Lady Sarah WILSON - South African Memories

Name: South African Memories
Author: Lady Sarah WILSON

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Author: Lady Sarah WILSON

Genres: Memoirs, Modern (19th C),

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Dedication and PrefaceFirst Voyage to South AfricaKimberley and the Jameson RaidThe Immediate Results of the RaidJohannesburg and Pretoria in 1896Three Years AfterPreparations for WarIn a Rebellious ColonyBetrayed by a PigeonHow I was made a PrisonerExchanged for a Horse ThiefLife in a Besieged TownLife in a Besieged Town (continued)Eloff's determined attack on MafekingAcross the Transvaal to Pretoria during the WarPretoria and Johannesburg under Lord Roberts and Military LawMy return to civilisation once moreThe work of Lady Georgiana CurzonFourth Voyage to the Cape

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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 countryside until she was finally captured by the enemy and returned to the town in exchange for a horse thief being held there. Dwindling food supplies became a constant theme in the stories she sent back to the Mail and the situation seemed hopeless when the garrison was hit by an outbreak of malarial typhoid. In this weakened state the Boers managed to penetrate the outskirts of the town but the British stood firm and repelled the assault. ( Summary by Wikipedia )