Battles of the Nineteenth Century, Volume 6

action advance afternoon army attack attempt battalions batteries battle began Bloemfontein Boer guns Boer position Boers bombardment bridge brigade British Buller camp Cape Colony captured cavalry Chieveley Colenso Colesberg Colonel column command convoy Cronje Cronje's crossing darkness defence detachment division Drift enemy enemy's entrenched fighting flank force French front Fusiliers garrison Gatacre ground Guards heavy held Highlanders hill Hlangwane Hussars Imperial Light Horse Irish Jacobsdal killed Kimberley kopjes Kroonstad laager Ladysmith Lancers Lord Methuen Lord Roberts loss Louis Botha Mafeking Magersfontein miles Modder River morning mounted infantry mounted troops moved Natal naval guns night northwards officers opened fire Orange River party prisoners pushed railway regiments reinforcements relief retired retreat ridge rifle fire road Roberts's Royal scouts sent shells shot side Sir George White Spion Kop Spruit squadrons Stormberg summit Thaba Nchu town train Transvaal Tugela Vaal veldt volunteers waggons wounded