It then moved Motion across the Timor Sea before hitting Attack the north Kimberley coast .

The Boers were well armed Bearing_arms and struck Attack first , besieging Ladysmith , Kimberley , and Mahikeng in early 1900 , and winning important battles at Colenso , Magersfontein and Stormberg .

It was fought Hostile_encounter near `` Paardeberg Drift '' on the banks of the Modder River in the Orange Free State near Kimberley .

Lord Methuen advanced Self_motion up the railway line in November 1899 with the objective Aiming of relieving the besieged city of Kimberley ( and the town of Mafeking , also under siege Besieging ) .

The army of Boer General Piet Cronjé was retreating Escaping from its entrenched position at Magersfontein towards Bloemfontein after its lines of communication were cut Removing by Major General John French , whose cavalry had recently outflanked Besieging the Boer position to relieve Kimberley .

Late on 21 January , Magda made Manufacturing landfall in the Kimberley region with winds of 130 km/h ( 80 mph ) before quickly weakening Cause_change_of_strength over land .

The precursor disturbance produced Causation heavy rainfall Catastrophe in the Kimberley region of Western Australia , causing Causation record Recording flooding Catastrophe and some road damage Damaging .

Maintaining a small central dense overcast , Alessia brushed Motion the Kimberley region before making landfall in the Top End region with winds of 65 km/h ( 40 mph ) on 23 and 24 November respectively .

Originating Coming_to_be as an area of low pressure on 22 February well to the northwest of the Kimberley region of Western Australia , the precursor to Rusty steadily developed Coming_to_be within a favourable environment .

The Boers attained Achieve a tactical victory and succeeded in holding Defending the British in their advance Self_motion on Kimberley .

He subsequently lifted Process_end the Siege Besieging of Kimberley and forced Cronje to surrender Surrendering at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Paardeberg .