Chapter VI: Chieveley Camp 187

THE BATTLE OF COLENSO 188

FACSIMILE OF MS. OF MR. RUDYARD KIPLING'S WAR POEM "THE
ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR" 203

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS--VOL. II.

CHART SHOWING STAFF APPOINTMENTS MADE
AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR _At front_

1. _COLOURED PLATES_

PAGE
"ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM."
The Black Watch after the Battle of Majesfontein.
By R. Caton Woodville _Frontispiece_

OFFICER OF THE 9TH LANCERS 38

SERGEANT, KING'S ROYAL RIFLES 80

PRIVATE AND CORPORAL OF THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS 96

SERGEANT AND PRIVATE OF THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS 102

SIGHTING A NAVAL FIELD GUN 128

SERGEANTS OF THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY WITH
A 12-POUNDER 144

SERGEANT-MAJOR OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS 154

2. _FULL-PAGE PLATES_

THE OUTBREAK OF WAR--THE DRAKENBERG MOUNTAINS 6

THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR--TRANSPORT LEAVING
ENGLAND FOR THE CAPE 16

THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE 26

BEFORE LADYSMITH--HORSE ARTILLERY GALLOPING
TO TAKE UP A NEW POSITION 42

LADYSMITH, NATAL 54

NIGHT SORTIE FROM MAFEKING 64

THE BATTLE OF BELMONT 90

THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER 106

SCENE ON THE TUGELA 112

REPELLING AN ATTACK FROM THE TRENCHES AROUND
LADYSMITH 138

FROM FRERE TO CHIEVELEY 150

STORMBERG PASS 160

THE MODDER RIVER 172

THE BATTLE OF COLENSO--QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST
SURREY) REGIMENT LEADING THE CENTRAL ATTACK 188

THE BATTLE OF COLENSO--THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS
ATTEMPT TO FORD THE TUGELA 192

THE BATTLE OF COLENSO--THE LAST DESPERATE
ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE GUNS 198

3. _FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS_

LIEUT.-GENERAL J. D. P. FRENCH 22

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. PENN SYMONS, K.C.B. 32

GENERAL JOUBERT 48

COLONEL ROBERT S. S. BADEN-POWELL,
the Defender of Mafeking 58

RIGHT HON. SIR REDVERS HENRY BULLER,
K.C.B., V.C. 74

LIEUT.-GENERAL LORD METHUEN, C.B. 86

GENERAL SIR GEORGE STEWART WHITE, V.C.,
G.C.B., the Defender of Ladysmith 118

MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW G. WAUCHOPE, C.B. 176

4. _MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT_

COLOURED MAP OF SEAT OF WAR _At Front_

MAP OF NORTHERN NATAL 9

POSITION OF FORCES BEFORE THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE 15

THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE 17

POSITION OF FORCES BEFORE THE BATTLE OF
ELANDSLAAGTE, NOON 21

PLAN OF BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE 25

MAP OF LADYSMITH AND SURROUNDING HEIGHTS 42

THE CREUSOT QUICK-FIRING FIELD GUN, OR
"LONG TOM" 44

4.7-INCH NAVAL GUN ON IMPROVISED MOUNTING 52

12-POUNDER NAVAL GUN ON IMPROVISED CARRIAGE 52

15-POUNDER FIELD GUN 62

AN ARMOURED TRAIN 68

THE MAXIM GUN 79

LORD METHUEN'S LINE OF ADVANCE 87

PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF BELMONT 90

PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER 101

COMPLETE MACHINE GUN DETACHMENT OF MOUNTED
INFANTRY 118

THE 5-INCH HOWITZER OR SIEGE GUN 127

FACSIMILE OF PAGE OF NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN
LADYSMITH DURING THE SIEGE 137

TELEGRAPH SECTION OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS 144

4.7 NAVAL GUN ON CAPT. PERCY SCOTT'S
IMPROVISED CARRIAGE 154

MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OPERATIONS ON THE SOUTH
OF THE ORANGE RIVER 164

BATTLE OF MAJESFONTEIN 174

SKETCH PLAN OF POSITIONS AT MAJESFONTEIN 176

SKETCH PLAN OF BATTLE OF COLENSO 191

MAP SHOWING THE ATTEMPTED PASSAGE OF THE RIVER
BY GENERAL BULLER ON DECEMBER 15 194

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE--VOL. II.

OCTOBER.

