. South Africa and the Transvaal War. Map of Ladysmith and Surrounding Heights of four and a half companies of the Gloucestershire Regiment andsix companies of the Royal Irish Fusiliers and No. 10 MountainBattery, was moving towards Nicholsons Nek with a view of seizingit. But of Colonel Carletons column anon. On Colonel Ian Hamiltons right flank, towards Lombards Kop,was Colonel Grim wood, with the ist and 2nd Kings Royal Rifles, 42. The Battle of Lombards Kop the Liverpools, Leicesters, and Dublin Fusiliers, three Field-Batteries,and the Natal Volunteer Artillery. On the extreme right, when
. South Africa and the Transvaal War. Map of Ladysmith and Surrounding Heights of four and a half companies of the Gloucestershire Regiment andsix companies of the Royal Irish Fusiliers and No. 10 MountainBattery, was moving towards Nicholsons Nek with a view of seizingit. But of Colonel Carletons column anon. On Colonel Ian Hamiltons right flank, towards Lombards Kop,was Colonel Grim wood, with the ist and 2nd Kings Royal Rifles, 42. The Battle of Lombards Kop the Liverpools, Leicesters, and Dublin Fusiliers, three Field-Batteries,and the Natal Volunteer Artillery. On the extreme right, when daybroke, was General French with a Cavalry Brigade and some volun-teers. The idea was, that while Colonel Grimwood was shellingthe Boer position to the north of Lombards Kop, General Frenchshould prevent any attempt to turn his right; the enemys artillerysilenced, Colonel Grimwood was to drive him along the ridgerunning to Pepworth, and, under cover of the British guns, press theBoers towards their centre. Meanwhile our centre, under ColonelHamilton, was to attack a hill where the enemy was in force, routhim and join in the general scheme, while Colonel Carleton protectedthe centre from a flank movement. Unfortunately the best laidschemes o mice and men gang aft agley, and General Whites admir-able scheme failed, as we shall learn. An artillery duel began opera-tions, and this continued for two long hours, while the warm spri
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