| Show FOUND TIME FOR AMENITIES how british and boers exchanged compliments during the long siege of kimberley 4 during the boer war mr rhodes was shut up in kimberley and the doers constantly shelled the town with long range artillery they were not very for with big shells they only killed 12 people meantime mr rhodes accomplished the extraordinary feat of getting a cannon built at his works inalda the town it was a regular modern rifled eun and fired shells also homemade hom emada on each ot which was stamped with compliments of C J rhodes the boers themselves were not with out a sense of humor during christ anas 1899 they were besieging lady balth and on christmas eve they fired ten plugged shells into the town each alth a piece of plum pudding inside aad each bearing the words with the seasons compliments two ot the shells were found by the garrison and it was discovered that albo mr rhodes they were homemade having been cast in a foundry at johannesburg |