11.--Boer Ultimatum time-limit expired. Great Britain commenced to
be at war with Transvaal and Orange Free State.

12.--Text of Great Britain's reply to Boer Ultimatum issued. It
stated that the conditions demanded were such as her
Majesty's Government deemed it impossible to discuss.

Mr. Conyngham Greene recalled.

Armoured train captured by Boers near Mafeking.

Colonel Baden-Powell moved a large force outside Mafeking, and
took up a strong defensive position.

13.--Newcastle abandoned.

14.--Sir R. Buller and Staff left England.

15.--Boers occupied Newcastle.

16.--Dundee evacuated.

17.--Parliament opened.

Successful sortie by Colonel Baden-Powell from Mafeking.

Armoured train in action near Kimberley during reconnaissance.

18.--Mr. Balfour announced that the Militia and Militia Reserves
were to be called out.

19.--Transvaal flag hoisted at Vryburg.

20.--Boers repulsed by British at Talana Hill (Glencoe).

21.--General French, with about 2000 men, attacked a Boer force
under General Kock at Elandslaagte.

22.--General Symons promoted to be Major-General.

General Yule retired from Dundee on Ladysmith.

23.--Death of General Symons.

Mafeking bombarded.

Transvaal National Bank seized at Durban.

24.--Sir George White engaged Boers at Reitfontein.

Services accepted of Sir William M'Cormac, President of the
Royal College of Surgeons, to attend the wounded.

26.--Generals Yule and White joined forces at Ladysmith.

Bombardment of Mafeking commenced.

28.--Boers were closing round Ladysmith.

Proclamation issued declaring the Boer "commandeering" of
certain portions of Cape Colony null.

30.--Engagement at Lombard's Kop.

Sir George White sent out from Ladysmith to Nicholson's Nek a
Mountain Battery, with the Irish Fusiliers and the
Gloucesters, to turn the enemy's right flank. Mules, with
guns and reserve ammunition, stampeded into enemy's lines.
After gallantly defending their position for six hours, men's
ammunition was exhausted, and about 800 were captured. Naval
Brigade did excellent work.

31.--Sir Redvers Buller landed at Cape Town.

NOVEMBER.

1.--Boers invaded Cape Colony.

2.--Free Staters' position at Besters brilliantly taken by
cavalry. Boers lost heavily; our casualties slight. Boers
treacherously used white flag.

Colenso evacuated by the British.

Arrangements for a supplementary Naval Brigade completed.

Orders issued for mobilising the Militia.

3.--Naauwpoort and Stormberg evacuated by the British garrisons.

5.--Death of Commander Egerton, of _Powerful_.

6.--Ladysmith isolated.

9.--Boers attacked Ladysmith, and repulsed with heavy loss.

Orders issued for mobilisation of a Fifth Division.

10.--Engagement of Belmont. Colonel Keith Falconer killed.

11.--Captain Percy Scott, of H.M.S. _Terrible_, appointed
commandant of the forces defending Durban.

12.--Lord Methuen arrived at Orange River.

14.--Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren appointed to command
the Fifth Division for service in South Africa.

15.--Armoured train wrecked by Boers near Frere. Mr. Winston
Churchill and a number of Dublin Fusiliers and Volunteers
captured.

Boers defeated at Estcourt.

16.--Fighting near Orange River.

17-22.--Transports arrived at Cape Town with 22,000 troops.

20.--Lord Methuen's force reached Witteputts.

23.--Lord Methuen attacked Boers at Belmont.

Boers routed at Willow Grange.

25.--Lord Methuen engaged the Boers at Graspan (Enslin), and after
four hours' hard fighting carried position.

26.--Mooi River Column joined at Frere by General Hildyard.

28.--Lord Methuen engaged enemy, 8000 strong, at Modder River, and
after ten hours' desperate fighting, drove them back.

30.--Sixth Division for South Africa notified.

DECEMBER.

2.--General Clery reached Frere.

3.--Transport _Ismore_ wrecked 180 miles north of Cape Town--all
troops landed.

6.--Sortie from Kimberley. Major Scott Turner killed.

7.--Arundel occupied by British.

8.--British sortie from Ladysmith, Lombard's Kop being carried.

9.--General Gatacre sustained serious reverse at Stormberg, having
been misled by guides.

Lieutenant-Colonel Metcalfe, 2nd Rifle Brigade, with 500 men
from Ladysmith, captured Surprise Hill, destroying a
howitzer.

