'Building the pontoon bridge', 1900 (c)

Lantern slide No 9, from, 'Siege of Ladysmith', the second chapter of the series, 'The Boer War of 1900', manufactured by W Butcher and Sons, 1900 (c).

British soldiers construct a pontoon bridge under fire during the Boer War (1899-1902). Several pontoon bridges were constructed across the Tugela River as British attempted to relieve the besieged town of Ladysmith.