Kimberley, Siege and Relief.

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ZA SMM001 #_#_C223_#
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Description
Archivist's notes: 

-- Precis by GR Duxbury re The Relief of Kimberley, 15.2.1900.
-- Articles re Incidents in the Siege of Kimberley by LS Glover.
-- Letter from Walter Sabatini re the relief of Kimberley and the presence of the 10th Hussars.
-- Notes from Charles Edward More re his family's involvement in fighting around Kimberley.
-- Photographs taken in and around Kimberley during the period.
-- Photograph showing casting of shells in De Beers mines workshop during siege.
-- Drawings of Long Cecil showing the section through the gun and side view (4.1" BL).
-- Note re the Sword of Honour to be awarded to Col. Kekewich and a Siege-medal to the defenders of Kimberley.
-- Copy of The diary of a doctor's wife, by Winifred Heberden, 16.10.1899 - 21.2.1900.
-- Diagram of the breech-screw and obturator of the Long Cecil.
-- Copy of a certificate issued to the Officers, Non-commissioned officers and men of the defence forces of Kimberley.
-- Diamond Fields' Advertiser, special edition, 16.2.1900 re Relief of Kimberley by Gen. French's flying column (McGregor Museum facsimile, 1978).

Administration
Type of Archive: 
Manuscript