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Devon Post Ladysmith Defences: photographs and plans. Includes 63 photographs depicting:...
Catalogue reference: WO 108/101
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Devon Post Ladysmith Defences: photographs and plans.
Includes 63 photographs depicting: South African War: Ladysmith, Natal; troops, defences, buildings before and after siege of Ladysmith; three small sketches of Devon Post. Dated 1899-1900.
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