British Fail to Lift Siege

Date: February 7, 1900 • Location: uThukela District Municipality, South Africa

Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.

The Second Boer War was a conflict fought between 1899 and 1902 between the British Empire and the Boer republics, triggered by the discovery of gold in the Transvaal, specifically the Witwatersrand gold fields, and the ensuing political dispute over the voting rights of British expatriates (Uitlanders).