Boer War: City Imperial Volunteers burning a farm

Members of the City Imperial Volunteers burning a Boer farm at Frederickstrad, circa 1901, during the Boer War (1899-1902). Despite the annexation of the Orange Free State and the Transvaal by the British in 1900 many Boers fought on and 18 months of guerrilla warfare followed. In an attempt to prevent the Boer fighters from obtaining supplies, information and assistance, the British burned farms and crops and confined Boer families in concentration camps

Picture No

11802697

Media ID

47653795

Size

2912px x 1898px (3.0MB)

Credit

©The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Source

Photograph circa 1901, from a collection of 56 photographs compiled by Stanley Thomas William Henshaw, City Imperial Volunteers, circa 1900-1901

Date

c. 1901