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Surrender Demand Rejected

Great Britain · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1899Date range
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Chronological records

1899

Robert George Kekewich6 November 1899

Kimberley · Warfare / Boer War, 2nd

Kekewich rejects a Boer demand to surrender before the bombardment of Kimberley intensifies.

Names involved

Robert George Kekewich

Provenance

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