The photograph represents the playing into barracks at Kilkenny of the last batch of reservists of the King's Royal Rifles (3rd Battalion). Of this regiment the Duke of Cambridge is Colonel-in-Chief, and Sir Redvers Buller Colonel-Commandant.
PLAYING THE BOER GAME.
British soldiers using ant-hills and boulders for cover.
S. Charlton.]
[CHAPTER V.]
THE BEGINNING OF THE ADVANCE IN NATAL AND CAPE COLONY.
Natal threatened—Armoured trains—Ladysmith bombarded—Assault on the town—The Boers at Chieveley—Armoured train wrecked near Chieveley—Endeavours to clear the obstruction—Capture of Mr. Winston Churchill—The Estcourt garrison in danger—Shelling of Mooi River Camp—Boer advance checked at Nottingham Road—The Willow Grange fight—Arrival of Lord Dundonald and General Buller—Comparison of the opposing armies—The forward movement begins—Boer position at Colenso—Buller determines to attack.