The British built approximately 8 000 blockhouses, at enormous cost, not only to protect their railway networks and other points of strategic importance, but also to stifle the mobility of Boer commandos across the South African veld. These were mainly masonry or corrugated iron structures and were built both in organised patterns and in isolation.
Blockhouses: symbols of a fearsome war
Dec 30, 2022
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