18.—Additional Battalions of Militia embodied. There were now fifty-four Battalions of Militia embodied.
Sir Charles Warren and the Staff of the Fifth Division left Cape Town.
Reconnaissance by General French. Sortie from Ladysmith.
19.—Important order issued from the War Office, announcing that the Government had decided to raise for service in South Africa a Mounted Infantry force, to be called “The Imperial Yeomanry.” The force to be recruited from the Yeomanry.
21.—Mr. Winston Churchill arrived at Lourenço Marques after an adventurous journey.
23.—Departure of Lord Roberts from London and Southampton for the Cape.
24.—Dordrecht occupied by General Gatacre.
Sortie from Mafeking.
Two British officers captured by Boers near Chieveley.
25.—Bluejackets blew up Tugela Road bridge, and cut off Boers with their guns.