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Dead bodies on the veldt, 1900

'A try for the rock': this photograph, taken by Robert Gell for South African newspapers on 26 January 1900, shows the bodies of British soldiers strewn across the veldt at Spionkop after a heavy defeat by the Boers.

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  • General Piet Joubert and Boer soldiers, 1899
    South African 'Boer' War

Keywords

south african war
boer war
casualties
Credit

Archives New Zealand
Reference: WA 250, Box 39
Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any reuse of this image

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'Dead bodies on the veldt, 1900', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/dead-bodies-south-african-war, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 2-Sep-2014

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