Siege of Kimberley
Time: Saturday Oct 14, 1899
Place: Kimberley, South Africa
Details: Lastly, over 360 kilometres (220 mi) to the south of Mafeking lay the diamond mining city of Kimberley, which was also subjected to a siege. Although not militarily significant, it nonetheless represented an enclave of British imperialism on the borders of the Orange Free State and was hence an important Boer objective. The Siege of Kimberley took place during the Second Boer War at Kimberley, Cape Colony (present-day South Africa), when Boer forces from the Orange Free State and the Transvaal besieged the diamond mining town. The Boers moved quickly to try to capture the area when war broke out between the British and the two Boer republics in October 1899.
‹ Earlier in historySiege of MafekingFriday Oct 13, 1899 Later in history ›Boer guns began shelling the British campFriday Oct 20, 1899
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