Description
Kritzinger's Commando on the move. The Boers "inspan" (saddle up) their horses from a camp site rested behind a range of hills. Several canvas tents and horse drays are visible. Pieter Hendrik Kritzinger led the Rouxville Commando in the Cape Colony. In 1901 he was promoted to General being appointed as Assistant Chief Commandant of the Free State and colonial forces in the Cape Colony. An able leader, on 16 December that year, he was wounded and captured to survive the war.
Details
Accession Number
P02578.009
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Credit Line
Donor W H Philp
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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