Mafeking, Siege and Relief of.

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ZA SMM001 #_#_C221_#
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Context
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South African National Museum of Military History
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National Registers of Manuscripts and Photographs (NAREM and NAREF) National Archives' cartographic and library material, microfilms and copies
Description
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-- Relief of Mafeking card.
-- Facsimile of the Mafeking Mail with reports of the Siege, 25.1.1900.
-- Copy of De Volksstem with report of the Siege, 26.10.1899.
-- Article re SA War veteran, Capt. John William Nicholson.
-- Article re Linden Bradfield Webster's reminiscences of the Siege of Mafeking.
-- Sketch maps of Mafeking.
-- Photograph of the Boer laager at Mafeking.
-- Photograph of Cronje and the Long Tom.
-- Article - Mafeking Siege, report on artillery by Col. FW Panzera.
-- Correspondence re French Creusot (Long Tom) including details of no. calibre, colour and shell.
-- Correspondence re guns at Mafeking.
-- Article - The Mafeking Artillery by DD Hall.
-- Cutting re Mrs. G Crewe, inhabitant of Mafeking during the Siege.
-- Information re Maj. Clements.
-- Cutting from Standard Diggers' News, Nov. 1899 re Baden-Powell's despatch.

Administration
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Manuscript