Battles of the nineteenth century . Soiit^iai)t/>icii.) 132 THE BOER WAR. South African Mounted Volunteers, andRimingtons Scouts. Artillery. O and O Batteries and a battery The garrison of Kimberley, under ColonelKekewich, was composed of half a battalion istNorth Lancashires, some gunners and sap-pers ( and ), the Kimberley Rifles, be made for departmental corps and the re-duced effective strength of the combatant the former head there were, for instance,in South Africa in December, i8qq, at least3,000 of the Army Medical Corps and over 2,0
Battles of the nineteenth century . Soiit^iai)t/>icii.) 132 THE BOER WAR. South African Mounted Volunteers, andRimingtons Scouts. Artillery. O and O Batteries and a battery The garrison of Kimberley, under ColonelKekewich, was composed of half a battalion istNorth Lancashires, some gunners and sap-pers ( and ), the Kimberley Rifles, be made for departmental corps and the re-duced effective strength of the combatant the former head there were, for instance,in South Africa in December, i8qq, at least3,000 of the Army Medical Corps and over 2,000of the Army Service Corps, both essential tothe efficiency of the army, and counted in itstotal strength, but neither of them combatantforces. Only a rough estimate of the effective. TRANSPORT CROSSING THE PONTOON BRIPCE AT TRICHARDTs DRU-T. Diamond Fields Light Horse, battery Dia-mond Fields Artillery, and a force of armedtownsmen. Mafeking was held onh by Colonial Volunteersunder Colonel Baden-Powell. A large force of volunteers, stiffened with someregular troops, was employed in garrisoning theports and guarding the railway lines in CapeColony. It is interesting to add a rough estimate ofthe fighting force represented by this long list ofregiments and batteries. The fighting force isa very different thing from the total force ina theatre of war, as large deductions have to strength of the army at the front can be figures are not yet available at the timeof writing. There were about 12,000 men be-sieged in Ladvsmith, and about 4,000 more shutup in Kimberley and Mafeking. The LadysmithRelief Force, under General Buller, was about20,000 strong, and Sir Charles Warrens division,newly arrived, was about to add some 8,000 moreto it. Lord Methuen had abo
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