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Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

A group of boys with a flag and weapons take hold of one boy who is attempting to escape. Lithograph by Thomas Fairland after Robert Farrier.

Third Carlist War: deserters from the Spanish army imprisoned in the Alhambra, Granada, supervised in a yard by armed guards. Wood engraving, 1873.

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Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

A group of boys with a flag and weapons take hold of one boy who is attempting to escape. Lithograph by Thomas Fairland after Robert Farrier.

Third Carlist War: deserters from the Spanish army imprisoned in the Alhambra, Granada, supervised in a yard by armed guards. Wood engraving, 1873.