vickers-maxims

Updated: May 22, 2025

Two Vickers-Maxims from either side of the Boer position fired at brief intervals, and other guns burst shrapnel effectively from very long range on the solitary brigade which held Vaal Krantz. To this bombardment the Field Artillery and the naval guns seventy-two pieces in all, both big and little made a noisy but futile response.

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