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Cronje's Surrender to Lord Roberts (1900)
 

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Boer War. Three British cavalrymen ride from right to left across a flat landscape, with a group of cavalry in the distance. A number of cavalrymen lead a covered wagon pulled by a team of six horses. Within the wagon the Boer general Piet Cronje (with hat and beard) looks out. The wagon is followed by a large number of cavalrymen armed with rifles.