BCCDBritish Concentration Camps
of the South African War
1900-1902

Farm Details
Name:Boschfontein
District:Johannesburg
Notes:

No date given; 3 homesteads; Owners: L Grobler, W Grobler, D Grobler; sniping [Source: Cd 524, p.16]

No date given; Owners: L Grobler, C Grobler, J Grobler; these men sniped the column from the kopjes behind the house when passing, and were warned; on the return of the force they were seen to run out of their houses and snipe from the kopje, so their houses were burnt [Source: Cd 524: p.18]
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.