Footnote 264: Casualties, January 1st:—Killed, one officer; wounded, six officers, twenty-one N.C.O.s and men; missing, one man.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 265: The former received the 1st Essex regiment, two companies 1st Yorkshire regiment, 4th battery R.F.A., and the Household cavalry composite regiment; the latter the Johannesburg Police under Van Dam, and a commando under Commandant Grobelaar. The reinforcements reached the two opponents on January 4th, 5th and 6th.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 266: Casualties, January 4th:—Killed, one officer, six N.C.O.s and men; wounded, two officers and thirteen N.C.O.s and men.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 267: During the reconnaissance, Lieutenant Sir J. P. Milbanke, Bart., 10th Hussars, the General's A.D.C., was severely wounded whilst rescuing a dismounted trooper under heavy fire, an act for which he subsequently received the Victoria Cross.[Back to Main Text]
- 10th Hussars, 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, eight guns R.H.A.
- 4th battery Royal Field artillery, three companies M.I.
- Detachments 1st Suffolk and 2nd Royal Berkshire regiments.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 269: Casualties, January 6th:—
- Killed: Five Officers; thirty-two N.C.O.s and men.
- Wounded and taken prisoners: Three Officers; twenty-six N.C.O.s and men.
- Unwounded and taken prisoners: Two Officers; sixty-eight N.C.O.s and men.
- Wounded and returned to camp: One Officer; twenty-two N.C.O.s and men.
- The Boers stated their losses as one officer and eight men killed, seventeen men wounded.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 270: Casualties, January 7th:—One officer and four men missing.[Back to Main Text]