Boer War, Boer POWs

A company of Boer soldiers, prisoners of war, in Simon's Town, South Africa. At first, Boer prisoners of war captured by the British, were put on ships, but as numbers grew, the British decided they did not want them kept locally. The British feared they could be freed by sympathetic locals. Moreover, they already had trouble supplying their own troops in South Africa, and did not want the added burden of sending supplies for the POWs. Britain therefore chose to send many POWs overseas. A Transit camp for Prisoners of War near Cape Town during the war. Prisoners were then transferred for internment in other parts of the British Empire. In all, about 26, 000 POWs were sent overseas The Second Boer War (October 11, 1899 - May 31, 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Boer states, the South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, over the Empire's influence in South Africa. The war ended in surrender and British terms with the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902. Both former republics were incorporated into the Union of South Africa in 1910, as part of the British Empire. Keystone View Company, 1901

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Anglo-boer Boer Commandos Militia Pows

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