22 November 1900 1 mins
A Skirmish with the Boers Near Kimberley by a Troop of Cavalry Scouts Attached to General French's Column. A staged attack by British troops in South Africa. In three sections, mounted troops ride towards the camera; the troops dismount and set up their Maxim guns; the troops fire from behind some low brushwood.
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United Kingdom 22 November 1900
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