Transvaal 1902 Boer War Military Blockhouse APO Standerton Cover and Letter

Transvaal 1902 Boer War Military Blockhouse APO Standerton Cover and Letter

Postmarked Army Post Office Standerton. Oval Standerton censorship marking with contents describing conflict with Boer soldiers. " am in the middle of another 'drive' , it;s the 3rd I've been on in the last month. Now the enemy is quite broke-up the country is divided into sections and some columns strengthen the sides.....this generally ends up in the surrender of the the fugitives we got only 8 last time it was so large a paddock. The Boers got round one flank and some 11 charged us - and all good "what for" 1 killed and 11 wounded they get very desperate the last night, you can hear firing for miles and miles.