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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Siege of Ladysmith
|partof=[[Second Boer War]]
|image=[[Image:Ladysmith Town Hall 1900 - Project Gutenberg eText 15972.png|300px]]
|caption=The town hall at Ladysmith, showing shell damage to the tower.
|date=[[2 November]] [[1899]] - [[28 February]] [[1900]]
|place=[[Ladysmith, South Africa|Ladysmith]], [[Colony of Natal|Natal]], [[South Africa]]
|casus=
|territory=
|result=British victory
|combatant1=[[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]]
|combatant2=[[Boer]]s
|commander1=[[George Stuart White]]<br>[[Redvers Henry Buller|Sir Redvers Buller]]
|commander2=[[Petrus Jacobus Joubert]]<br>[[Louis Botha]]
|strength1=5,500 <ref>[http://britishbattles.com/great-boer-war/siege-ladysmith.htm The Siege of Ladysmith - The Boer War<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
|strength2=max 20,000 men
|casualties1=175 Killed<br>249 Wounded
|casualties2=52+ Killed<br>Total Casualties Unknown
}}
{{Campaignbox Second Boer War}}

The '''Siege of Ladysmith''' was a protracted engagement in the [[Second Boer War]], taking place between [[30 October]] [[1899]] and [[28 February]] [[1900]] at [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]], [[Colony of Natal|Natal]]. 

==The outbreak of war==
As tension grew between [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Britain]] and the [[Boer republics]], Britain sent a substantial army detachment to [[KwaZulu-Natal Province|Natal]]. In spite of contrary advice, Lieutenant General [[George Stuart White|George White]] deployed around [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]] in northern Natal, with a detachment thrown forward to [[Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal|Dundee]].

(contracted; show full)[[Category:Conflicts in 1899]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1900]]
[[Category:Battles of the Second Boer War|Ladysmith, Siege of]]
[[Category:Sieges involving the United Kingdom|Ladysmith]]

[[es:Sitio de Ladysmith]]
[[no:Beleiringen av Ladysmith]]
[[pl:Oblężenie Ladysmith]]