Hill of Squandered Valour by Ron Lock

Author:Ron Lock
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casemate
Published: 2011-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

Jubilant Boers wade the Tugela to carry off the abandoned British guns. (With the Flag to Pretoria)

A Boer ‘Long Tom’, drawn by oxen, on the way to besiege Ladysmith. (Africana Museum, Johannesburg)

General Sir Charles Warren, when a major commanding the Diamond Fields Horse, acts as a ‘horse holder’ during an encounter with rebels in Griqualand. (The Illustrated London News, 6 June 1878, Author’s collection)

Traction engines did sterling work in pulling out bogged down British convoys. This cartoon suggests that the traction engine may have been the forebear of the tank. (The Illustrated London News)

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