The most amazing thing about this picture of a wounded cuirassier, being stripped of his armour while his sword and horse are tended in the background, is that it was taken in World War I. This is what warfare still looked like in the brief months before the trenches were dug.

Sir Chris Topher, Time Traveler

Amoureux de l'Afrique et de sa faune, visionnaire engagé, Norman Carr est le père de l'éco-tourisme et des safaris responsables...

A Study of the British Officer on Active Service in South Africa 1899 – 1902 | Military Sun Helmets

Frank Dadd, British Army Camel Corps, Sudan, Northern Africa. En grisaille watercolor.

Die verhaal van Wolraad Woltemade is waarskeinlik ook die verhaal van ons land se eerste heldedaad. Hierdie gebeurtenis het plaasgevind 120 jaar na die stigting van die verversingstasie aan die Kaap. Die Kaap wat toe reeds bekend gestaan het as "Die Kaap van Storms" ... De Jonge Thomas, 'n Oos-Indiese skip, het op Sondag, 30 Mei 1773 in 'n hewige storm beland in Tafelbaai. Vir 'n dag en 'n nag het die storm in woede toegeneem, sodat die ankertoue later een vir een gebreek het.

The Battle of Magersfontein in The Boer War 1899 Methuen’s disastrous defeat at the hands of Cronje’s Boers, the Highland Brigade suffering severe loss

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 October 1825 – 14 July 1904), better known as Paul Kruger , and affectionately known as Uncle Pa...

Vroue in die AB oorlog: regs is Jacoba Barett in mansklere, bandelier en met geweer gedurende die Slag van Spioenkop.

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Old South African Rand currency. I remember receiving these for a birthday or Christmas present inside a card. Can't imagine posting money through the post in today's world.