10.--General French drove the enemy from Vaal Kop.

11.--Lord Methuen attacked 12,000 Boers entrenched at Majesfontein,
but attack failed, although British troops held their
position. Major-General Wauchope, Major Lord Winchester, and
Colonel Downman killed.

13.--General French defeated 1800 Boers between Arundel and
Naauwpoort. British loss, 1 killed, 8 wounded.

14.--Orders given for the mobilisation of a Sixth Division, and a
Seventh in reserve.

Sir Charles Warren and Staff arrived at the Cape.

15.--General Buller suffered a serious reverse at Colenso, troops
having to retire to Chieveley, leaving behind 11 guns.

General Hector Macdonald appointed to succeed General
Wauchope.

CHART OF STAFF APPOINTMENTS MADE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR, AS
ISSUED BY THE WAR OFFICE, 7TH OCTOBER, 1899.

LINES OF COMMUNICATION.

The Lines of Communication will be under the general command and direction of Lieut.-General Sir F. W. E. F. Forestier-Walker, K.C.B., C.M.G.

The following Officers will be employed and will have the Staff position shown opposite their names:--

Names of Officers Selected. Staff Position.

Colonel H. H. Settle, C.B., Colonel on Staff.
D.S.O., p.s.c.

Captain F. A. Molony, p.s.c., Staff Officer to Colonel on
R.E. Staff.

Colonel J. W. Murray, p.s.c. Colonel on Staff.

Colonel W. D. Richardson, C.B. Deputy Adjutant-General for
Supplies and Transport.

Lieut.-Colonel F. F. Johnson, Staff Officer to Deputy
Army Service Corps Adjutant-General for
Supplies and Transport.

Brevet-Colonel C. H. Bridge, Deputy Adjutant-General
C.B., Army Service Corps for Transport.

Brevet-Major (local Director of Railways.[A]
Lieut.-Colonel) E. P. C.
Girouard, D.S.O., R.E.

Captain H. G. Joly de Staff Officer to Director of
Lotbiniere, R.E. Railways.

Captain (local Major) J. H. \
Twiss, R.E. } Assistant Directors of
Captain (local Major) V. } Railways.[B]
Murray, R.E. /

Major J. E. Capper, R.E. \ Deputy-Assistant Directors Captain H. C. Manton, R.E. } of Railways. Capt. W. D. Waghorn, R.E. /

Major (local Lieut.-Colonel)
A. E. Wrottesley, R.E. Director of Telegraphs.[A]

Colonel R. S. R. \
Fetherstonhaugh, h.p. }
Brevet-Colonel C. P. Ridley, }
2nd Bn. Manchester Regt. }
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel P. T. }
Rivett-Carnac, 1st Bn. } Station Commandants.[A]
West Riding Regt. }
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel H. P. }
Shekleton, p.s.c., 1st Bn. }
South Lancashire Regt. /

Capt. J. G. Baldwin, Royal \
Garrison Artillery }
Captain A. E. Lascelles, 2nd } Staff Officers to Station
Bn. Norfolk Regt. } Commandants.[C]
Captain C. R. Ballard, 1st }
Bn. Norfolk Regt. }
Captain C. V. C. Hobart, }
D.S.O., 2nd Bn. Grenadier }
Guards /

Brevet-Colonel E. W. D. Ward, \ C.B., Army Service Corps. } Assistant Col. J. K. Trotter, C.M.G., } Adjutant-Generals. p.s.c. } Lieut.-Col. F. W. Bennet, R.E. } Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel H. M. } Lawson, p.s.c., R.E. /

Lieut.-Colonel S. H. Winter, \
Army Service Corps }
Lieut.-Colonel W. R. Winter, }
Army Service Corps }
Lieut.-Col. R. B. M'Comb, }
Army Service Corps } Deputy-Assistant
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel F. W. B. } Adjutant-Generals.
Landon, Army Service Corps }
Major J. H. Poett, p.s.c., }
2nd Bn. Dorsetshire Regt. }
Major C. Rawnsley, Army }
Service Corps }
Major R. B. Gaisford, p.s.c., }
Royal Scots Fusiliers }
Brevet-Major E. G. T. }
Bainbridge, 2nd Bn. East Kent }
Regt. }
Major R. C. B. Haking, p.s.c., }
Hampshire Regt. }
Major A. W. Thorneycroft, }
2nd Bn. Royal Scots }
Fusiliers }
Captain E. H. Hughes, p.s.c., }
1st Bn. York and Lancaster }
Regt. }
Captain G. S. St Aubyn, King's }
Royal Rifle Corps /

Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel J. Adye, \
p.s.c., Royal Garrison }
Artillery }
Major H. N. C. Heath, p.s.c., }
Yorkshire Light Infantry }
Brevet-Major C. J. Mackenzie, }
1st Bn. Seaforth Highlanders }
Major R. L. Walter, 7th Hussars }
Major E. F. Gosset, p.s.c., }
2nd Bn. East Yorkshire Regt. }
Brevet-Major A. G. }
Hunter-Weston, R.E. }
Major G. D. Baker, p.s.c., }
Royal Garrison Artillery }
Major E. S. C. Kennedy, West } General Duty.
India Regt. }
Captain A. W. Elles, 2nd Bn. }
Yorkshire Light Infantry }
Captain E. St G. Pratt, 1st }
Bn. Durham Light Infantry }
Capt. C. B. Jervis-Edwards, }
1st Bn. Duke of Cornwall's }
Light Infantry }
Captain F. B. Maurice, }
Derbyshire Regt. }
Lieutenant W. M. C. Vandeleur, }
2nd Bn. Essex Regt. }
Lieutenant G. P. Appleby, }
1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regt. }
Lieutenant F. S. Reeves, 1st }
Bn. East Kent Regt. /

COLERIDGE GROVE, M.S.
WAR OFFICE, _4th October 1899_.

_Note._--The above list only shows the Officers employed on Staff duties on the Lines of Communication. It does not show those employed on medical, ordnance, clerical, supply, pay, &c., services.--C. G.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] Graded as Assistant Adjutant-Generals.

[B] Graded as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-Generals.

[C] Graded as Staff Captains.

NATAL FIELD FORCE.

Staff Position. Names of Officers Selected.

General Officer Commanding Lieutenant-General Sir G. S.
(Lieut.-General on Staff) White, V.C., G.C.B.,
G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E.

Assistant Military Secretary Colonel B. Duff, C.I.E.,
p.s.c., Indian Staff Corps.

Aides-de-Camp (2) Captain R. G. Brooke, D.S.O.,
7th Hussars.
Captain F. Lyon, R.F.A.

Assistant Adjutant-General Colonel I. S. M. Hamilton,
C.B., D.S.O.

Deputy-Assistant (_a_) Major F. Hammersley,
Adjutant-Generals p.s.c., Lancashire Fusiliers.
(_b_) Major E. R. O. Ludlow,
p.s.c., Army Service Corps.

Officer Commanding Royal Lieut.-Colonel and Brevet-Col.
Artillery C. J. Long, R.H.A.

Commanding Royal Engineer Lieut.-Colonel W. F. N. Noel,
(Colonel on Staff) R.E.

Principal Medical Officer Lieut.-Colonel R. Exham,
R.A.M.C.

Medical Officer Major J. F. Bateson, M.B.,
R.A.M.C.

Chaplains (2) Rev. L. J. Matthews (R.C.)
Rev. E. G. Macpherson, B.A.

Assistant Provost-Marshal[D] Major A. G. Chichester, 1st
Bn. Royal Irish Regt.

Signalling Officer Captain J. S. Cayzer, 7th
Dragoon Guards.

FOOTNOTES:

[D] Graded as a Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General.

4TH DIVISION.

Staff Position. Names of Officers Selected.

General Officer Commanding Colonel (local Lieut.-General)
(Lieut.-General on Staff) Sir W. P. Symons, K.C.B.

Aides-de-Camp (2)

Assistant Adjutant-General Colonel C. E. Beckett, C.B., p.s.c.

Deputy-Assistant (_a_) Major and
Adjutant-Generals Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Sir
H. S. Rawlinson, Bart.,
p.s.c., 2nd Bn. Coldstream Guards.
(_b_) Captain T. D. Foster,
Army Service Corps.

7TH BRIGADE.

Major-General Colonel (local Major-General)
F. Howard, C.B., C.M.G.,
A.D.C.

Aide-de-Camp Captain H. E. Vernon,
D.S.O., 4th Bn. Rifle
Brigade.

Brigade-Major Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Hon.
C. G. Fortescue, C.M.G.,
p.s.c., Rifle Brigade.

8TH BRIGADE.

Major-General \ Aide-de-Camp } To be nominated locally. Brigade-Major /

3RD CAVALRY BRIGADE.

