Hello David, Thats great thank you, and that will give me something to work on. Regards, Anthony >From: David Sheldon <David.Sheldon@poports.com.au> >Reply-To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com >To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: RE: [BOER-WAR] Australian's Burning Boer Farms >Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 11:51:27 +1100 > >In March 1901 Lord Kitchener introduced a scorched earth policy which led >to >the destruction of about 30000 Boer farmhouses and the partial and complete >destruction of more than forty towns. Thousands of women and children were >removed from their homes by force.They had little or no time to remove >valuables before the house was burnt down. They were then taken by oxwagon >or in open cattle trucks to any one of the infamous concentration camps >where in total 25,000 Boer civilians and 14,000 natives died. > >Extracts from http://www.awm.gov.au/wartime/21/article.asp > >Australian troops were deployed in sweeping the countryside and enforcing >the British policy of cutting the Boer guerrillas off from the support of >their farms and families. This meant the destruction of Boer farms, >(Typical >forms of destruction were the burning of Boer farms and the slaughtering of >their animals (whole brigades of soldiers sometimes paused for a day to cut >the throats of local sheep) and the dynamiting of entire rural towns), the >confiscation of horses, cattle and wagons and the rounding up of the >inhabitants, usually women and children. These civilian captives were taken >to concentration camps where, weakened by malnutrition, thousands died of >contagious diseases. > >"I hate the whole business," wrote Major Hubert Murray from Sydney. But >even >those who hated it usually thought it was just, or at least justifiable. >"It >seems a cruel thing to ride up to a farmhouse and give the inmates, always >women and children, ten minutes to clear out what personal effects they can >get together and then to set fire to the place," wrote another officer from >Sydney, "but when their husbands and brothers are up on the hills behind >sniping at us, what else can you expect?" In any case, most soldiers >enjoyed >looting and burning. "The best part of this game is sacking the houses," >confessed Lieutenant Douglas Rich from Queensland, " although we poor >devils >of officers don't get much of the fun as in most cases it is forbidden and >we have to keep the men back." > >David Sheldon >Brisbane > >-----Original Message----- >From: BOER-WAR-L-request@rootsweb.com >[mailto:BOER-WAR-L-request@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Sidney Allinson >Sent: Monday, 31 October 2005 3:28 AM >To: BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Australian's Burning Boer Farms > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Anthony Bigelow" <anthonybigelow@hotmail.com> >To: <BOER-WAR-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 3:39 AM >Subject: [BOER-WAR] Australian's Burning Boer Farms > > > > Hello, > > > > Can anyone identify the source to a reference in Wallace's book, from > > Australian trooper Hiram Preston Thompson, of Australians burning boer > > farms? > > Regards, Anthony. > >The several thousand Australian volunteers serving in the ABW were >involved in all aspects of British army anti-guerilla operations, including >the burning of Boer farms. >- Sidney. > >www.xlibris.com/krugersgold.html > > > > >==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== >Boer War Links >http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWarLinks.htm > >============================== >Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. 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