Many prisoners of war were sent to Portugal and Ceylon, as it was thought that sympathetic locals might free them.
Many prisoners of war were sent to Portugal and Ceylon, as it was thought that sympathetic locals might free them. This war made use of a scorched earth policy to defeat guerrilla forces and saw one of the first uses of concentration camps. One cause of this war was the discovery of gold fourteen years prior, which caused an influx of outsiders, or uitlanders [OIT-landers]. The Orange Free State and Transvaal were annexed as a result of, FTP, what war fought between British forces and the titular ethnic group in South Africa, lasting from 1899 to 1902?
Many prisoners of war were sent to Portugal and Ceylon, as it was thought that sympathetic locals might free them.
Second {Boer} War