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War with the Boers

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Permanent URL	https://digital.nls.uk/74897521
Description	Ths ballad describes the events of the battle of Majuba, which took place in Feb. 1881. The British commander General Colley was shot and killed. First line reads: You feeling hearted Christians of every degree.
Shelfmark	Crawford.EB.3638
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1881 [Date printed] Transvaal (South Africa) History War of 1880-1881 [Date/event in text] Majuba Hill, Battle of, South Africa, 1881 [Date/event in text] 1705 [Date printed] 1800-1900 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England (country) [Place printed] Africa > South Africa > Transvaal (general region) [Place in text] Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
Subject / content:	Ballads Wars Generals Deaths
Person / organisation:	Afrikaners [Subject of text] Colley, George Pomeroy-, Sir, 1835-1881 [Subject of text]
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Other Wars & Battles
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Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1705 [Date printed]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > England > Greater London > London (inhabited place) [Place printed]
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English ballads
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Description	Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.
Attribution and copyright:	Reproduced with permission from materials on loan to the National Library of Scotland from the Balcarres Heritage Trust.

Form / genre:	Miscellaneous > Ephemera > Broadsides
Dates / events:	1800-1900 [Date printed]
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