Image Number:
APN262465
APN262465
Description:
ELECTRIC LIGHT AT MACLOUTSIE CAMP
The searchlight was lent to the expedition by the naval base at Simonstown. Johnson wrote of his incongruous addition to the Column's armoury: "It was a tremendous task pulling this heavy laod through unchartered 'bush', but the idea repaid me well, for I am quite certain that they [the light and the steam-engine] had the effect intended, of scaring off the Matabele who regarded them as witchcraft."
Date Created:
27-10-2008
Creator:
William Ellerton Fry Collection
Credit Notice:
William Ellerton Fry Collection / Historic Africa / african.pictures
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