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  3. IMAGO International History, Second Boer War, Siege of Mafeking 1899-1900

IMAGO International History, Second Boer War, Siege of Mafeking 1899-1900

Aug 26, 2025

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  • BOER WAR, 1900. Mrs. Davies, a British settler, firing on Boer positions from the trenches during the siege of Mafeking, May 1900. Drawing from a contemporary English newspaper. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0037317

    BOER WAR, 1900. Mrs. Davies, a British settler, firing on Boer positions from the trenches during the siege of Mafeking, May 1900. Drawing from a contemporary English newspaper. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0037317

  • BOER WAR: SHELTER, 1900. Colonel Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell s shelter at Mafeking, South Africa. Photograph from an English newspaper of May 1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018365

    BOER WAR: SHELTER, 1900. Colonel Sir Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell s shelter at Mafeking, South Africa. Photograph from an English newspaper of May 1900. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018365

  • ROBERT BADEN-POWELL (1857-1941). 1st Baron of Gilwell. English soldier. Drawing from an English newspaper of 1900, at the end of the seven-month Siege of Mafeking, South Africa. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018363

    ROBERT BADEN-POWELL (1857-1941). 1st Baron of Gilwell. English soldier. Drawing from an English newspaper of 1900, at the end of the seven-month Siege of Mafeking, South Africa. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0018363

  • Illustrated London News record of Transvall War 1899-1900. The chievements of the home and colonial forces in the great conflict with the Boer Republics. Spencer Wilkinson record. Mafeking. On the morning the relief force arrived. Commandant Eloff,after capturing the fort within the British lines was surrounded and taken prisoner by the Mafeking garrison. Copyright: DesignxPicsx xJohnxShort 902_05_12451709HighRes

    Illustrated London News record of Transvall War 1899-1900. The chievements of the home and colonial forces in the great conflict with the Boer Republics. Spencer Wilkinson record. Mafeking. On the morning the relief force arrived. Commandant Eloff,after capturing the fort within the British lines was surrounded and taken prisoner by the Mafeking garrison. Copyright: DesignxPicsx xJohnxShort 902_05_12451709HighRes

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Men at Field Geschut during the siege of Mafeking, Anonymous, 1899 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Mafeking paper. photographic support. cardboard firearms: cannon Mafeking Copyright: xpiemagsx rknbpie11012024-13855 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Men at Field Geschut during the siege of Mafeking, Anonymous, 1899 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Mafeking paper. photographic support. cardboard firearms: cannon Mafeking Copyright: xpiemagsx rknbpie11012024-13855 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Tent camp of farmers at Mafeking, Jan van Hoepen, 1899 - 1900 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Mafeking paper. photographic support. cardboard (military) camp with tents Mafeking Copyright: xpiemagsx rknbpie11012024-13853 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Tent camp of farmers at Mafeking, Jan van Hoepen, 1899 - 1900 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Mafeking paper. photographic support. cardboard (military) camp with tents Mafeking Copyright: xpiemagsx rknbpie11012024-13853 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 The Boer fortified camp at Mafeking. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagwarw13102023-3375 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 The Boer fortified camp at Mafeking. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagwarw13102023-3375 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED . Afrikaans: Boereskutters in loopgraaf tydens die Beleg van Mafeking English: Boer War A Boer trench. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagwarw13102023-3344 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED . Afrikaans: Boereskutters in loopgraaf tydens die Beleg van Mafeking English: Boer War A Boer trench. Copyright: xpiemagsx piemagwarw13102023-3344 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Relief of Mafeking, newspaper seller in Trafalgar Square Relief of Mafeking, newspaper seller in Trafalgar Square with headlines about the Second Boer War Date: 1900 Copyright: Gemini Picture No. 10585013

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Relief of Mafeking, newspaper seller in Trafalgar Square Relief of Mafeking, newspaper seller in Trafalgar Square with headlines about the Second Boer War Date: 1900 Copyright: Gemini Picture No. 10585013

