It was amazing to note the shattered culverts as
main.html">main column consisted of Pole-Carew's 11th Division, which
Welsh, and Yorkshires). With them were the 83rd, 84th, and 85th
Passing along the widespread British line one would then, after an
7th), which consisted of Maxwell's Brigade (formerly
Borderers) and Wavell's Brigade (North Staffords, Cheshires, East
Ridley's mounted infantry.html">infantry. Beyond them, extending over very many
Broadwood's cavalry, Bruce Hamilton's Brigade (Derbyshires, Sussex,
Hamilton's force of Highlanders, Canadians, Shropshires, and
from Lord Roberts, but edging westwards all the way, to merge with
described. This was the army, between forty and fifty thousand
opponents would work round.html">round and strike at our rear. Ample means had
the 8th Division and Brabant's Colonial Division remained in rear
Bloemfontein were Kelly-Kenny's Division (the 6th) and Chermside's
Kimberley towards Boshof, formed the extreme left wing of the main
judgment Lord Roberts saw that it was on our right flank that
been taken to meet it.
The objective of the first day's march was the little town of
faced it, while the left arm swept round and drove the Boer force
some opposition, but overbore it with artillery.html">artillery. May 4th was a day
order as before, for twenty miles, and found themselves to the
energetic resistance. A vigorous artillery duel ensued, the British
hours of a very hot fire the mounted infantry got across the.
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