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Ingago Heights, Majuba Hill, 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055A/42

Scope and Contents

144 x 100 mm. Showing the battlefield at Ingago Heights [Schuinshoogte] sometime after the action, with the skeletons of animals lying in the foreground, and a camera and photographer’s dark tent at the right. It was another defeat for General Colley; his forces lost 66 men killed and over 70 wounded in the fighting on 8 February 1881. Boer casualties were 8 killed and 10 wounded. Ingago lies just south of Majuba Hill, where, on 27 February 1881, Colley was killed in a final defeat.

Dates

  • Creation: 1881

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

good condition

Finding aid date

2017-08-22 12:26:18+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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