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Colenso' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'W.T. Willcox Lt. 5 Lancers F.N. Le Mesurier Lt 2/R[oyal]D[ublin]F[usiliers]. Calenso 21st August 99.
Scope & Content:
Covers Colenso and environs to a radius of approximately 1 mile. Portrays hydrology, relief by form lines, railways, roads and tracks, telegraph lines, settlements, place names and survey ranging lines. A note in the War Office ledger refers users to I.D. 1448 c. (filed at Maps MOD IDWO 1448) w...
'Frere Camp - Springfield Bridge (L[ittle]. Tugela R). Road sketch (Tracing) with notes on roads from Frere to Ladysmith via Springfield Bridge & Polgieter's Drift. also sketch "To junction of Tugela's"'. - War Office ledger.
Scope & Content:
Map sheets and intelligence notes related to routes between Frere and Ladysmith in north-western Natal. Note 1: The War Office ledger spelling 'Polgieter's Drift' differs from that on the catalogued materials. Note 2: The 2 map sheets and intelligence notes have been unfastened for the purpose...
'Charlestown Lang's Nek & Pougwana. Compiled from sketches by Major T.H.B. Forster D[eputy].A[ssistant].A[djutant].G[eneral].' Signed by Major Forster, August 1900.
Scope & Content:
Covers an area within approximately 8 miles to the north, east and south of Charlestown in north-western Natal. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, vegetation, railways, roads and tracks, telegraph lines and place names. The map bears the reference '30'.
Panorama, sketch, accompanying note and envelope relating to the battle at Botha's Pass, north-western Natal during the Second Anglo-Boer War on 8th June 1900. The material accompanied a despatch by Lord Roberts dated 10 July 1900.
Plan of Talana Battlefield'. Signed by 'D.M. McKeehuis Lt. R.E.
Scope & Content:
Covers Dundee in northern Natal and surrounding area up to 4 miles to the north and east. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and form lines, railways, roads, telegraph lines, settlements and individual buildings, place names, fences, cultivation, civilian and military cemeteries, collier...
'Sheet 38a (Ladysmith); 38b (Upper Tugela); & 38d (Pietermaritzburg). Jackson's Series. with MS Corrections. Corr[ection]s by Lt. Finlayson R.F.A.' - War Office ledger
Scope & Content:
Three map sheets titled Ladysmith, Upper Tugela and Pietermaritzburg West in western Natal. Sheets folded in covers bearing the title 'Transvaal (Major Jackson's Series)'. Sheets portray hydrology, relief by occasional spot heights and form lines, roads and tracks, railways, telegraph and teleph...
'Richmond - Hella Hella road.' - War Office ledger. Signed by 'S. Gore-Brown 2 Lieut. R[oyal].F[ield].A[rtillery].' July 1903.
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Covers a road corridor in southern Natal between Richmond and Hella Hella, 13 miles south-westwards, to a width of approximately 5 miles. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, form lines and rock drawing, vegetation, roads and tracks, railways, settlements, camping grounds, signalling stat...