Making tea at the 'Shrapnel Hotel'. British men make tea outside a makeshift bomb shelter, jokingly named 'Shrapnel Hotel'. The shelter was built as protection against the huge shells delivered by 'Long Tom', a type of large gun used by the Boers at the Siege of Kimberley during the Second Boer War (1899-1902). Kimberley, Cape Province (North Cape), South Africa, circa December 1899. Kimberley, North Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa.