Nineteenth Brigade—Brigadier-General Smith-Dorrien: 2nd Battalion Cornwall Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, Royal Canadian Infantry. Three field batteries and one of 5-inch howitzer.
At Sterkstrom, General Gatacre had the remains of the Third Division, consisting of the 1st Royal Scots, 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st Derbyshire, 2nd Royal Berkshire, 2nd Royal Irish Rifles, and a Militia battalion—the 3rd Durham Light Infantry—with three field batteries and a couple of naval guns.
At Nauwpoort, General Clements had the 2nd Bedfords, 1st Royal Irish, 2nd Worcester, 2nd Wiltshire, a Militia battalion—the 4th Derbyshire—with one horse and three field batteries.
The Second Division was with Sir George White in Ladysmith, and comprised a cavalry brigade, consisting of the 5th Dragoon Guards, 5th Lancers, 18th and 19th Hussars.
Seventh Brigade—Brigadier-General Ian Hamilton: 1st Battalion Manchesters, 2nd Battalion Gordons, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers: and 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade.
Eighth Brigade—Brigadier-General F. Howard: 1st Leicesters, 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifles, 1st Battalion King's Liverpools, and a company of the Rifle Brigade.
White also had the following divisional troops, brigaded under Brigadier-General Knox: 1st Devons, 1st Gloucester, and 1st King's Royal Rifles. There were also six field, one mountain battery, two 6-inch howitzers, and a naval brigade of 280 men, with five long-range quick-firing guns.
Sir Redvers Buller at the time of Lord Roberts's arrival had upwards of 30,000 men, thus detailed:
Second Division: General Lyttelton.