carry wounded from Ladysmith to Intombi. Notable casualties during the siege Arthur Stark, author of The Birds of South Africa, was killed after being hit by an unexploded Boer shell in the Royal Hotel. George Warrington Steevens, British author and war correspondent, of enteric fever. See also Field gun competition Clive MacDonnell Dixon William Henry Wright References Bibliography Available as . Kruger, Rayne; Goodbye Dolly Gray, New English Library, 1964. McElwee, William; The Art of War: Waterloo to Mons, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974. . Pakenham, Thomas; The Boer War, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1979, . Reitz, Deneys (1929). Commando: A Boer Journal of the Boer War. . External links , Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899–1902. Deals extensively with the Siege of Ladysmith Conan Doyle, Arthur; The Great Boer War Creswicke, Louis; South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) The Great Boer War, "Chapter 13: The Siege Of Ladysmith" Conflicts in 1899 Conflicts in 1900 Battles of the Second Boer War 1899 in the Colony of Natal Sieges of the Second Boer War History of KwaZulu-Natal Histories of cities in South Africa November 1899 events February 1900 events