Battles of the nineteenth century . - runnersfrom the besieged garrison, of the diamond citv toldof a desultory bombardmentand occasional sorties andskirmishes. But at the Britishheadquarters at the Cape there must have beenan impression that the place was either short ofsupplies or in danger of falling before a Boerattack in force. It is otherwise impossible the haste with which Lord Methuenwas sent forward to attempt its relief. Onebrigade of his division had been sent off toNatal ; with the other—the Guards, under SirHenry Colvile—he went up to De Aar. Akind of scratch brigade wa
Battles of the nineteenth century . - runnersfrom the besieged garrison, of the diamond citv toldof a desultory bombardmentand occasional sorties andskirmishes. But at the Britishheadquarters at the Cape there must have beenan impression that the place was either short ofsupplies or in danger of falling before a Boerattack in force. It is otherwise impossible the haste with which Lord Methuenwas sent forward to attempt its relief. Onebrigade of his division had been sent off toNatal ; with the other—the Guards, under SirHenry Colvile—he went up to De Aar. Akind of scratch brigade was formed out of someof the line-of-communication troops at De Aarand Orange River, and placed under thecommnntl of Brigadier-General Fetherston-haugh. Thi> improvised brigade was numberedthe oth. The division formed of the 1st andqth Brigades was concentrated at Orange Riverbridge. It was weak in cavalry, there was nohorse artillery, and, what was more serious, ithad not enough wheeled or pack transport to. (Pluto : enable it to move more than a very few milesto right or left of the railway line. Methuenhad to depend for supplies on trains on tjierailway protected by the armoured train. Hisartillery was reinforced by a couple of navali2-pounders brought up by a small naval brigadeof seamen aiul marines. Lord Methuens division, concentrated atOrange River camp on November 20th, wasthus composed :— 1st Brigade (General Sir Henry Colvile) : 3rdGrenadier Guards, ist and 2nd ColdstreamGuards, ist Scots Guards. qth Brigade (General Fetherstonhaugh) :1st Northumberland Fusiliers, 2nd Northamp-tons, 2nd Kings Own York-shire Light Infantry, half abattalion (four companies)1st Loyal North Lancashire(of which the remainder wasin Kimberley under ColonelKekewich) and two com-panies of the MunsterFusiliers. Naval Brigade : a smalldetachment of seamen andmarines, under Captain Pro-thero, Cavalry : qth Lancerc,Rimingtons Scouts, and apart of the New South WalesLance
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