South African Memories by Lady Sarah Wilson

Lady Sarah Isabella Augusta Wilson was the aunt of Winston Spencer Churchill. In 1899 she became the first woman war correspondent when she was recruited to cover the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Boer War. She moved to Mafeking with her husband at the start of the war, where he was aide-de-camp to Colonel Robert Baden-Powell. Baden-Powell asked her to leave Mafeking for her own safety after the Boers threatened to storm the British garrison. This she duly did, and set off on a madcap adventure in the company of her maid, travelling through the South African...

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1. 00 - Dedication and Preface

   02 Jan 2022

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2. 01 - First Voyage to South Africa

   01 Jan 2022

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3. 02 - Kimberley and the Jameson Raid

   31 Dec 2021

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4. 03 - The Immediate Results of the Raid

   30 Dec 2021

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5. 04 - Johannesburg and Pretoria in 1896

   29 Dec 2021

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6. 05 - Three Years After

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7. 06 - Preparations for War

   27 Dec 2021

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8. 07 - In a Rebellious Colony

   26 Dec 2021

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9. 08 - Betrayed by a Pigeon

   25 Dec 2021

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10. 09 - How I was made a Prisoner

    24 Dec 2021

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11. 10 - Exchanged for a Horse Thief

    23 Dec 2021

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12. 11 - Life in a Besieged Town

    22 Dec 2021

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13. 12 - Life in a Besieged Town (continued)

    21 Dec 2021

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14. 13 - Eloff's determined attack on Mafeking

    20 Dec 2021

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15. 14 - Across the Transvaal to Pretoria during the War

    19 Dec 2021

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16. 15 - Pretoria and Johannesburg under Lord Roberts and Military Law

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17. 16 - My return to civilisation once more

    17 Dec 2021

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18. 17 - The work of Lady Georgiana Curzon

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19. 18 - Fourth Voyage to the Cape

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