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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]]
(contracted; show full)ly [[enteric fever]] or typhoid, which claimed among many others, the life of noted war correspondent [[George Warrington Steevens|G.W. Steevens]]. The Boers had long before captured Ladysmith's water supply, and the defenders could use only the polluted{{Citation needed|reason=The water is known to be heavy with suspended mud, but that does not equate to pollution. Muddy may be more correctly descriptive|date=May 2009}} [[Klip River]]. The situation was reportedly made worse by maladministration and 
peculationembezzlement by senior medical and supply officers.{{Citation needed|reason="reportedly" by whom?|date=December 2011}}

Towards the end of the siege, the garrison and townsfolk were living largely on their remaining draught oxen and horses (mainly in the form of "chevril", a meat paste named after the commercial beef extract "[[Bovril]]").

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[[es:Sitio de Ladysmith]]
[[eu:Ladysmitheko setioa]]
[[fr:Siège de Ladysmith]]
[[it:Assedio di Ladysmith]]
[[no:Beleiringen av Ladysmith]]
[[pl:Oblężenie Ladysmith]]
[[ru:Осада Ледисмита]]