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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.
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==Background==
As war with the Boer republics appeared likely in June 1899, the [[War Office]] in Britain dispatched a total of 15,000 troops to [[Colony of Natal|Natal]], expecting that if war broke out they would be capable of defending the colony until reinforcements could be mobili
szed and sent to South Africa by steamship. Some of these troops were diverted while returning to Britain from [[British India|India]], others were sent from garrisons in the Mediterranean and elsewhere. Lieutenant General Sir [[George White (British Army officer)|George White]] was appointed to command this enlarged force. White was 64 years old, and suffered from a leg injury incurred in a riding accident. Having served mainly in India, he had little previous experience of South Africa.

==Outbreak of war==
{{Main|Battle of Talana Hill|Battle of Elandslaagte|Battle of Ladysmith}}

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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]]