33.
Death of Nelson, showing types of sailors.
34.
Wellington at Waterloo.
35.
Battle of Waterloo, British squares prepared to resist cavalry.
36.
South African Battlefield—soldiers taking cover on the Veldt.
37.
South African Light Horse crossing a River.
38.
A Field Battery fording a River.
Let us look for a moment at the kind of Navy and Army which won these victories. Here is an old print of the Battle of Trafalgar, showing the sailing ships, and the many guns in their sides. Here is the copy of a picture of the death of the great Admiral Nelson, who fell in the moment of victory at Trafalgar, giving his life for his King. Here next is a picture of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo. The battles of those days were strangely different from the battles of our time, for rifles and guns had not then a precise aim. Here, for instance, are the close ranks of the British infantry, formed in square at Waterloo. That is Wellington, on horseback, speaking to them. Now look at the next picture. It is a battle-field in South Africa. The men do not even stand up; they lie apart from one another, each taking shelter behind some convenient obstacle. In this particular case the obstacles are ant-hills, which are frequent in the veldt of South Africa. Here are other scenes in the South African War. First we have South African Light Horse crossing a river; then a field battery fording a river. The uniforms of the men are not red, as we saw them at Waterloo, but “khaki,” that they may be indistinguishable from the ground, and may not present a target for the hostile marksmen.
39.
Royal Engineers building a Bridge.
40.
Night-Signalling from an Armoured Train.
41.
Armoured Train under Fire.