Today in Kimberley's History
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29 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 Boers seem to be strengthening their artillery position at Schmidt's Drift Road, so the R.A. guns must have done a good deal of damage. The usual three-quarter of an hour's bombarding Kimberley went on without much damage being done. Wesselton and Beaconsfield were also shelled. About 90 shells being fired in altogether to-day. The artillery excited us in the late afternoon by dashing away to the other side of the searchlight gear - but it was merely to cover the cattle coming in over a dangerous space.
Extract from "The Diary of a Doctor's Wife – During the Siege of Kimberley October 1899 to February 1900" by Winifred Heberden.
The Boers seem to be strengthening their artillery position at Schmidt's Drift Road, so the R.A. guns must have done a good deal of damage. The usual three-quarter of an hour's bombarding Kimberley went on without much damage being done. Wesselton and Beaconsfield were also shelled. About 90 shells being fired in altogether to-day. The artillery excited us in the late afternoon by dashing away to the other side of the searchlight gear - but it was merely to cover the cattle coming in over a dangerous space.
