P00607.037
Photograph P00607.037 South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)MAFEKING, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1900. LOYAL NATIVE STANDING BY "THE WOLF", A GUN MADE IN THE TOWN DURING THE SIEGE. THE GUN IS DAMAGED, WITH ITS BREECH BLOWN OUT. (DONOR C. BOOTH)
P02731.002 Accession Number: P02731.002
Description
Mafeking, South Africa. 1899. A Boer Creusot siege gun shelling Mafeking during the 220 day siege in 1899. This gun was one of four large Creusot guns which the Boers purchased from France. The soldier, standing on the platform on the trail behind the breech, is sighting the gun over open sights. The soldiers with the poles in the wheels and under the trail are manoeuvering the gun in the required direction and the soldier standing behind the wheel, with his right hand on a crank wheel, is adjusting the elevation. A shell fired by this gun can be seen on the platform behind the breech and another is on the ground near the wheel. General Cronje lay siege to Mafeking on 14 October 1899 and siege was not lifted until May 1900. The British commonly used the term "Long Tom" to describe this sort of long barrelled gun. (Donor B. Goldsworthy)
Details
Accession Number
P02731.002
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
1899
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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