Battle of Magersfontein

Map of the Battle of Magersfontein

Map showing positions at the Battle of Magersfontein, 11 December 1899. Boer positions : white boxes British positions : black boxes

Contemporary sketch of the Battle of Magersfontein, circa 1899. Titled Battle of Magersfontein (Modder River) in Library of Congress catalogue.

"All that was left of them" The Black Watch after the Battle of Magersfontein

An observation balloon being prepared by the British at the Battle of Magersfontein on 11 December 1899.

Sketch of the Battlefield of Magersfontein, 11 December 1899, looking north from the British position at Modder River towards the Boer position in the Magersfontein Hills

Magerfontein troop dispositions 11 December 1 899

CATON WOODVILLE jr. (1899) The Last Stand

Second Boer War. An unidentified British Naval man with a British 4.7 inch naval gun.

Major-General Andrew G. Wauchope

Colourised photo of Major General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope Derivative in Greyscale for specific use in a collage of greyscale photos from Commons

Colourised photo of Major General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope

British armoured train

Library of Congress caption : "British artillery during Boer War: howitzer battery going to Maddox Hill to throw lyddite into the Boer Laager". Comment : This shows a British BL 5 inch Howitzer.

Photograph of the Boer trench in front of Magersfontein Hill

Boer War: Boers tending the wounded British at Magersfontein. Process print after A. Ball. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Alec Ball; Wm. H. Ward & Co..

Boer War: bringing in the wounded after Magersfontein. Reproduction after a photograph by F.S. Spence after Captain Ferguson. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Ferguson; Percy F.S. Spence

Boer War: British ambulance men taking the dead and wounded blindfolded behind enemy lines. Reproduction of a watercolour by F.J. Waugh, 1900. Iconographic Collections Keywords: Frederick Judd Waugh; f j waugh; icv; BOER WAR

Boer War: wounded soldiers greeted with sympathy at Modder River Camp, after their trials at Magersfontein. Reproduction of a sketch by F. de Haenen after R. Thiele. Iconographic Collections Keywords: F. de Haenen; Reinhold Thiele

Volunteers from Finland and Scandinavia to fight in the Boer War

British troops making their way through a Boer barbed wire entaglement at the Battle of Magersfontein, Dec 11, 1899.

One of the "Elswick guns", a QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun ("Long twelve") specially mounted on a field carriage for service in the Second Boer War.

General J.H. "Koos" de la Rey

Newspaper Illustration of the Highland Brigade engaging the right flank of the Boers at Magersfontein

The Boer general Koos de la Rey.

Koos de la Rey