Relief of Ladysmith
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The Relief of Ladysmith consisted of multiple efforts to relieve the city of Ladysmith by General Sir Redvers Buller during the Second Boer War. Buller and the Natal Field Force attempted to relieve t
Major Hubert Gough of the relieving force greets General Sir George White in Ladysmith, as portrayed in a painting by John Henry Frederick Bacon.
Piet Joubert, the Boer commander
General Sir Redvers Buller VC, Commander of the British Forces
General Buller parading in Ladysmith, after the lifting of the siege.
Colony of Natal
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The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May
Detail of a painting depicting the Battle of Rorke's Drift during the Anglo-Zulu War 11 January – 4 July 1879
First public auction of Natal sugar, Durban, 1855