- 1st Brigade (Cape)—Colonel (Brigadier-General) T. C. Porter, 6th Dragoon Guards.
- 1st Brigade (Natal)—Lieutenant-Colonel (Brigadier-General) J. F. Burn-Murdoch, 1st Dragoons.
- 2nd Brigade (Cape)—Colonel (Brigadier-General) R. G. Broadwood, 12th Lancers.
- 2nd Brigade (Natal)—Colonel (Major-General) J. F. Brocklehurst.
- 3rd Brigade (Cape)—Colonel (Brigadier-General) J. R. P. Gordon, 17th Lancers.
- 3rd Brigade (Natal)—Colonel (Major-General) Lord Dundonald.
- 4th Brigade (Cape)—Colonel (Major-General) J. B. B. Dickson, C.B.
Mounted Infantry.
Colonel (Major-General) I. S. M. Hamilton, C.B., commanding.
- 1st Brigade—Colonel (Major-General) E. T. H. Hutton, C.B.
- 2nd Brigade—Colonel (Brigadier-General) C. P. Ridley.
1st Infantry Division (Cape).
Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen commanding.
- 1st Brigade—Colonel (Major-General) C. W. H. Douglas.
- 20th Brigade—Colonel (Major-General) A. H. Paget, Scots Guards.
2nd Division (Natal).
Lieutenant-General Sir F. Clery commanding.
- 2nd Brigade—Major-General H. J. T. Hildyard, C.B.
- 4th Brigade—Colonel (Brigadier-General) C. D. Cooper, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.