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Letters and diary pages from inside Ladysmith record the strain of a town under siege in 1899 and 1900. Henry H. S. Pearse, a special correspondent for the Daily News, combines accounts of military decisions with the pressures of shell fire, sickness and diminishing supplies. His account begins with the early fighting in Natal and the choices that led to the town's isolation under Sir George White's command.
A night advance towards Surprise Hill shows the close attention Pearse gives to practical obstacles. Soldiers wait for moonlight to fade, then work their way through railway fences, anxious that the noise of cut wire will alert nearby sentries. The contents also cover Christmas celebrations, hospital conditions and signals from the relief army. For readers of military history, these letters connect the movements of troops with the uncertainty and resourcefulness of daily life during the siege.
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- Henry H. S. Pearse
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- 131
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