Guns in action at Colenso, South Africa showing the Percy Scott carriage which allowed the gun to become an effective mobile field artillery weapon. The Battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. It was fought between British and Boer forces from the independent South African Republic and Orange Free State in and around Colenso, Natal, South Africa on 15 December 1899.

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Guns in action at Colenso, South Africa showing the Percy Scott carriage which allowed the gun to become an effective mobile field artillery weapon. The Battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. It was fought between British and Boer forces from the independent South African Republic and Orange Free State in and around Colenso, Natal, South Africa on 15 December 1899.

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