Today in Kimberley's History
February 6th
114 days since beginning of the Siege of Kimberley, 1900
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Got some more chocolate. One lives, nowadays, only to see what one can get to eat. This is the principal topic of conversation.
'Long Cecil' made some excellent practice this morning, dropping shells amongst the Boer tents in their new laager on Diebel's Vlei. This evening we were bombarded from Carter's Ridge but no casualties occurred.
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
Got some more chocolate. One lives, nowadays, only to see what one can get to eat. This is the principal topic of conversation.
'Long Cecil' made some excellent practice this morning, dropping shells amongst the Boer tents in their new laager on Diebel's Vlei. This evening we were bombarded from Carter's Ridge but no casualties occurred.