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Deelfontein, located near De Aar in the Northern Cape, was the site of a British Imperial Yeomanry Hospital during the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902). The water reservoir at this hospital was a critical infrastructure component, supplying fresh water to the medical facility and its personnel. The hospital itself was established in 1900, not 1899, as the war began in October 1899 and the Yeomanry Hospital was set up later to treat wounded soldiers. The reservoir likely utilized natural springs or boreholes common to the Karoo region, where water scarcity was a challenge. De Aar, a strategic railway junction, served as a key base for British operations, and the hospital treated hundreds of soldiers for wounds and diseases like typhoid.
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