[246] N.R.R. were relieved at Pomeroy on the 16th by D.L.I. (100) (Capt. W.P.M. Henderson), the latter having arrived at Helpmakaar on the preceding day from Dundee with a convoy of supplies.
[247] Report, Colonel G. Leuchars, C.M.G., 23rd Nov. 1906.
[248] That is, the lager, consisting chiefly of wire entanglements, erected about two miles from Helpmakaar.
[249] By the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Africa.
[250] Only, as will appear later, to proceed at once to Stanger.
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CONCLUDING OPERATIONS, NKANDHLA.—VISIT OF DINUZULU'S INDUNAS TO PIETERMARITZBURG.—POSITION AT MAPUMULO.—ACTIONS AT OTIMATI AND PEYANA (HLONONO).
Reference was made towards the close of the preceding chapter to a combined move by Leuchars, Mackay and a column from Nkandhla in the direction of Kotongweni on the 15th June. The object was to drive the enemy with his stock from Qudeni mountain into the valley of the Mfongozi river. The Nkandhla column, commanded by McKenzie, consisted of the 'divisional troops' shown at the foot of the page.[251]