Victoria cross gallery : Surgeon-Captain A. Martin-Leake : during the action at Vlakfontein 8, February 1902 attended several wounded under heavy fire from 40 Boers at 100 yards until wounded 3 times.

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[between 1900 and 1909?]
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Victoria cross gallery : Surgeon-Captain A. Martin-Leake : during the action at Vlakfontein 8, February 1902 attended several wounded under heavy fire from 40 Boers at 100 yards until wounded 3 times. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Colour 'scrap', die-cut around the edges, showing Arthur Martin-Leake (viewed from behind) crouching to attend to a soldier in the middle of battle. Another man waits for attention and a horse bolts away behind them. Red crosses are on Martin-Leake's arm-band, water bottle and an open case of medical supplies.

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1909?]

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1 broadside : color illustrations ; 12 x 16 cm

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