Footnote 271: Casualties, January 9th:—Two men wounded; seventeen battery horses were struck by shells during this engagement.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 272: Casualties, January 11th:—Wounded, five men; missing, one man.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 273: Composition: One squadron 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, one squadron 10th Hussars, two companies M.I., and two guns R.H.A.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 274: This battalion had joined on January 8th and 9th. On January 12th, 1st half-battalion Welsh regiment and a squadron 10th Hussars had also arrived; they were followed on the 14th by half a battalion, 2nd Worcestershire regiment.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 275: Casualties, January 15th:—
- Killed, six N.C.O.s and men; wounded, one officer, five N.C.O.s and men.
- Boer losses: twenty-one killed: about forty wounded. [Back to Main Text]
Footnote 276: With the following:—1st Royal Irish and 2nd Worcestershire regiment, one squadron cavalry, one company New Zealand Mounted Rifles, and four guns.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 277: Three squadrons Carabiniers, two squadrons Household cavalry, N.S.W. Lancers, one company New Zealand Mounted Rifles and four guns.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 278: Rimington's Guides, one squadron Household cavalry, one company New Zealand Mounted Rifles.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 279: A section of the 37th Howitzer battery, from Modder River.[Back to Main Text]