Black powder was used and this caused a large cloud of white smoke when the gun was fired.

Replicas of the original cannons can be seen at various places in South Africa, including Fort Klapperkop near Pretoria, in the Long Tom Pass in Mpumalanga, The Anglo-Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein (formerly the War Museum of the Boer Republics) and next to the town hall in Ladysmith.

It was hurriedly emplaced on a height called Jackal Tree, about 3,500 yards (3,200 m) south of Mafeking on the Geysdorp road.

150  On 6 November the Long Tom was moved to a new position, about 3,000 yards (2,700 m) east of Cannon Kopje.[6]: p.

168  On 11 April the Long Tom was sent back to Pretoria, having thrown nearly 1,500 shells into Mafeking,[6]: p. 173  which however killed fewer than 20 people.

Two old howitzers were brought up and one had a lucky shot, killing or injuring nine Boer gunners and damaging the Long Tom itself.[7]: p.

British return fire only managed to destroy one of its ammunition wagons, but the setback was temporary.

[9] The Long Tom damaged by British forces on 7 December 1899 was taken back to Pretoria for repairs.

There was one Long Tom mounted on a railway truck parked at the Vandermerwe Station[11] It is not known whether it fired a shot.

After the battle it escaped past Helvetia to Lydenburg and from there over the pass to Spitskop, Ohrigstad and eventually to Haenertsburg.

[13] After the battle it fled past Helvetia to Lydenburg and from there over the pass to Spitskop, Ohrigstad and eventually to Haenertsburg.

No sooner had it been occupied, than the Boer Long Toms on the mountain pass to Spitskop opened fire on the town.[16]: p.

463  On 8 September Buller with 12,000 men and 48 guns started ascending the pass in pursuit of Botha and the Long Toms.[16]: pp.

465–6  By 9 September the Long Toms had crossed the crest of the mountain and stopped just beyond the part of the pass known as the Devil's Knuckles.

The approximate location is 25°27'09"S,31°56'57"E(WGS84) The only contemporary written source of the place where the second Long Tom was destroyed is the diary of one of its gunners, Frederick Rothmann.

He wrote that they had been camping at a village called Haenertsburg for a week, when the Long Tom was destroyed on 18 October 1900, and the remains thrown into the Letaba River.

[18] A certain Grobler visited the area in 1954, and somebody who was present when the gun had been destroyed, pointed out the place where it happened.

The approximate location is 23°56'24"S, 29°57'39"E(WGS84) After the Battle of Bergendal, "The Jew" remained hidden until April 1901 during the big sweep against General Viljoen in the Eastern Transvaal.

On 16 April it fired a few shells at the advancing British column and then its crew blew the gun up.

The fourth Long Tom made its way to Pietersburg (Polokwane today) via Bothasberg, Masepsdrif, and Smitsdorp.

Shortly before General Plumer occupied Pietersburg on 8 February 1901, the Long Tom was taken in the direction of Haenertsberg.

When Colonel Grenfell approached the area, the crew of the Long Tom fired a few shells at the British and then destroyed the gun.