The Benin Expedition
The Benin expedition- in quest of water: On the morning after the occupation of Benin three hundred water-carriers, with the seamen and marines of the Theseus and two companies of Houssas, went in search of water. After descending a gorge with banks two hundred feet high, they reached the Ikpobar Creek
Picture No
12270736
Media ID
46141467
Size
4044px x 6074px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by G. Montbard in The Illustrated London News', 27 March 1897, page 7
Date
1897
