Siege of Ladysmith

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military engagement siege

The Siege of Ladysmith was a major engagement of the Second Boer War (1899–1902) in which British forces were encircled and besieged by Boer commandos in the town of Ladysmith in present-day South Africa.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Relief of Ladysmith	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ
belligerent	Boer republics ⓘ British Empire ⓘ Orange Free State ⓘ South African Republic ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom
category	1899 in South Africa ⓘ 1900 in South Africa ⓘ KwaZulu-Natal ⓘ surface form: History of KwaZulu-Natal Second Boer War ⓘ surface form: Sieges of the Second Boer War
combatant	Boer forces ⓘ surface form: Boer commandos British Army ⓘ
commander	George White ⓘ Louis Botha ⓘ Piet Joubert ⓘ
conflictOf	Second Boer War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Colony of Natal ⓘ
duration	approximately 118 days ⓘ
endDate	1900-02-28 ⓘ
endYear	1900 ⓘ
followedBy	British advance into Boer territory ⓘ
hasAftermath	boosted British morale after relief ⓘ marked turning point in early phase of Second Boer War ⓘ
hasCasualties	Boer forces suffered several hundred casualties ⓘ British forces suffered thousands of casualties including dead, wounded, and disease ⓘ
involves	British colonial troops ⓘ civilians inside Ladysmith ⓘ naval guns used on land ⓘ
location	Colony of Natal ⓘ Ladysmith ⓘ present-day South Africa ⓘ
notableFor	heavy artillery bombardment ⓘ high civilian and military hardship ⓘ prolonged encirclement of British garrison ⓘ use of Boer long-range guns ⓘ
partOf	Second Boer War ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Ladysmith ⓘ
reliefBy	Redvers Buller ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ Siege of Kimberley ⓘ surface form: Relief of Ladysmith
significantEvent	Siege of Ladysmith self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Relief of Ladysmith
startDate	1899-11-02 ⓘ
startYear	1899 ⓘ
strategicImportance	key to British control of Natal ⓘ
strategicObjective	control of Natal railway and communications ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical) → battleHonour → Siege of Ladysmith ⓘ

subject surface form: King's Own Scottish Borderers

this entity surface form: Relief of Ladysmith

Boer forces → engagement → Siege of Ladysmith ⓘ

Ladysmith → eventLocation → Siege of Ladysmith ⓘ

Ladysmith → knownFor → Siege of Ladysmith ⓘ

Manchester Regiment → notableEngagement → Siege of Ladysmith ⓘ

Boer Wars → notableEvent → Siege of Ladysmith ⓘ

Natal Colony → significantEvent → Siege of Ladysmith ⓘ

Siege of Ladysmith → significantEvent → Siege of Ladysmith self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Relief of Ladysmith