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KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA, C.1900. TROOPS GUARDING A ROAD BARRIER DURING THE FOUR MONTH SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY. THE NOTICE, AUTHORISED BY CECIL RHODES, DIRECTS TOWNSWOMEN AND CHILDREN TO SEEK SHELTER IN DE BEERS' MINE SHAFTS FROM THE EXPECTED BOER ASSAULT. (DONOR: T. COLLINS; PHOTOGRAPHER: M. BENNETT)
KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA, C.1900. MILITARY OFFICERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS AT FORT RHODES DURING THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY. CECIL RHODES, THEN CONTROLLER OF THE DE BEERS COMPANY, IS SEATED FOURTH FROM THE
KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA, 1900-01. A HANDWRITTEN NOTICE DISTRIBUTED IN THE TOWN OF KIMBERLEY DURING THE SHELLING BY THE BOERS 100-POUND GUN DURING THE SIEGE. TEXT: "SUNDAY, I RECOMMEND WOMEN AND CHILDR
KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA, C.1900. NATIVE WORKING PARTY FILLING IN BOER TRENCHES AT WEBSTER'S FARM AFTER THE SIEGE WAS LIFTED. (DONOR: T. COLLINS; PHOTOGRAPHER: M. BENNETT)
KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA, 1900. MEMBERS OF THE DIAMOND FIELDS HORSE, A VOLUNTEER UNIT RAISED IN KIMBERLEY, EXAMINE A BOER TREK WAGON ABANDONED WHEN THE SIEGE WAS LIFTED. (DONOR: T. COLLINS; PHOTOGRAPHE
KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA, C.1900. DEFENSIVE WORKS AT THE TOWN RESERVOIR DURING THE SIEGE. (DONOR: T. COLLINS; PHOTOGRAPHER: M. BENNETT)
KIMBERLEY, SOUTH AFRICA, C. 1900-01. THE SOUP KITCHEN AT THE DE BEERS CONVICT STATION DURING THE SIEGE BY THE BOERS. NATIVES STAND NEAR THE OVENS AND VATS, WHILE A GROUP OF EUROPEANS POSE IN THE CENTR
