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Below we Submit "A Brief Chronology
of the Ladysmith Campaign In south
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Chronology of the Ladysmith Campaign.

Chronology OF the Ladysmith Campaign.
The following brief chronology of
the Ladysmith campaign is complete
up to the time Lord Dundonald's forces
entered the city, relieving Gen. White
after an imprisonment of l24 days:
Oct. l2-Boer army invadcs Natal.
Oct. 20-Battle OF Glencoe; Beers rcpulSed;
Gen. SymonS nortally wounded British losses,
30 killed. l0l wounded.
oct. 2i-Battle OF Elandslaagte Beers re-
pulsed; British losses, 81 killed, 2l0 wounded.
Oct. 24-Battlc of Rietfonten; British COM
PEELED to retire having II killed, l03 wounded.
Oct. 5O-3attle of Lodysmithi od British , en-
tured and 800 killed and wounded
Nov. 2-Siege of Ladysmith begins.
Nov. 3-British troops forced to evacuate
Nov. British armored train ambushed
near Estcourt; Winston Churchill and % men
captured
Nov. l6-Battle of Willow Grange south of
! Colenso; Doors repulscd; British losses, II
| killed, 81 wounded, missing.
Nov. 30-Boers attack Ladysmith in force;
are rCpulScd leaving 100 dead on the field.
Dee. S-BriuSh sortie from Ladysmith de-
stroyS Bocr guns on Lombard kOp.
Dee l0-British sortic destroys Boer guns on
Surprise hill.
Dee l5-Battle OF Colenso: Butler repulsed in
first effort TO relieve Ladysmith; British losses,
l46 killed, 7i6 wounded, 227 missing; ii British
Dec 2?-Britsh sortie from Ladysmith re-
pulsed with loss of 8 killed II wounded
Jan. 6-Boers assault LadySmith in force, but
everywhere repulSCd after rs hours lighting.
Jan. l0-Buller seZes Potgeter's drift 10
miles west Of ColenSO.
Jan. l7-BritiSh troops cross Tugela river al
Potgieter's and Trichardt in second attempt to
relieve LadySmith.
Jan. 25~British capture spion llop after six
days continuous lighting; British loss, lsl
killed, 532 wounded.
Jan. 26-British give up Spion kop and retreat
across Tugela.
Feb. 4-British troops, $1,000 strong, cross
Tugela at Molen drift in third attempt to re-
lieye Ladysmth capture Naal krantz with
bayonct charge
Feb. british retreat across Tugela river
after losing 80 killed So wounded, and 10 miss
ing
FEB. l6-Buller starts fourth attempt TO re-
lievo Ladysmith by capture OF Husssar hill.
Feb. 2O-BritiSh capture COlensO, losing u
killed, 100 wounded in three days fighting.
Feb. 2l-British troops cross Tugela in NTH
attempt to relieve Ladysmith.
Feb. 22-Fifth brigade advance toward Grob-
Ter kloof, gaining some ground with heavy loss
InniSkilens and Dublin Fusliers beaten back.
Feb. 23-Lyttleton'S brigade relieves Hart
brigade
Feb. 2i-Both sides agree to truce to bury
dead and care for wounded.
Feb. 25-Fighting continues, British stub
bornly holding positions. with serious losses
Feb. 26-BullerS entire force returns TO south
side of the Tugea and re-crosscs to the north
side by another route.
Feb. 27-BritiSh force capture Peters hill
Feb. 2S-Lord DundonaldS force enters Lady
smith.
Mar. Gen. Butler personally visits Lady
smith. reports garrison on short rations and in
need of nursing