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Siege of Kimberley

October 14, 1899 – February 15, 1900 · Siege of Kimberley

Part of Second Boer War

Contemporaries On the map

The Boers besieged the diamond town until John French's cavalry relieved it.

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Boer republics

Orange Free State
South African Republic
Cornelius Hermanus Wessels military commander Piet Cronjé military commander Ignatius Stephanus Ferreira military commander

United Kingdom

United Kingdom
Cecil Rhodes military commander John French military commander