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Released prisoners and wounded of the 94th Regiment from Bronkhorstspruit, Pretoria, 1881

Photograph, South Africa, Transvaal War (1880-1881), 1881.

In November 1880 the 94th Regiment was ordered to Pretoria. At Bronkhorstspruit on 20 December, their column was surrounded by a vastly superior Boer force. So many officers and men were shot down so quickly that in under half an hour the 94th were obliged to surrender. Lieutenant-Colonel P R Anstruther, the officer commanding the 94th, was severely wounded in the thigh and died six days later of shock due to amputation.

Associated with Colonel Hume, 94th Regiment of Foot.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1954-06-5-2-36

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1954-06-5-2-36