2-716-578 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Transvaal War, 1899-1901: A Sharp Engagement', (1901). Episode from the Second Boer War (October 1899-May 1902), fought between the the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. Here British soldiers in pith helmets fire on the Boers. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]