BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902


Farm Details
Name:Jackal Span
District:Newcastle
Notes:

Farm 4 miles W of Buffalo, 12 miles SE of Newcastle; Owner: P L Uys; this farm was destroed owing to P L Uys being concerned in a raid of 200 head of cattle, the property of two neighbouring farmers, D Miller and R Miller. (When it was burnt it contained no supplies, and no supplies had previously been removed from that farm.) [Source, Cd 524, p.11]

Persons on Farm


Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.