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Photograph of a group of mechanics with a ‘Wolf Gun’ outside Gerran’s wagon shops, 1899. From a group of two photographs relating to a ‘Wolf Gun’ associated with Boer War, Mafeking (1899-1900). The 'Wolf Gun' was a 4.5 inch howitzer made by British engineers from a drainpipe during the Siege of Mafeking. The weapon fired cannonballs made at an improvised blast furnace in the town

Mafeking, Siege of, 1900 (Boer War 1899-1902)