Collection: Tirah - Photographic Journalism (Part 1) hamilton-18-8-1-0009-3-61680
Description
King's Own Scottish Borderers at Arhanga Pass. The photograph shows rocky terrain in the background there is a cliff face below which is a dry stone wall, soldiers can be seen standing behind it. There are also figures on the cliff top. In the forefront of the photograph there are eight soldiers one is standing and looking out with binoculars to his right there are four men. To the left of the standing man are another three soldiers with a machine gun. From the Black and White war album number 3, the Tirah Campaign, snapshots by Rene Bull (Black and White Publishing Co, London, 1899).
Collection
Tirah - Photographic Journalism (Part 1)
Description
This represents the first part of a photograph album published by Black and white Magazine, covering the Tirah Campaign in India's North West Frontier between 1897 and 1898. The Expedition photographs are illustrative of the many colonial campaigns undertaken by the British and their allies in this…
Collection Terms & Categories
- War/Campaign/Operation: Tirah Expedition (1897-1898)
- Asia: Asia - Southern - North West Frontier
- Theme (Main): Conflict & Military Operations
- Theme (Main): Empire & Commonwealth
- Subject: Boundaries & Borders
- Subject: Death & Dying
- Subject: Medicine
- Subject: Propaganda & Influence Ops
- Item: Photographic (album)
- Information: Visual
