The Great Guns of the Siege of Kimberley
发布时间 2021-05-05 11:57:34 来源
摘要
In their initial offensive of the Second Anglo-Boer War, the Boer armies quickly overran parts of the British territories of Natal and Cape Colony, besieging three strategically important towns. The defense of the Cape Colony city of Kimberly resulted in a surprising arms race and the employment of unique, and startlingly large for the era, pieces of artillery.
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