title: Battle For Zimbabwe: The Final Countdown
author: Geoff Hill
description: ...shines a light on a country that is being systematically destroyed by a dictatorial regime... -- <i>Annabel Hughes, Washington Times</i>
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  The Siege of Kimberley
  
  
  [INTRODUCTION.](The%20Siege%20of%20Kimberley_split_001.html#filepos5752)
  
  
  [THE SIEGE OF KIMBERLEY. ITS HUMOROUS AND SOCIAL
  SIDE](The%20Siege%20of%20Kimberley_split_002.html#filepos13356)
  
  
  
  
  
    
    
  [CHAPTER I. Week ending 21st October,
  1899](The%20Siege%20of%20Kimberley_split_002.html#filepos13518)  
    
  [CHAPTER II. Week ending 28th October,
  1899](The%20Siege%20of%20Kimberley_split_002.html#filepos33549)  
    
  [CHAPTER III. Week ending 4th November,
  1899](The%20Siege%20of%20Kimberley_split_002.html#filepos49745)  
    
  [CHAPTER IV. Week ending 11th November,
  1899](The%20Siege%20of%20Kimberley_split_002.html#filepos68645)  
    
  [CHAPTER V. Week ending 18th November,
  1899](The%20Siege%20of%20Kimberley_split_002.html#filepos85985)  
    
  [CHAPTER VI. Week ending 25th November,
  1899](The%20Siege%20of%20Kimberley_split_002.html#filepos103595)  
    
  [CHAPTER VII. Week ending 2nd December,
  1899](The%20Siege%20of%20Kimberley_split_002.