3-070-644 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The War in the Transvaal: how the Boers become good marksmen, 1881. 'A hope of the speedy cessation of this wretched conflict, in which victory can bring neither profit nor honour to the British political and military administration in South Africa, has arisen during the past week...War Office and Admiralty officials received orders on Saturday to prepare for the dispatch of reinforcements to the Transvaal...Our Illustration of the Transvaal for this week represents two Boers using their skill with the rifle to kill the "bles-bok," a common species of antelope in their country'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.