How We Kept The Flag Flying : The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith
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Reprint of this excellent account from 1900 of the Boer Siege of Ladysmith, Natal, during the opening months of the Anglo-Boer War of 1899. MacDonald was the war correspondent for the Melbourne Argus, and was present during the siege, and presents a detailed account of the operations of the British garrison during their successful defence of this South African town. This is an exciting account of the siege of Ladysmith. It is eminently readable, intensely human, and is written with the journalist’s eye for history in the making. The author was in Ladysmith for the entire siege and witnessed first-hand the pathos and humour of a siege situation, cataloguing the continual bombardment and ever-decreasing rations, coupled with the onset of the debilitating enteric fever. He witnessed the battles and the hand-to-hand combat, personally accompanying many of the raiding parties. This is not the official or military account of the event, but, instead, an unbiased observation by a man whose craft it was to report on the unfolding events of the world.
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