Battles of the nineteenth century . n having itsretreat cut ofi. On November loth, General Wolfe-Murray THE CAMPAIGN IN NATAL. 65 banded over the local command to Colonel the nth the Boers, who till then had con-tented themselves with the occupation of Colen-o,showed signs of advancing. Parties of theirmounted scouts rode into Chieveley, the nextstation down the line. Others, sweeping roundto the eastward, entered Weenen, and precautionshad to be taken to guard the line south of Est-court, which might be raided and torn up bythese flanking parties of the invaders. Colonel waggons, and
Battles of the nineteenth century . n having itsretreat cut ofi. On November loth, General Wolfe-Murray THE CAMPAIGN IN NATAL. 65 banded over the local command to Colonel the nth the Boers, who till then had con-tented themselves with the occupation of Colen-o,showed signs of advancing. Parties of theirmounted scouts rode into Chieveley, the nextstation down the line. Others, sweeping roundto the eastward, entered Weenen, and precautionshad to be taken to guard the line south of Est-court, which might be raided and torn up bythese flanking parties of the invaders. Colonel waggons, and everything was read)- for a retreatin case of the enemy developing a serious turningmovement. After some anxious waiting for theattack to begin, the patrols sent out along theColenso and Weenen roads brought back thenews that the enemy was not advancing in force,but the Boers who had been seen were recon-noitring parties, numbering in all not morethan 200 men. They exchanged a (e\v shotswith our scouts, but no one was hit on either. THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS JUST BEFORE EMBARKING IN THE ARMOUKED TRAIN ATTACKED AND WRECKED NEAR CHIEVELEY BV THE BOERS. Long reported that he might soon have to fight,and on the 13th a newly arrived battalion of theWest Yorkshire Regiment was sent up to himfrom Durban, and cart of the naval detachmentat Pietermaritzburg was also ordered up to thefront at Estcourt. Next day our scouts reportedthat the Boers were advancing in force to at-tack the village. An alarm gun was fired, thevolunteers hastened to their posts, and ColonelLong marched out with some of his regulars totake up a position on the hills east of the town,as rumour said the main body of the enemy wason the Weenen road. .At the same time thebaggage and stores were laden on the transport side. The Boer patrols drew together andbivouacked at a point about five miles north-east of Estcourt. The garrison on its sidebivouacked in heavy rain and great tents had been packed on the wag
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