them by Richard Caton Woodville Illustrates the scene at Modderfontein Farm where a squadron of the 17th lancers were pinned down by a large Boer force, and fought to the finish. Modderfontein Farm in the Eastern Cape, about 10 miles from Tarkastad, was the the battle on the 17th September 1901, between the 17th Lancers who had camped there, and General Jan Christiaan Smut's Boer Commandos. C squadron of the 17th Lancers lost 3 Officers and 35 troopers, a single action in which the 17th Lancers lost more men in one day than any other day, inclduing that of the infamous charge of the Light Brigade. Also killed that day were three gunners from the Royal Garrison Artillery. Another account states that out of 130 men, 29 were killed and 41 wounded. All Officers had been killed or wounded. |
Royal Horse Artillery Crossing a River Under Fire by George Scott No text for this item |
Lance Corporal John Joseph Farmer VC by Hussaly. Winning his VC at Majuba Hill, Cpl. Farmer held a white flag over the wounded and when the arm holding the flag was shot through, he then raised the flag with the other arm and continued to do so until that one was also shot through. |
Ambush at Sanna's Post by Terence Cuneo. Four VCs were awarded to Q battery for getting their guns into action against 1,000 Boers concealed behind a ridge, near Blomenfontein in 1900. |
Pinned Down (Highlanders Engage Boers) by John Farquharson No text for this item |
Over the Veldt - Drums and Pipes of the 91st (Argyllshire) Highlanders by William Skeoch Cumming. (PC) Pictured here is the drums and pipers of the 91st Highlanders at Modder River on the border of Northern Cape and The Free State Provinces of South Africa. The banks along the river would see heavy fighting during the Second Boer War. |
My Brave Irish by Richard Caton Woodville The last charge on Pieters Hill, 27th February 1900 by the 2nd Irish Fusiliers, assisted by the 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers. |
The Empty Saddle by J P Beadle. Often called the Last Patrol, the painting depicts a scene from the Boer war, showing a party of Lancers bringing a riderless horse back from patrol. Art prints reproduced by kind permission of the 9th / 12th Lancers. |
Canadian Scout of the Veldt after William Barnes Wollen No text for this item |
Lord Roberts Entry into Pretoria by Richard Caton Woodville. No text for this item |
Spion Kop - South Africa, 24th January 1900 by Jason Askew. I am the commander here, take your men back to hell, sir! I allow no surrenders :- Lt Colonel Alexander Thorneycroft, of the Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry, and the 2nd Battalion, Middlesex regiment. They then charged Boer skirmishers in support of the beleaguered Lancashire Fusiliers on the summit of Spion Kop, at 13.00 on the 24th January 1900. |
Jameson's Last Stand, Battle of Doornkop 2nd January 1896 by Richard Caton Woodville In 1895, Leander Starr Jameson assembled a private army outside the Transvaal with the aim of invading and overthrowing the Boer government. The idea had been to encourage civil unrest among foreign workers (Uitlanders), and use the outbreak of open revolt as an excuse to invade and take over the territory. But Jameson grew impatient and so launched the Jameson Raid on 29th December 1895, and managed to push within twenty miles of Johannesburg before superior Boer forces compelled him and his men to surrender at Doornkop on the 2nd of Janaury 1896. |
The Retreat of the Boer Artillery to Paardberg by John Charlton The Battle of Paardeberg on February 18-27 1900, saw British troops under Lord Roberts catch up with General Piet Cronje and his Boer force as they tried to retreat along the Modder River. After a failed and costly frontal assault, the British surrounded the Boer camp and bombarded it for several days. With no way out and supplies running low, Cronjé surrendered along with over 4,000 of his men |
The Last Shot at Colenso by Richard Caton Woodville Lt Roberts K.R.R. with Captain Schofield and Congreve, with all their ammunition used, they drew upon the emergency rounds of Case (their last shot) They stood to attention beside the gun and in an instant later fell pierced through by Boer Bullets. Lt Roberts earned his VC. |
Bergendel by J P Beadle. The Battle of Bergendel during the Boer War showing Rifle Brigade (now part of the Royal Green Jackets) advancing on boer position. |
Within Sound of the Guns by Lady Elizabeth Butler. The picture shows a despatch rider coming under fire from Boer Marksmen. The picture is also known as A Yeomanry Scout Galloping With Despatches in the Boer War. |
Frederick Roberts Receives the Surrender of the Main Boer Field Army Commander, Piet Cronje at Paardeburg on 27th February 1900. by George Scott. This led the way for the British to advance towards Bloemfontain and onto Pretoria. |
We tried hard to save the rest of the guns, possibly by Richard Caton Woodville Plates from Valour and Victory by F Shaw & Co, published 1902. |
His eyes turned up to heaven, his shoulders in a pool of blood, possibly by Richard Caton Woodville Plates from Valour and Victory by F Shaw & Co, published 1902. |
Major-General Baden Powell possibly by Richard Caton Woodville Plates from Valour and Victory by F Shaw & Co, published 1902. |
Surgeon Major Babtie carried Lord Roberts son into such shelter as there was. Plates from Valour and Victory by F Shaw & Co, published 1902. |
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