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Boer War: bringing in the wounded after Magersfontein. Reproduction after a photograph by F.S. Spence after Captain Ferguson.
- Ferguson, Captain, active 1900.
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- 22339i
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Credit: Boer War: bringing in the wounded after Magersfontein. Reproduction after a photograph by F.S. Spence after Captain Ferguson. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] (C.H.)
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1 photomechanical print : halftone
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Solace after the reverse at Magersfontein: bringing wounded Boer prisoners into our camp. From a photograph by Captain Ferguson ; drawn by Percy F.S. Spence. ...
Lettering note
Lettering continues: "About forty wounded prisoners-mostly Scandinavians-were captured by Methun's troops at the battle of Megarsfontein... The wounded were thus left lying for thirty hours, and through the bitterly cold night"
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 22339i
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- English
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