Major-General Colonel (local Major-General)
J. F. Brocklehurst, M.V.O.
Aide-de-Camp Lieutenant H. W. Viscount
Crichton, Royal Horse
Guards.
Brigade-Major Captain G. P. Wyndham, p.s.c.,
16th Lancers.

COLERIDGE GROVE, M.S.
WAR OFFICE, _3rd October 1899_.

STAFF OF 1ST ARMY CORPS.

Staff Position. Names of Officers Selected.

General Officer Commanding General Rt. Hon. Sir R. H.
Army Corps (General Buller, V.C., G.C.B.,
Commanding-in-Chief) K.C.M.G.

Military Secretary Colonel Hon. F. W. Stopford,
C.B., p.s.c.

Aides-de-Camp (4) Captain H. N. Schofield, R.A.
Captain C. J. Sackville-West,
King's Royal Rifle Corps.
Lieutenant A. R. Trotter, 2nd
Life Guards.
2nd Lieut. C. A. Howard,
Shropshire Light Infantry.

Chief of the General Staff Major-General Sir A. Hunter,
(Major-General on Staff) K.C.B., D.S.O.

Aide-de-Camp Brevet-Major A. J. Kings,
Royal Lancaster Regt.

Deputy Adjutant-General Colonel A. S. Wynne, C.B.

Assistant Adjutant-Generals Colonel H. S. G. Miles, M.V.O.,
(2) p.s.c.
Colonel C. W. H. Douglas,
A.D.C.

Deputy-Assistant (_a_) Lieut.-Colonel C. a
Adjutant-Generals (4) Court, p.s.c.
(_a_) Major L. E. Kiggell,
p.s.c., Royal Warwickshire
Regt.
(_b_) Major P. J. Lewis, Army
Service Corps.
(_b_) Major A. H. Thomas,
Army Service Corps.

Commandant, Head-Quarters[E] Colonel R. Pole-Carew, C.B.,
h.p.

Principal Medical Officer Surgeon-General W. D. Wilson,
M.B.

Medical Officers Major W. G. A. Bedford, M.B.,
R.A.M.C.
Captain M. L. Hughes, R.A.M.C.

Provost Marshal[E] Major Hon. J. H. G. Byng,
p.s.c., 10th Hussars.

Intelligence Duties--
Assistant Adjutant-General Major E. A. Altham, p.s.c.,
(1) Royal Scots.
Deputy-Assistant Major H. J. Evans, p.s.c.,
Adjutant-Generals (2) Liverpool Regiment.
Captain Hon. F. Gordon,
p.s.c., Gor. Highlanders.

Deputy-Assistant
Adjutant-General for Lieut.-Colonel W. W. C.
Topography Verner, p.s.c.

Commanding Royal Artillery Colonel (local Major-Gen.)
(Major-General on Staff) G. H. Marshall.

Staff Officer, Royal Artillery Major H. C. Sclater, R.A.

Aide-de-Camp, R.A. Captain A. D. Kirby, R.F.A.

Chief Engineer (Major-General Colonel (local Major-Gen.) E.
on Staff) Wood, C.B.

Staff Officer, Royal Engineers Major E. H. Bethell, p.s.c.,
Royal Engineers.

Aide-de-Camp, Royal Engineers Brevet-Major R. S. Curtis,
Royal Engineers.

Military Mounted Police[F] Brevet-Major R. M. Poore, 7th
Hussars.

Press Censor[F] Major W. D. Jones, p.s.c.,
Wiltshire Regt.

Principal Chaplain Rev. E. H. Goodwin, B.A.

Director of Signalling[E] Major (local Lieut.-Colonel)
E. Rhodes, D.S.O., Royal
Berks Regt.

Chief Ordnance Officer Colonel R. F. N. Clarke, Army
Ord. Department.

Principal Veterinary Officer Veterinary Lieut.-Colonel I. Matthews,
Army Veterinary Department.

Orderly Veterinary Officer

CORPS TROOPS.

Officer Commanding Corps Colonel C. M. H. Downing.
Artillery (Colonel on Staff)

Adjutant Captain E. S. E. W. Russell,
Royal Field Artillery.

Officer Commanding Royal Horse Lieut.-Colonel W. L. Davidson,
Artillery Royal Horse Artillery.

Adjutant, R.H.A. Captain G. W. Biddulph, Royal
Horse Artillery.

