Today in Kimberley's History
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68 days since beginning of the Siege of Kimberley, 1899
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Our men made another sortie early this morning. One portion going towards Carter's Farm, and the others with some of the Lancashires went in the direction of Kamfersdam. In the case of the former the enemy's pickets promptly retired, so our men were able to fill up the wells at Carters, and destroyed all means of the Boers getting water from there. After this they returned to Kimberley for breakfast.
Jack told me that the evening before a Corporal in the Cape Police (Hambly) had been shot by mistake while on picket duty. Without letting his men know he proceeded to reconnoitre by himself, and riding out for some distance was mistaken by two Troopers for a Boer and shot through the head. The body was brought in to the Barrier where Jack went to see it, and he had it brought in that night.
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Our men made another sortie early this morning. One portion going towards Carter's Farm, and the others with some of the Lancashires went in the direction of Kamfersdam. In the case of the former the enemy's pickets promptly retired, so our men were able to fill up the wells at Carters, and destroyed all means of the Boers getting water from there. After this they returned to Kimberley for breakfast.
Jack told me that the evening before a Corporal in the Cape Police (Hambly) had been shot by mistake while on picket duty. Without letting his men know he proceeded to reconnoitre by himself, and riding out for some distance was mistaken by two Troopers for a Boer and shot through the head. The body was brought in to the Barrier where Jack went to see it, and he had it brought in that night.
