2-756-202 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Blockhouse System', 1902. During the Second Boer War, British forces built a large number of fortifications in South Africa which played a vital role in the protection of the railway lines and bridges, key to the British military supply lines. From "South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. VII", by Louis Creswicke. [The Caxton Publishing Co., London, 1902]