Officer Commanding F.A. (I.) Lieut.-Colonel J. S. S.
Barker, p.s.c., R.F.A.

Adjutant Captain E. J. Duffus, R.F.A.

Officer Commanding Field Lieut.-Colonel P. C. E.
Artillery (II.) Newbigging, R.F.A.

Adjutant Captain E. C. Cameron, Royal
Field Artillery.

Officer Commanding Corps Lieut.-Colonel C. A.
Troops, Royal Engineers Rochfort-Boyd, R.E.

Adjutant Lieut. S. D. Barrow, R.E.

FOOTNOTES:

[E] Graded as Assistant Adjutant-General.

[F] Graded as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-Generals.

1ST ARMY CORPS--1ST DIVISION.

Staff Position. Names of Officers Selected.

General Officer Commanding Lieut.-General P. S. Lord
(Lieut.-General on Staff) Methuen, K.C.V.O., C.B.,
C.M.G.

Aides-de-Camp (2) Major H. Streatfield,
Grenadier Guards.
Captain J. A. Bell-Smyth,
1st Dragoon Guards.

Assistant Adjutant-General Colonel R. B. Mainwaring,
C.M.G.

Deputy-Assistant (_a_) Brevet Lieut.-Colonel
Adjutant-Generals H. P. Northcott, C.B.,
p.s.c., Leinster Regt.
(_b_) Major R. H. L. Warner,
p.s.c., Army Service Corps.

Assistant-Provost-Marshall[G] Captain R. J. Ross, 1st Bn.
Middlesex Regt.

Chaplains (2) Rev. T. F. Falkner, M.A.
Rev. E. M. Morgan (R.C.)

Principal Medical Officer Colonel E. Townsend, C.B.,
M.D., R.A.M.C.

Medical Officer Major C. H. Burtchaell, M.B.,
R.A.M.C.

Divisional Signalling Officer Lieut. Hon. E. D. Loch,
D.S.O., 1st Bn. Grenadier
Guards.

1ST BRIGADE.

Major-General Major-General Sir H. E.
Colvile, K.C.M.G., C.B.

Aide-de-Camp Captain G. C. Nugent,
Grenadier Guards.

Brigade-Major Captain H. G. Ruggles-Brise,
p.s.c., Grenadier Guards.

2ND BRIGADE.

Major-General Major-General H. J. T.
Hildyard, C.B., p.s.c.

Aide-de-Camp Lieut. A. Blair, King's Own
Scottish Borderers.

Brigade-Major Major L. Munro, p.s.c.,
Hampshire Regt.

FOOTNOTES:

[G] Graded as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General.

1ST ARMY CORPS--2ND DIVISION.

Staff Position. Names of Officers Selected.

General Officer Commanding Major-General (Local
(Lieut.-General on Staff) Lieut.-General) Sir C. F.
Clery, K.C.B., p.s.c.

Aides-de-Camp (2) Major F. E. Cooper, Royal
Artillery, p.s.c.
Captain L. Parke, Durham Light
Infantry.

Assistant Adjutant-General Major and Bt.-Colonel B. M.
Hamilton, p.s.c., East
Yorkshire Regiment.

Deputy-Assistant (_a_) Captain H. E. Gogarty,
Adjutant-General p.s.c., Royal Scots
Fusiliers.
(_b_) Captain W. G. B. Boyce,
Army Service Corps.

Assistant Provost-Marshal[H] Major G. F. Ellison, p.s.c.,
Royal Warwickshire Regt.

Chaplains (2) Rev. A. A. L. Gedge, B.A.
Rev. J. Robertson (P.).

Principal Medical Officer Colonel T. J. Gallwey, M.D.,
C.B., R.A.M.C.

Medical Officer Major W. Babtie, M.B., C.M.B.,
R.A.M.C.

Divisional Signalling Officer Lieut. J. S. Cavendish, 1st
Life Guards.

3RD BRIGADE.

Major-General Maj.-Gen. A. G. Wauchope,
C.B., C.M.G.

Aide-de-Camp Captain J. G. Rennie, R.H.

Brigade-Major Major and Bt.-Lieut.-Col. J. S.
Ewart, p.s.c., Cameron
Highlanders.

4TH BRIGADE.

Major-General Major-General Hon. N. G.
Lyttelton, C.B.

Aide-de-Camp Captain Hon. H. Yarde-Buller,
Rifle Brigade.

Brigade-Major Captain H. H. Wilson, p.s.c.,
Rifle Brigade.

