SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
EPISODE RECALLED. RELIEF OF LADYSMITH. DEATH OF ADMIRAL MEUX. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received September 21, 10.50 a.m. RUGBY, Sept. 20. The death is announced to-day of Sir Hedwortlr Meux, Admiral of the Fleet, aged 73. The late Sir Hedworth mis associated with one of the important episodes of the South African War. He was then Captain Lambton, as he only assumed the name of Meux in latter years, in accordance with the wifi of Lady Meux. General Sir. George White had been forced to concentrate his forces on Ladysmith and act on the defensive. He had only light artillery and his chances of withstanding the attacks of the the Boers were small. Naval assistance having been asked for, His Majesty’s ship Powerful, with Captain Lambton in command, was sent to Durban. On her. arrival on October 29, 1899, the Powerful’s 4.7 inch guns, previously mounted for uso in the field, were landed immediately and sent with a naval brigade under Captain Lambton to Ladysmith. The arrival of these reinforcements undoubtedly saved Ladysmith.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 251, 21 September 1929, Page 9
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180SOUTH AFRICAN WAR Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 251, 21 September 1929, Page 9
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