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Mobilization to Cape Town

When
September 1899
Where
Cape Town
Part of
Georgina Fane Pope and Canadian nursing sisters sail for Cape Town

A Field Force was mobilized and sent to Cape Town in September 1899 as war with the Boers seemed imminent.

When war with the Boers seemed imminent in September 1899, a Field Force, referred to as the Army Corps, was mobilized and sent to Cape Town. This occurred before Pope's volunteering in October.

Sources

  1. Second Boer War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-11

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