'Sailors at the front with 4.7 gun', 1900

Lantern slide, Boer War (1899-1902), 1900.

4.7 inch naval guns in action in South Africa, 1900. To match often superior Boer artillery the British mounted naval guns on improvised carriages. Captain (later Admiral Sir) Percy Moreton Scott of HMS Terrible is credited with the design of these carriages. These heavy guns were manned by naval crews and pulled by large teams of oxen.

Lantern slide No. 14, from, 'Siege of Ladysmith', the second chapter of the set 'The Boer War of 1900'.