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Battle of Belmont, Boer War edit

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Original – Battle of Belmont. Nov. 23D 1899. Boer-British War. Gen. Methuen commanding the British. Gen. Cronje commanding the Boers. Heavy loss on both sides. Boers routed.

Reason: Another of Adam's post-retirement restorations, this is the only image in the article, which had sat without one for six years previous. It only uses a handful of colors, so it looks a bit garish, but Adam says that is typical of the time period. Comment from Adam: "Good lord, this took ages. There were many rips, some small missing areas, and severe vignetting. Besides the normal removing of dirt and dust, all these had to be corrected, involving reconstruction work and careful levels adjustments." I particularly like how the Scots Guards (I presume) are fighting in kilts.
Articles in which this image appears: Battle of Belmont (1899)
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/War
Creator: Kurz & Allison, lithographers; restoration by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator --—howcheng {chat} 18:58, 1 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Support - per nomination — P. S. Burton (talk) 16:07, 8 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral I'm not sure how this image helps the reader to understand the subject of the article. Pine^✉ 04:32, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 21:25, 10 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]