Today in Kimberley's History
October 18th

3 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.

A certain number of Boers have taken possession of the Waterworks, which are comparatively close to the road we came in two days ago.