Book Cover of South African Memories

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 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.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1909

Author

Lady Sarah Wilson image

Lady Sarah Wilson, became one of the first woman war correspondents in 1899, when she was recruited by Alfred Harmsworth to cover the Siege of Mafeking for the Daily Mail during the Second Boer War....

More on Lady Sarah Wilson

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

The Roman Triumvirates Cover image

The Roman Triumvirates by Charles Merivale

In this short volume, the British historian, Charles Merivale, describes the long conflict by which the rule of one man replaced the Roman Republic. H...

The Marne: A Tale of the War  Cover image

The Marne: A Tale of the War by Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton had been living in France for many years when WWI began. Like many in Europe, Wharton was frustrated and angry at America’s reluctance t...

The Cruise of the Snark  Cover image

The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London

The Cruise of the Snark is a non-fictional, illustrated book by Jack London chronicling his sailing adventure in 1907 across the south Pacific in his...

The Romance of the Romanoffs Cover image

The Romance of the Romanoffs by Joseph Martin McCabe

The eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were periods of stark contrast between the opulent lifestyle of the rich and the extreme pove...

The Naval War of 1812  Cover image

The Naval War of 1812 by Theodore Roosevelt

The Naval War of 1812 is Theodore Roosevelt's first book, published in 1882. It covers the naval battles and technology used during the War of 1812. I...

The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Cover image

The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Leander Stillwell

The Story of a Common Soldier is a compelling coming of age tale that will appeal not only to Civil War buffs but to anyone who enjoys autobiographies...

The Story of Joan of Arc  Cover image

The Story of Joan of Arc by Andrew Lang

The story begins in the early 1400 hundreds and Joan of Arc being a child with thirteen years old and one day she was outside and she hears something...

Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates Cover image

Daring Deeds of Famous Pirates by Edward Keble Chatterton

Edward Chatterton, a prolific British author of maritime adventures, presents fascinating stories of pirates and their exploits from earliest times th...

Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa Cover image

Across the Reef: The Marine Assault of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander

"Tarawa Atoll is 2085 miles southwest of Pearl Harbor and 540 miles southeast of Kwajalein in the Marshalls. Betio is the principal island in the atol...

Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland Cover image

Antietam National Battlefield, Maryland by Frederick Herman Tilberg

The American Civil War battle at Antietam, Maryland,(called Sharpsburg by the Confederacy) on 17 September 1862, has been called the bloodiest day of...

Reviews for South African Memories

No reviews posted or approved, yet...