FOOTNOTES:

[H] Graded as a Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General.

1ST ARMY CORPS--3RD DIVISION.

Staff Position. Names of Officers Selected.

General Officer Commanding Major-General (local Lieut.-Gen.)
(Lieut.-General on Staff) Sir W. F. Gatacre, K.C.B.,
D.S.O., p.s.c.

Aides-de-Camp (2) Lieutenant A. J. M'Neill, 1st
Bn. Seaforth Highlanders.

Assistant Adjutant-General Colonel R. E. Allen, p.s.c.

Deputy-Assistant (_a_) Lieut.-Colonel W. H. H.
Adjutant-Generals Waters, M.V.O., p.s.c.
(_b_) Major P. E. F.
Hobbs, Army Service Corps.

Assistant Provost-Marshal[I] Captain J. R. F. Sladen,
p.s.c., East Yorkshire Regt.

Chaplains (2) Rev. E. Ryan (R.C.)
Rev. R. Armitage, M.A.

Principal Medical Officer Lieut.-Colonel J. D. Edge,
M.D., R.A.M.C.

Medical Officer Maj. G. E. Twiss, R.A.M.C.

Divisional Signalling Officer Captain S. Fitz G. Cox, 2nd
Bn. Lincolnshire Regt.

5TH BRIGADE.

Major-General Major-General A. Fitzroy Hart,
C.B., p.s.c.

Aide-de-Camp Captain Hon. St L. H. Jervis,
King's Royal Rifle Corps.

Brigade-Major Major C. R. R. MacGrigor,
p.s.c., King's Royal Rifle
Corps.

6TH BRIGADE.

Major-General Major-General G. Barton, C.B.,
p.s.c.

Aide-de-Camp

Brigade-Major Captain J. A. E. MacBean,
D.S.O., p.s.c., Royal Dublin
Fusiliers.

FOOTNOTES:

[I] Graded as a Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-General.

STAFF OF CAVALRY DIVISION.

Staff Position. Names of Officers Selected.

General Officer Commanding Col. (Lieut.-General) J. D. P. French.
(Lieut.-General on Staff)

Aides-de-Camp (2) Lieutenant J. P. Milbanke,
10th Hussars.

Assistant Adjutant-General Colonel Hon. G. H. Gough,
C.B., p.s.c.

Deputy-Assistant (_a_) Major D. Haig, p.s.c., 7th
Adjutant-Generals Hussars.
(_b_) Major G. O. Welch, Army Service
Corps.

Officer Commanding, Royal Horse Lieut.-Colonel F. J. W.
Artillery Eustace, R.H.A.

Adjutant, R.H.A. Capt. A. D'A. King, R.H.A.

Chaplain (1)[K] Rev. W. C. Haines

Principal Medical Officer Lieut.-Colonel W. Donovan,
Royal Army Medical Corps.

Medical Officer Major H. G. Hathaway,
Royal Army Med. Corps.

Assistant Provost-Marshal[L] Captain P. A. Kenna, V.C., 21st
Lancers.

Intelligence Department--
Deputy-Assistant Captain Hon. H. A. Lawrence,
Adjutant-General p.s.c., 17th Lancers.

1ST BRIGADE.

Major-General Col. (local Major-General)
J. M. Babington.

Aide-de-Camp Lieutenant F. W. Wormald, 7th
Hussars.

Brigade-Major Captain C. J. Briggs, 1st
Dragoon Guards.

Officer Commanding Mounted Major and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel
Infantry[J] E. A. H. Alderson, p.s.c.,
Royal West Kent Regt.

Adjutant Mounted Infantry[L] Captain H. M'Micking, Royal
Scots.

2ND BRIGADE.

Major-General Colonel (local Major-Gen.)
J. P. Brabazon, C.B., A.D.C.

Aide-de-Camp Major Hon. C. E. Bingham, 1st
Life Guards.

Brigade-Major Captain Hon. T. W. Brand, 10th
Hussars.

Officer Commanding Mounted Captain and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel
Infantry[J] R. J. Tudway, 2nd Bn. Essex
Regt.

Adjutant Mounted Infantry[L] Captain H. L. Ruck-Keene,
Oxford. Light Infantry.

FOOTNOTES:

[J] Graded as Assistant Adjutant-General.

[K] Will act for both Brigades.

[L] Graded as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant-Generals.

COLERIDGE GROVE, M.S.
_2nd October 1899._

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