Concentration camps
: The lack of provisions, suffering, death and dismay
Laborie Oak Forest
: Women gather in the Oak Forest: petition sent to British queen
Gaol window
: Internment of civilians creates embitterment
Female
: The female sculpture is symbolic of the resolute woman as pillar of strength in her familie and for her nation
Blockhouse
: Outnumbered by the British the Boer warriors are hunted and cornered
Martial law
: Civilians suffer: provisions confiscated, oppression
Illustration
: Plan of the monument
Rebels shot
: Thirty Cape Rebels were shot or hanged, sometimes in public
Male
: The male sculpture represents the Rebel. He revolted against the injustice that his blood brothers in the Republics had to endure
Scorched earth
: 30 000 farms burned down, all livestock killed; deprive Boers of provisions
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