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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Siege of Ladysmith
|partof=[[Second Boer War]]
|image=[[File: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={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
|combatant2={{flagicon|Transvaal}} [[South African Republic]]<br/>{{flagicon|Orange Free State}} [[Orange Free State]]
|commander1={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[George Stuart White]]
|commander2={{flagicon|Transvaal}} [[Petrus Jacobus Joubert]]<br/>{{flagicon|Transvaal}} [[Louis Botha]]<br/>{{flagicon|Orange Free State}} [[Christiaan De Wet]]
|strength1=12,500
|strength2=max 21,000 men
|casualties1=c. 850 Kkilled and Wwounded<br/>800 Pprisoners
|casualties2=52+ Kkilled<br/>Total Ccasualties Uunknown
}}
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{{Campaignbox Second Boer War}}
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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]].

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==See also==
*[[Battle of Ladysmith]]
*[[Relief of Ladysmith]]
*[[Military history of South Africa]], specifically the [[Second Boer War]]
{{Commonscat-inline|Siege of Ladysmith}}

[[File:Varieties of 
Aammunition collected at Ladysmith - Project Gutenberg etext 21280.jpg|thumb|Varieties of Ammunition collected at Ladysmith]]

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|last=Donald|first=MacDonald|title=How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith|publisher=Ward, Lock & Co|year=1900}} Available as {{internet archive|howwekeptflagfl00macdgoog|How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

(contracted; show full)[[Category:History of Kwa-Zulu Natal]]
[[Category:Histories of cities in South Africa]]

[[es:Sitio de Ladysmith]]
[[fr:Siège de Ladysmith]]
[[it:Assedio di Ladysmith]]
[[no:Beleiringen av Ladysmith]]
[[pl:Oblężenie Ladysmith]]