Images

A photograph of a de-railed British armoured train in Natal after a Boer attack in November 1899 during the Boer War (1899-1902). Imperial War Museums, London.

British soldiers engaging in a tug of war on Christmas Day 1899 in Ladysmith during the Boer War (1899-1902). Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph of British men using a heliograph during the Boer War (1899-1902). The war was one of the first conflicts to see the use of the device by the British Army. Imperial War Museums, London.

A 1902 photograph of Emily Hobhouse (1860-1926), a social welfare campaigner who publicised the atrocious conditions in British-run concentration camps during the Boer War (1899-1902). Photograph taken by Henry Walter Barnett. National Portrait...

The Gupta Empire (c. 320–550 CE) emerged from the Magadha (modern Bihar), establishing political dominance over much of northern, central, and western India. Its rise marked a transition from regional fragmentation to imperial consolidation...

A photograph showing a front-line medical station with wounded British soldiers during the Boer War (1899-1902). Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph of a British concrete blockhouse, built to better control occupied territory during the Boer War (1899-1902). This is the blockhouse near Bethulie Bridge. These structures were connected by impenetrable barbed wire fencing...

A photograph of the Bethulie Bridge, destroyed by the Boers on 10 March 1900 during the Boer War (1899-1902). Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph of General Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916) taken in 1901 when he was commander-in-chief of the British-led forces in the Boer War (1899-1902).

A photograph of Piet Cronjé (1836-1911), a Boer general during the Boer War (1899–1902). Cronjé surrendered after the Battle of Paardeberg in February 1900 and was interred in a British prisoner-of-war camp on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic...