Battles of the nineteenth century . -one dead at the foot ofthe hill, and it is esti-mated that their lossin wounded could not have been less than New Zealanders, led by the gallant gunner,had averted what seemed likely to be adisaster. It is curious to note how like thoseof Majuba the Boer tactics were, and onecannot help thinking that if at Majuba thetroops could have been rallied for a bayonetcharge, the end of that day would also havebeen very different. Three days later General French received animportant reinforcement. The Sixth Division,under General Kelly-Kenny, was landing f
Battles of the nineteenth century . -one dead at the foot ofthe hill, and it is esti-mated that their lossin wounded could not have been less than New Zealanders, led by the gallant gunner,had averted what seemed likely to be adisaster. It is curious to note how like thoseof Majuba the Boer tactics were, and onecannot help thinking that if at Majuba thetroops could have been rallied for a bayonetcharge, the end of that day would also havebeen very different. Three days later General French received animportant reinforcement. The Sixth Division,under General Kelly-Kenny, was landing fromEngland, and the 12th Brigade, under GeneralClements, was sent up to French. Thebattalions in the brigade were the 2nd Bed-fordshire, the 1st Royal Irish, the 2nd Wor-cestershire, and the 2nd Wiltshire. GeneralKelly-Kenny, with the other brigade (GeneralKnox) and the divisional troops, went up toNaauwpoort and began an advance along the. ANOTHER ATTACK ON COLESBERG. 145 cross-line towards Stormberg. The general im-pression caused b)- these movements was thatKelly-Kennys division, with the troops alreadyon the frontier, would be used to clear the wayto the Orange River. Two of Clementssregiments, the Ro3-al Irish and the Worcesters,having reached the front on the i8th, they weresent to Slingersfontein, and Clements was giventhe direction of the operations on the south-eastside of Colesberg. French had asked for heavyguns, and two howitzers firing lyddite shellswere sent up to him and placed in positionagainst the west side of the Boer defences. In the last week of January another attemptwas made to work round to the north of Coles-berg. It was reported that the Boers wereholding in very small force the pass of Riet-fontein Plessis, running towards the OrangeRiver through a range of hills lying east andwest on that side of the town. On the eveningof the ;:4th the mounted infantr}- under CaptainDe Lisle seized Bastards N
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