Battle of Ladysmith: Difference between revisions

| conflict = Battle of Ladysmith

| partof = [[Second Boer War]]

| image = Devonshire Regiment-Ladysmith.JPG

| caption = Devons at Pepworth Hill

| date = 30 October 1899

| place = [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]] (also known as uMnambithi), [[Colony of Natal]]

| casus =

| territory =

| result = Boer victory

| combatant1 = {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}}

| combatant2 = {{flag|South African Republic}}<br>{{flag|Orange Free State}}

| commander1 = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[George White (British Army officer)|George Stuart White]]

| commander2 = {{flagicon|South African Republic}} [[Petrus Jacobus Joubert]]<br>{{flagicon|South African Republic}} [[Louis Botha]]<br>{{flagicon|Orange Free State}} [[Christiaan De Wet]]

| strength1 = 12,500

| strength2 = 21,000<br>24 field guns<br>4 heavy guns

| casualties1 = 400 killed or wounded<br>800 captured

| casualties2 = 200

| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Second Boer War}} {{Campaignbox Natal Front}}