Today in Kimberley's History
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16 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.
The enemy fired their first shell at a reconnoitering party from their position near Olifantsfontein. Colonel Kekewich has ordered that not more than 15 oxen are to be slaughtered every day. The allowance to be half a pound a head. Flour and meal at the rate of 1 lb a week for each person - or bread in proportion.
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
The enemy fired their first shell at a reconnoitering party from their position near Olifantsfontein. Colonel Kekewich has ordered that not more than 15 oxen are to be slaughtered every day. The allowance to be half a pound a head. Flour and meal at the rate of 1 lb a week for each person - or bread in proportion.
