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LADYSMITH , a See also:town of See also:Natal, 189 m. N.W. of See also:Durban by See also:rail, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Klip tributary of the See also:Tugela. Pop. (1904) 5568, of whom 2269 were whites. It lies 3284 ft. above the See also:sea and is encircled by hills, while the See also:Drakensberg are some 30 in. distant to the N.W. Ladysmith is the trading centre of See also:northern Natal, and is the See also:chief railway junction in the See also:province, the See also:main See also:line from the See also:south dividing here. One line crosses See also:Van Reenen's pass into the See also:Orange See also:Free See also:State, the other runs See also:north-wards to the See also:Transvaal. There are extensive railway workshops. Among the public buildings are the See also:Anglican See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church and the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall. The church contains tablets with the names of 3200 men who perished in the See also:defence and See also:relief of the town in the South See also:African See also:War (see below), while the See also:clock See also:tower of the town hall, partially destroyed by a See also:Boer See also:- SHELL
- SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell, is kept in its damaged See also:condition.
Ladysmith, founded in 1851, is named after Juana, See also:Lady See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, wife of See also:Sir Harry Smith, then See also:governor of Cape See also:Colony. It stands near the site of the See also:camp of the Dutch farmers who in 1848 assembled for the purpose of trekking across the Drakensberg. Here they were visited by Sir Harry Smith, who induced the See also:majority of the farmers to remain in Natal. The growth of the town, at first slow, increased with the opening of the railway from Durban in 1886 and the subsequent See also:extension of the line to See also:Johannesburg.
In the first and most See also:critical See also:stage of the South African War of 1899-1902 (see TRANSVAAL) Ladysmith was the centre of the struggle. During the See also:British concentration on the town there were fought the actions of Talana (or See also:Dundee) on the loth, Elandslaagte on the 21st and Rietfontein on the 24th of See also:October 1899. On the 3oth of October the British sustained a serious defeat in the See also:general See also:action of Lombard's Kop or See also:Farquhar's See also:Farm, and Sir See also:George See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White decided to hold the town, which had been fortified, against investment and See also:siege until he was relieved directly or indirectly by Sir Redvers See also:Buller's advance. The greater portion of Buller's available troops were despatched to Natal in See also:November, with a view to the See also:direct relief of Ladysmith, which meantime the Boers had closely invested. His first See also:attempt was repelled on the 15th of See also:December in the See also:battle of See also:Colenso, his second on the 24th of See also:January 1900 by the successful Boer counterstroke against Spion Kop, and his third was abandoned without serious fighting (Vaalkranz, Feb. 5). But two or three days after Vaalkranz, almost simultaneously with See also:Lord See also:Roberts's advance on See also:Bloemfontein Sir Redvers Buller resumed the offensive iii the hills to the See also:east of Colenso, which he gradually cleared of the enemy, and although he was checked after reaching the Tugela below Colenso (Feb. 24) he was finally successful in carrying the Boer positions (Pieter's See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill) on the 27th and relieving Ladysmith, which during these See also:long and anxious months (Nov. 1-Feb. 28) had suffered very severely from want of See also:food, and on one occasion (See also:Caesar's Camp, See also:Jan. 6, ,goo) had only with heavy losses and See also:great difficulty repelled a powerful Boer See also:assault. The See also:garrison displayed its unbroken See also:resolution on the last See also:day of the investment by setting on See also:foot a See also:mobile See also:column, composed of all men who were not too enfeebled to See also:march out, in See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order to harass the Boer See also:retreat. This expedition was however countermanded by Buller.
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