Footnote 280: Composition:—6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, 10th Hussars, a battery R.H.A., under Major-General Brabazon; four companies 1st Yorkshire, four companies 1st Essex, the 2nd Wiltshire regiment, the M.I., and a field battery, under Colonel T. E. Stephenson, 1st Essex regiment.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 281: See pages 434-5.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 282: Despatch, February 2nd, 1900.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 283: General Clements' command was as follows:—
- Two squadrons 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons.
- J. battery, R.H.A.
- 4th battery, R.F.A.
- A section, 37th Howitzer battery, Royal Field Artillery.
- The Australian M.I. (490 men).
- The Victorian M.I. (175 men).
- Mounted infantry (450 men).
- 2nd Bedfordshire regiment.
- 1st Royal Irish regiment.
- 2nd Worcester regiment.
- Half battalion 2nd Royal Berkshire regiment.
- 2nd Wiltshire regiment. [Back to Main Text]
Footnote 284: See maps Nos. [9] and [17].[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 285: The views of the Field Intelligence department as to the actual strength of the enemy may be gathered from Lord Roberts' report to the War Office on 12th January, that in his opinion the total strength against us had never been more than 80,000 men (telegram to Secretary of State for War).[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 286: See p. 461, Vol. I., Minutes of Evidence before War Commission.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 287: Telegram, Lord Roberts to Secretary of State, 26th January, 1900.[Back to Main Text]
Footnote 288: Telegram, Lord Roberts to Secretary of State, 27th January, 1900.[Back to Main Text]