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that farmhouses nearby would be burnt down in case of such actions, and backed his words by
deeds in firing Christiaan De Wet’s farm as a reprisal for De Wet’s attack at Roodewal Station. Lord
Kitchener built blockhouses along the railway lines partly to protect the iron road and the telegraph
wires alongside and partly for ease of supply of these watch-stations.
See also:
Blockhouses; Roodewal, Battle of; Transport.
Reference:
Troup, Freda, South Africa: An Historical Introduction (London, Eyre Methuen, 1972).
Rand
A ridge, thus part of a name for a geographical feature such as Witwatersrand.
Rawlinson, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry,
1864–1925
Henry Seymour Rawlinson was born in 1864 and joined the King’s Royal Rifles in 1884, transferring
to the Coldstream Guards in 1892. He saw service in the East Indies and in Burma before returning to
become Brigade-major at Aldershot. He was active in the Sudan campaign of 1898 and joined
Lieutenant-general Sir George White in Natal, therefore becoming besieged in Ladysmith. He took
command of a column in South Africa in May 1901. In the First World War he commanded the Fourth
Army and laid down the detailed plans for the attack on the Somme on 1 July 1916. In 1919 he
supervised the evacuation of allied troops from north Russia. He became Commander-in-
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