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, British soldier, c1900. Creator: Anon. Copyright:xAnnxRonanxPicturexLibrary HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,1148815 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:AnnxRonanxPicturexLibrary HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, British soldier, c1900. Creator: Anon. Copyright:xAnnxRonanxPicturexLibrary HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,1148815 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:AnnxRonanxPicturexLibrary HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Officers of the Mafeking Relief Force , 1900, (1902). Artist: D Taylor & Co. Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2653307 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Officers of the Mafeking Relief Force , 1900, (1902). Artist: D Taylor & Co. Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2653307 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Mafeking: Natives Digging a Trench , 1902. Artist: WH Weekes. Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2653306 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Mafeking: Natives Digging a Trench , 1902. Artist: WH Weekes. Copyright:xThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2653306 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:ThexPrintxCollector HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Major-General Baden-Powell and the Principal Men Who Helped Him to Defend Mafeking , 1900. Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xPortrait,Leute,Mann,Gruppe,Mann,Männer,Südafrika,Sitting,künste,Land,Buch,Kerl,Uniform,Kleid,Südafrikanisch,Bophuthatswana,militärisch,Krieg,Position,Jahrhundert,allgemein,Literatur,Konzept,gesetzt,B&W,EINFARBIG,Veröffentlichen,GruppexPortrait,militärischexUniform,Schwarzesxu.xWeiß,SchwarzesxundxWeiß,B W,1900s,20.xJahrhundert,Oberst,Belagerung,ThexPrintxCollector,RobertxBaden-Powell,1stxBaronet,photograph,portrait,Unknown,Roberts,Baden-Powellx(ofxGilwell),RobertxStephensonxSmythxBaden-Powell,SirxRobertxBaden-Powell,LordxFrederickxSleighxRoberts,BaronxRobertsxofxKandaharxandxWaterford,Company,1899-1902,MajorxGeneral,2ndxBo Copyright:Portrait,Leute,Mann,Gruppe,Mann,Männer,Südafrika,Sitting,künste,Land,Buch,Kerl,Uniform,Kleid,Südafrikanisch,Bophuthatswana,militärisch,Krieg,Position,Jahrhundert,allgemein,Literatur,Konzept,

    RECORD DATE NOT STATED Major-General Baden-Powell and the Principal Men Who Helped Him to Defend Mafeking , 1900. Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xPortrait,Leute,Mann,Gruppe,Mann,Männer,Südafrika,Sitting,künste,Land,Buch,Kerl,Uniform,Kleid,Südafrikanisch,Bophuthatswana,militärisch,Krieg,Position,Jahrhundert,allgemein,Literatur,Konzept,gesetzt,B&W,EINFARBIG,Veröffentlichen,GruppexPortrait,militärischexUniform,Schwarzesxu.xWeiß,SchwarzesxundxWeiß,B W,1900s,20.xJahrhundert,Oberst,Belagerung,ThexPrintxCollector,RobertxBaden-Powell,1stxBaronet,photograph,portrait,Unknown,Roberts,Baden-Powellx(ofxGilwell),RobertxStephensonxSmythxBaden-Powell,SirxRobertxBaden-Powell,LordxFrederickxSleighxRoberts,BaronxRobertsxofxKandaharxandxWaterford,Company,1899-1902,MajorxGeneral,2ndxBo Copyright:Portrait,Leute,Mann,Gruppe,Mann,Männer,Südafrika,Sitting,künste,Land,Buch,Kerl,Uniform,Kleid,Südafrikanisch,Bophuthatswana,militärisch,Krieg,Position,Jahrhundert,allgemein,Literatur,Konzept,

  • Men at field guns during the siege of mafeking; Creusot s Long Tom at Mafeking 1899. Part of photo album with recordings of the second peasant war (1899-1902). Copyright: xpiemagsx rmxl17062021part5-58446 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    Men at field guns during the siege of mafeking; Creusot s Long Tom at Mafeking 1899. Part of photo album with recordings of the second peasant war (1899-1902). Copyright: xpiemagsx rmxl17062021part5-58446 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • Farmers with their statements in mute; Farmer Forts at Mafeking. Farmhouse in money. Part of photo album with recordings of the second peasant war (1899-1902). Copyright: xpiemagsx rmxl17062021part5-58445 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    Farmers with their statements in mute; Farmer Forts at Mafeking. Farmhouse in money. Part of photo album with recordings of the second peasant war (1899-1902). Copyright: xpiemagsx rmxl17062021part5-58445 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • Farmers in their statements during the Battle of Mafeking; Boers in Battle BIRSHERS Baags .. Part of photo album with recordings of the second peasant war (1899-1902). Copyright: xpiemagsx rykslarge203062021-19682 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    Farmers in their statements during the Battle of Mafeking; Boers in Battle BIRSHERS Baags .. Part of photo album with recordings of the second peasant war (1899-1902). Copyright: xpiemagsx rykslarge203062021-19682 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • BOER WAR Front page of the Mafeking Mail of 11 January 1900 about the Mafeking siege during the second Boer War in 1899 1900 Credit Collection British Library KHARBINE TAPABOR KH411834

