The disposition of the British troops was as follows:—On the right was the Guards' Brigade, with the Scots Guards, Grenadiers, and 2nd Coldstreams in line from right to left, and the 1st Coldstreams following in support. On the left was the Ninth Brigade, under Major-General Pole-Carew, composed of the Northumberland Fusiliers, Yorkshires, and North Lancashires in line from right to left, with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in support. The two field batteries were on the right, where also were the Lancers and mounted infantry. To the rear were the transport and ammunition waggons in charge of the Northamptons.
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Commanded the Boers in the beginning of the investment of Kimberley, subsequently at Magersfontein and Paardeberg, where he surrendered together with 4,000 men to Lord Roberts. Cronje is a man of 65 years of age, who has always been a bitter enemy of England. In 1881 he was in command at the siege of Potchefstroom, where he behaved with terrible cruelty and unfairness to the garrison, which eventually surrendered to him, with the honours of war, on March 21, although an armistice had been in force since the 6th, of which Cronje had kept them in ignorance. It was to him also that Dr. Jameson surrendered on January 1, 1896.
THE FREE STATE ARTILLERY.
The standing army of the Orange Free State, commanded by Major Albrecht, who sits near the centre of the front row in the photograph, in a light uniform braided across the front.
Nov. 28, 1899.] General Cronje Commands the Boers.
[Nov. 28, 1899.
Scene of the battle.