Battles of the nineteenth century . his front wereihe Spytfontein and Magers-Icmtein kopjes, which heIviiew were held by the samedetermined men who hadlong barred his wav at theriver crossing. He resolved togive his army a rest, bringup supplies and reinforcements, and aboveall bring up howitzers and heavj^ naval gunswith which to bombard the Boer lines as aprelude to the attack. Meanwhile he had touse part of his force and some of the reinforce-ments sent to him to secure his line of communi-cations along the western border. On December 2nd, the Canadians underColonel Otter and the Australian
Battles of the nineteenth century . his front wereihe Spytfontein and Magers-Icmtein kopjes, which heIviiew were held by the samedetermined men who hadlong barred his wav at theriver crossing. He resolved togive his army a rest, bringup supplies and reinforcements, and aboveall bring up howitzers and heavj^ naval gunswith which to bombard the Boer lines as aprelude to the attack. Meanwhile he had touse part of his force and some of the reinforce-ments sent to him to secure his line of communi-cations along the western border. On December 2nd, the Canadians underColonel Otter and the Australians under ColonelHood were sent up from De Aar camp to helpin garrisoning various points on the linebetween Orange River station and ModderRiver camp. For the same purpose twocompanies of the Northampton Regiment weresent back to Belmont and Graspan. At thesame time the Highland Brigade under GeneralWauchope, consisting of the 2nd Royal High-landers (Black Watch), the ist Highland LightInfantrv, the 2nd Seaforth Hitrhlanders, and the. OTTER, COMMANDING THECANADIAN CONTINGENT.{Fhoto : Kennedy I Toronto.) Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was concen-trated at Modder camp. The last-named regi-ment had joined Lord Methuen just before thebattle of the 28th. Other reinforcements werethe 12th Lancers, G Battery , a howitzerbattery , and a naval 47 inch gun fromthe Doris, which the bluejackets christened Joe Chamberlain. On December 5th, LordMethuen, in reporting asmall reconnaissance northof the river in which twoof the mounted infantryhad been wounded, addedto his despatch, Am satis-fied that enemys loss atModder River more thanequals our own, and moralmuch shaken. But theBoers did not show muchsign of this assumed dis-couragement. The very thev cut off a patrol ofthe 12th Lancers, and tookan officer and four menprisoners ; and the day afterthat Prinsloo, the Free Statecommandant, with about 100men and a gun, raided the railway line nearGraspan and tem
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