'A British outpost is seen lying round their camp fire, with rifles stacked, and the sentry on duty is resting on his rifle. He is surprised by a party of Boers from behind a thicket, and clubbed with the butt-end of a rifle, the soldiers are rushed and shot down as they attempt to reach their rifles, and the Boers rob their bodies and carry off their arms. A remarkable natural reproduction of an actual occurrence.'
Taken from The Beginnings of the Cinema in England 1894 - 1901: Volume 4: 1899, p218 (University of Exeter Press, 1996).
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The film was shot on Muswell Hill golf course in North London.