    BOER WAR Front page of the Mafeking Mail of 11 January 1900 about the Mafeking siege during the second Boer War in 1899 1900 Credit Collection British Library KHARBINE TAPABOR KH411834

  • Boer War Boer War 1899 1902 Railway bridge destroyed by the Boers during the Mafeking headquarters in Bechuana, 1899 Photograph by M BENNETT 19 20th Credit Collection MX KHARBINE TAPABOR KH65465

    Boer War Boer War 1899 1902 Railway bridge destroyed by the Boers during the Mafeking headquarters in Bechuana, 1899 Photograph by M BENNETT 19 20th Credit Collection MX KHARBINE TAPABOR KH65465

  • Boer War Boer War Boer War 1899 1902 Soldiers, nurses and wounded in the Hospital during the siege of Mafeking Photograph of 1899 by M BENNETT 19 20th Credit Collection MX KHARBINE TAPABOR KH65434

    Boer War Boer War Boer War 1899 1902 Soldiers, nurses and wounded in the Hospital during the siege of Mafeking Photograph of 1899 by M BENNETT 19 20th Credit Collection MX KHARBINE TAPABOR KH65434

  • Second Boer War, also called the South African War and the Anglo-Boer War. On the way to relieve Mafeking on 17 May 1900. Royal Artillery gunners firing pom-poms against the Boers during the action near Maritsani, 13 May. From The Illustrated London News (London, 7 July 1900). Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07114_010860p

    Second Boer War, also called the South African War and the Anglo-Boer War. On the way to relieve Mafeking on 17 May 1900. Royal Artillery gunners firing pom-poms against the Boers during the action near Maritsani, 13 May. From The Illustrated London News (London, 7 July 1900). Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07114_010860p

  • Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1815-1941) English soldier; defender of Mafeking in Boer War (1899-1900) Founder of Boy Scouts (1909) and Girl Guides (1910). BP at Mafeking, ever watchful, living up to his Matebele name Mpeesi , The Wolf that Never Sleeps . WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390006030

    Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1815-1941) English soldier; defender of Mafeking in Boer War (1899-1900) Founder of Boy Scouts (1909) and Girl Guides (1910). BP at Mafeking, ever watchful, living up to his Matebele name Mpeesi , The Wolf that Never Sleeps . WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390006030

  • Boer War: Siege of Mafeking by Boers 12 October 1899 - 17 May 1900: defending British troops making a night sortie. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390002564

    Boer War: Siege of Mafeking by Boers 12 October 1899 - 17 May 1900: defending British troops making a night sortie. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390002564

  • Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941) British soldier, founded Boy Scouts (1908), Girl Guides (1910) and Wolf Cubs (1916). In 2nd Boer War he won fame as the defender of Mafeking. Desperate times before relief of Mafeking by Lord Roberts, 19 May 1900. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390001837

    Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941) British soldier, founded Boy Scouts (1908), Girl Guides (1910) and Wolf Cubs (1916). In 2nd Boer War he won fame as the defender of Mafeking. Desperate times before relief of Mafeking by Lord Roberts, 19 May 1900. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390001837

  • Second Boer War, also called the South African War and the Anglo-Boer War. On the way to relieve Mafeking on 17 May 1900. Royal Artillery gunners firing pom-poms against the Boers during the action near Maritsani, 13 May. From The Illustrated London News (London, 7 July 1900). WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives010860

