Scorched Earth Policy

Question 1

What did the British do in response to the Boer tactics

Answer 1

They embarked on a svrivhed earth policy

Question 2

What did the scorched policy involve

Answer 2

It involved going to the farms if the Boer commandos
Burning farm houses
Killing livestock
Destroying the farmland

Question 3

What was the aim?approximately how many farms were burnt?

Answer 3

Their aim was to deny supplies to the Boer fighters

Approximately 30,000 farms were burnt

Question 4

Who were herded into concentration camps?

Answer 4

Women,children and black servants Boers had on their farms

Question 5

What were these actions responsible for?

Answer 5

Bringing the Boers to negotiate to end the war

Question 6

Who implemented the policy(concentration camps)?and what was the intention

Answer 6

Roberts

The intention was to eliminate the support of the women and children to the soldiers

Question 7

How did the British sabotage the farms?what did some women do

Answer 7

Putting salt in soil
Poisoned wells and dams
Some women wandered around the bushveld