<P> The Natal Indian Ambulance Corps was created by Mahatma Gandhi for use by the British as stretcher - bearers during the Second Boer War, with expenses met by the local Indian community . Gandhi and the corps served at the Battle of Spion Kop . It consisted of 300 free Indians and 800 indentured labourers . </P> <P> With the Boer attack in Natal in October 1899 leading to the siege of Ladysmith, the British authorities recruited the Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps of about 1100 local White men . At the same time Gandhi pressed for his Indian stretcher - bearers to be allowed to serve . At the Battle of Colenso on 15 December, the NVAC removed the wounded from the front line and the Indians then transported them to the railhead . At the Battle of Spion Kop on 23--24 January, the Indians moved into the frontline . </P>

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