    Second Boer War, also called the South African War and the Anglo-Boer War. On the way to relieve Mafeking on 17 May 1900. Royal Artillery gunners firing pom-poms against the Boers during the action near Maritsani, 13 May. From The Illustrated London News (London, 7 July 1900). WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives010860

  • Boer commanders in the trenches before Mafeking Boer War 1900 UnitedArchives00599442

    Boer commanders in the trenches before Mafeking Boer War 1900 UnitedArchives00599442

  • The crowd at Mansion House, London celebrating as the wait for the Lord Mayor to speak about the relief of Mafeking in the Boer War. 18th May 1900 drawn by L Thackeray UnitedArchives00551705

    The crowd at Mansion House, London celebrating as the wait for the Lord Mayor to speak about the relief of Mafeking in the Boer War. 18th May 1900 drawn by L Thackeray UnitedArchives00551705

  • The crowd at Mansion House, London celebrating the relief of Mafeking 18th May 1900 UnitedArchives00551704

    The crowd at Mansion House, London celebrating the relief of Mafeking 18th May 1900 UnitedArchives00551704

  • The crowd at the gates of Marlborough House, London celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War by shouting God save the Queen till long after midnight. 18th May 1900 drawn by Holland Tringham UnitedArchives00551703

    The crowd at the gates of Marlborough House, London celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War by shouting God save the Queen till long after midnight. 18th May 1900 drawn by Holland Tringham UnitedArchives00551703

  • Hampstead celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War outisde Jack Straw s Castle which included a imitation naval gun (illustrated in corner) 18th May 1900 drawn by A Pearse UnitedArchives00551702

    Hampstead celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War outisde Jack Straw s Castle which included a imitation naval gun (illustrated in corner) 18th May 1900 drawn by A Pearse UnitedArchives00551702

  • London Stock Exchange celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War with the singing of the National Anthem, Rule Britannia, Soldiers of the Queen, and other patriot songs. 19th May 1900 UnitedArchives00551701

    London Stock Exchange celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War with the singing of the National Anthem, Rule Britannia, Soldiers of the Queen, and other patriot songs. 19th May 1900 UnitedArchives00551701

  • London celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War with the decorating of ships in the Thames 18th May 1900 drawn by Charles Wyllie UnitedArchives00551700

    London celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War with the decorating of ships in the Thames 18th May 1900 drawn by Charles Wyllie UnitedArchives00551700

  • London celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War outisde General Baden-Powells House at 8 St. George s Place, Hyde Park Corner which included the carrying of a bust. (top right corner) 19th May 1900 drawn by Saunderson Wells UnitedArchives00551699

    London celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War outisde General Baden-Powells House at 8 St. George s Place, Hyde Park Corner which included the carrying of a bust. (top right corner) 19th May 1900 drawn by Saunderson Wells UnitedArchives00551699

  • London celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War in Picadilly Circus where celebrations continued for two days. 18th May 1900 drawn by Dudley Hardy UnitedArchives00551698

    London celebrating relief of Mafeking in the Boer War in Picadilly Circus where celebrations continued for two days. 18th May 1900 drawn by Dudley Hardy UnitedArchives00551698

  • The Boer War. General Cronje, carrying a whip, with some of his men at the seige of Mafeking. UnitedArchives00216376

    The Boer War. General Cronje, carrying a whip, with some of his men at the seige of Mafeking. UnitedArchives00216376

  • Boer War South Africa Boer Commandors in trenches before Mafeking 1900 UnitedArchives00174374

    Boer War South Africa Boer Commandors in trenches before Mafeking 1900 UnitedArchives00174374

  • Boer War - song sheets - Who s That Calling by Arthur Conan Doyle and music by Alicia Adelaide Needham & The Defence and Relief of Mafeking by Cyril Hendrich  UnitedArchives00125761

    Boer War - song sheets - Who s That Calling by Arthur Conan Doyle and music by Alicia Adelaide Needham & The Defence and Relief of Mafeking by Cyril Hendrich  UnitedArchives00125761

  • Boer commanders in the trenches before Mafeking Boer War 1900 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1248528

    Boer commanders in the trenches before Mafeking Boer War 1900 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1248528

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