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Ladysmith town (1991 pop. 30,532), KwaZulu-Natal, E South Africa. The town has railroad yards and food-processing, textile, and tire factories. It is the distribution center for the surrounding agricultural and coal-mining region. Ladysmith was founded in 1851 by Boers (Afrikaners) who had been persuaded by British governor Sir Harry Smith to remain in Natal rather than join the Trek to other areas. The town, named for Smith's wife, grew after a railroad to Durban was opened in 1886. During the South African War , Sir George White's British forces at Ladysmith were under siege by Boers... Read more

Ladysmith
Ladysmith Town in northern Natal, besieged by Afrikaner forces during the second Anglo‐Boer War. Ladysmith became the main British military supply base in Natal...was heavily defeated and found himself surrounded in Ladysmith. Fortunately for White, the Boer commander, Joubert... Read more

Ladysmith
Ladysmith. Town in northern Natal, scene of a siege by Afrikaner forces during the second Anglo-Boer War. Ladysmith became the main British military supply base in Natal...heavily defeated and White found himself surrounded in Ladysmith, a strategically unsuitable site for a beleaguered force... Read more

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