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 Boer (b
r, bôr) [Du.
..... Click the link for more information. (Afrikaners) who had been persuaded by British governor Sir Harry Smith to remain in Natal rather than join the Trek Trek, Great (trĕk), the journey by Afrikaner farmers ( Boers ) who left the Cape Colony to escape British domination and eventually
..... Click the link for more information. 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 South African War or Boer War, 1899–1902, war of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State against Great Britain.
..... Click the link for more information. , Sir George White's British forces at Ladysmith were under siege by Boers from Nov., 1899, to Feb., 1900, when British reinforcements arrived. Nearby battlefields associated with the siege include Wagon Hill, Nicholson's Nek, and Spioen Kop.
Ladysmith
r, bôr) [Du...... Click the link for more information. (Afrikaners) who had been persuaded by British governor Sir Harry Smith to remain in Natal rather than join the Trek Trek, Great (trĕk), the journey by Afrikaner farmers ( Boers ) who left the Cape Colony to escape British domination and eventually
..... Click the link for more information. 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 South African War or Boer War, 1899–1902, war of the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State against Great Britain.
..... Click the link for more information. , Sir George White's British forces at Ladysmith were under siege by Boers from Nov., 1899, to Feb., 1900, when British reinforcements arrived. Nearby battlefields associated with the siege include Wagon Hill, Nicholson's Nek, and Spioen Kop.
Ladysmith
a city in E South Africa: besieged by Boers for four months (1899--1900) during the Boer War. Pop.: 41 427 (2001)
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