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Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Cloete, P.G. ( 2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa.
- 02https://www.news24.com
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, January 16). Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072738
South African History Online (2012) 'Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force', South African History Online, 16 January. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072738 (Accessed: 5 November 2026).
South African History Online, Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072738, (accessed 5 November 2026).
"Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force." South African History Online, 16 Jan. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072738. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force." South African History Online. January 16, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0072738.
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