Battles of the nineteenth century . was Broadwoods, which had been attachedto Ian Hamiltons column on the right. Theremainder of the division had been resting nearBloemfontein, and waiting to complete the workof substituting fresh remounts for the horsesthat had broken down. On Monday, the 7th,French marched with his cavalry from Bloem-fontein, and next day joined Roberts at Smal-deel. During the rest of the advance thecavalry division formed the left wing of the army. ^|o THF. WAR. Hutton with his mounted infantry on theIctt, and Broadwood with his cavalry brigade onthe riglit,
Battles of the nineteenth century . was Broadwoods, which had been attachedto Ian Hamiltons column on the right. Theremainder of the division had been resting nearBloemfontein, and waiting to complete the workof substituting fresh remounts for the horsesthat had broken down. On Monday, the 7th,French marched with his cavalry from Bloem-fontein, and next day joined Roberts at Smal-deel. During the rest of the advance thecavalry division formed the left wing of the army. ^|o THF. WAR. Hutton with his mounted infantry on theIctt, and Broadwood with his cavalry brigade onthe riglit, had reconnoitred up to the ZandRiver, and found the enemy with several gunsin force on tlie north bank. In May there isverv little water in the Ri\er, anil as it evening of Wednesday, the qth, had his wholearmy concentrated near Welgelegen Siding,where the railway crosses the Doom Spruit, atributary of the Zand River. The crossing ofthe river at Virginia Siding was nine miles awayto the northward. M J^OTixrv ( Lindleu. ThabaNcRu |S THE ADVANCE TO in a deep gully between highI hollow of the veldt with easy does not How banks, but in slopes on both sides, it can be crossed almost anywhere. As the preliminary to forcing the passage. Lord Roberts drew in his right colunni nearer the railway line, leaving Colvile with the iiighland Brigade to hold Wiiiburg, and on the The ground on the north bank of the Zandrises with a gentle slope from the river. Theslope is broken by deep-cut watercourses, andthere are numerous groups of farm buildings,each with its clump of trees and walled cattleenclosures. To the east of the railway bridgethe ground near the river is covered with scrub. THE CROSSING OF THE ZAND RIVER. 311 and beyond it some low hills make the slope ofthe north bank more abrupt. At this pointBotha had his left, but, instead of being placedanywhere near the river, his centre and rightwere thrown back from it diagonalh* along thehigh g
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