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volunteer Town Guards. During the course of the siege Rhodes put the resources of De Beers,
the diamondmining company, at the service of the townspeople and the chief engineer, an American
called George Labram, built a look-out tower on mine-lifting gear, arranged pumps to supply fresh
water and built a 4-inch gun. Among the supplies the company offered were 422 rifles, six machineguns and 700,000 rounds of ammunition, the possession of which by a private business went
unexplained.
On 25 November 1899, as Lord Methuen’s relief column approached, and an attack on the Boer
positions on Carter’s Ridge was carried out under Lieutenant-colonel Scott Turner. The British
casualties totalled seven killed and twenty-five wounded, but they captured over thirty Boers and
killed or wounded two dozen more. A second attack on 27 November resulted in Scott Turner’s death,
together with that of more than twenty of his men and a greater number wounded for little gain. No
further sorties were undertaken and, after Methuen’s defeat at Magersfontein on 11 December, the
British decided to sit out the siege, introducing rationing and attempting to drive unproductive black
people out of the town. The Boers increased the pressure by bringing a Long Tom (Creusot 155mm
gun) to shell Kimberley, with which they succeeded in killing Labram as he changed for dinner on
Friday, 9 February 1900. The town was relieved six days later.
See also:
Kekewich, Lientenant-colonel R. G.; Kimberley, Relief of; Rhodes, Cecil.
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