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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...
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Episodes
00 - Dedication and Preface 02.01.2026 2:57
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01 - First Voyage to South Africa 01.01.2026 18:34
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02 - Kimberley and the Jameson Raid 31.12.2025 18:27
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03 - The Immediate Results of the Raid 30.12.2025 20:11
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04 - Johannesburg and Pretoria in 1896 29.12.2025 26:35
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05 - Three Years After 28.12.2025 23:30
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06 - Preparations for War 27.12.2025 26:22
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07 - In a Rebellious Colony 26.12.2025 35:40
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08 - Betrayed by a Pigeon 25.12.2025 19:02
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09 - How I was made a Prisoner 24.12.2025 38:49
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10 - Exchanged for a Horse Thief 23.12.2025 26:02
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11 - Life in a Besieged Town 22.12.2025 25:34
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12 - Life in a Besieged Town (continued) 21.12.2025 22:45
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13 - Eloff's determined attack on Mafeking 20.12.2025 26:02
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14 - Across the Transvaal to Pretoria during the War 19.12.2025 17:44
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15 - Pretoria and Johannesburg under Lord Roberts and Military Law 18.12.2025 21:21
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16 - My return to civilisation once more 17.12.2025 31:11
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17 - The work of Lady Georgiana Curzon 16.12.2025 34:50
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18 - Fourth Voyage to the Cape 15.12.2025 49:28
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