CONCENTRATION CAMPS, instituted by the British military authorities in the Boer War early in 1901. It was in tended to collect in them all the non-combatant population of the two Boer republics, so as to dishearten the fighting men and prevent them living on the country or acquiring information from the inhabitants. The policy was not an unqualified success, and it aroused a storm of protest at home, besides stiffening the determination of the enemy and relieving them of the care of their families. (See SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.)