Footnote 195: Map No. [13] and [freehand sketch].[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 196: It was not until the 3rd December that the signals were clearly understood, and an exchange of messages properly established.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 197: Wounded at the action of the Modder on 28th, he left hospital on 29th, but had to return there from 2nd to 6th December.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 198: This battalion reached the Modder battlefield on the evening of the 28th November.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 199: This was another name for Voetpads Drift; the latter name is used on map No. [13].[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 200: See maps Nos. [13], [13(a)], [13(b)] and [freehand sketch].[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 201: The two companies of Seaforth Highlanders, who had been on outpost, did not accompany their battalion, but worked their way to the front later in the day.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 202: See [p. 312].[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 203: These companies of this, the leading battalion of the brigade, had actually deployed when the Boers opened fire.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 204: An officer in the Highland brigade who took the time fixes the hour of this retirement at about 8 a.m.[Back to Main Text]