Greetings from Pretoria!

[Burgher]

Photos of the British military occupation of Pretoria. Most of these photos were taken by HF Gros of Pretoria.

Before the War

Military parade on Church Square, 1877



British Military Fortifications

General layout:


Convent Redoubt:


Fort Royal:


Fort Tullichewan:


Fort Commeline:


Inside the military camp:














Sorties outside Pretoria

Lt. Gildeain's sortie to Zwartkopjes:


Wood cutting party of the Pretoria Rifles:


Cattle grazing guard:


Boers captured at Zwartkopjes:

[Burgher]

How the other side lived. Ulundi House:

[swordcollector1]

Superb set of images - that's a real archive! Thanks for sharing!

John

[Mark]

Wow! Fantastic photos!

Mark

[rivoniaboy]

Priceless photographs!

Many thanks for posting them.

George

[rbswart]

Hello from Caversham, UK!

Thank you for posting these - I am currently researching my family's involvement in the siege of Pretoria and I have some of the originals for these.

Do you have any more clues about the photo just before the one titled 'Sorties outside Pretoria' (#18 I think)?

The photo has my great grandfather, his brother and their father in it.

I would be very interested in any photos of the Pretoria Carbineers if anyone has any of those - my great grandfather ended the war as the troop sergeant major.

Dr. Ing. Robin Swart

[Burgher]

Hi Robin

Unfortunately I have no more info on this photo. The original was in the collection of the Pretoria Municipality archives.

Regards from Bloemfontein!

[Jocktamson]

Thanks for sharing these images, always good to see Boer War images. Great Post!

[Andre Chissel]

Brilliant ! Thank you !

Andre

[free1954]

great photos sir. not the kind you see every day. thanks for posting them.