Kimberley relief operations

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British military campaign military operation

Kimberley relief operations were British military efforts during the Second Boer War to break the Boer siege of the diamond-mining town of Kimberley in South Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Relief of Kimberley	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military campaign ⓘ military operation ⓘ
aimedAt	relieving civilian population of Kimberley ⓘ restoring British control over Kimberley ⓘ
belligerent	United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedBy	Field Marshal Lord Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Lieutenant General John French NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Methuen NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Second Boer War ⓘ
conflictType	colonial war campaign ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfEvent	15 February 1900 ⓘ
endTime	1900 ⓘ
followedBy	advance on Bloemfontein ⓘ
involves	Boer commandos NERFINISHED ⓘ British Army NERFINISHED ⓘ cavalry forces under John French ⓘ
location	Cape Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ Kimberley NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Magersfontein NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Modder River NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Paardeberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Relief of Kimberley NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	heavy British casualties at Magersfontein ⓘ rapid cavalry dash to Kimberley by John French ⓘ
objective	break Boer siege of Kimberley ⓘ relief of Kimberley ⓘ
opposedBy	Orange Free State NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedByCommander	General Koos de la Rey NERFINISHED ⓘ General Piet Cronjé NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	British campaigns in Southern Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Kimberley NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Boer sieges in the Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Kimberley NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ siege of Kimberley lifted ⓘ
startTime	1899 ⓘ
strategicImportance	protection of diamond-mining town of Kimberley ⓘ securing northern Cape Colony ⓘ
supportedBy	Imperial Yeomanry NERFINISHED ⓘ colonial volunteer units ⓘ
target	Boer siege lines around Kimberley ⓘ
theatre	Western Front of the Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTactic	artillery bombardment ⓘ cavalry flanking manoeuvre ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Graspan → campaign → Kimberley relief operations ⓘ

Slag van Magersfontein → partOfCampaign → Kimberley relief operations ⓘ

Battle of Paardeberg → followedBy → Kimberley relief operations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Relief of Kimberley

British forces in the Second Boer War → belligerentIn → Kimberley relief operations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Relief of Kimberley