Today in Kimberley's History
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49 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.
At a very early hour all our Mounted Men with the Ambulance turned out for the purpose of making a fort some distance beyond the Reservoir. They were formed into vedettes to protect the natives who worked at the fort and trenches under direction of the officers. Our guns fired into the Boers but drew no reply; and towards breakfast time when the work was finished, a waggon was seen to be coming in hot haste from the direction of the Intermediate Station, supposed to be full of ammunition, as the Boers opened fire just as our men reached Kimberley again. It being a very still day to-day the gun-fire from the Relief Column was distinctly heard. There was a continuous boom for a long time.
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
At a very early hour all our Mounted Men with the Ambulance turned out for the purpose of making a fort some distance beyond the Reservoir. They were formed into vedettes to protect the natives who worked at the fort and trenches under direction of the officers. Our guns fired into the Boers but drew no reply; and towards breakfast time when the work was finished, a waggon was seen to be coming in hot haste from the direction of the Intermediate Station, supposed to be full of ammunition, as the Boers opened fire just as our men reached Kimberley again. It being a very still day to-day the gun-fire from the Relief Column was distinctly heard. There was a continuous boom for a long time.
