Guns Captured from the Boers.
Trooper G. B. Pea cocke. of the Fourth New Zealand Rough Riders, supplies us with photographs of the nine guns captured from Dr hi Rev. near Flart beestefontein. by the Fourth New Zealanders and the Imperial Australian Bushmen, under their brigadier. Colonel Grew on
March 24th of this year. The capture of these guns was effected after three days of fighting- and chasing- after the fleeing- Boers, many prisoners and waggons being- taken, besides the nine guns, which consisted of two British 15-pounder field guns, six Afaxims. and one pom-pom. The little tripod Afaxim. shown in the foreground of our illustration, was not counted in this list. 'l'he 15-poun lers had brim previously captured by the Boers, one at. Colenso and the other from General Clements. I'he guns are shown in the picture just as they were run together when brought into ramp by our troopers.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue XIII, 28 September 1901, Page 595
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151Guns Captured from the Boers. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXVII, Issue XIII, 28 September 1901, Page 595
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