Battles of the nineteenth century . HUMOl-RS OF THE from The Ladysmith Ly^ 73. ^^;^^ t PoMLY ifi c;c.;rv<; To Shell. HUMOURS OF THE SIEGE.{liiitstratian from The Ladyimith Lyre.) THE BOERS IN CAPE COLOXY- CHAPTER X. -FORMATION OF THE KIMBERLEY RELIEF FORCE—THE BATTLEOF BELMONT. ^ y ¥ E must now leave for awhile theIII operations in Natal and see what^i^^ii^- was happening during Novemberon the northern border of CapeColony and on the western frontier of the FreeState. At the end of October the Boers wereholding with small parties the crossings of theOrange River from t
Battles of the nineteenth century . HUMOl-RS OF THE from The Ladysmith Ly^ 73. ^^;^^ t PoMLY ifi c;c.;rv<; To Shell. HUMOURS OF THE SIEGE.{liiitstratian from The Ladyimith Lyre.) THE BOERS IN CAPE COLOXY- CHAPTER X. -FORMATION OF THE KIMBERLEY RELIEF FORCE—THE BATTLEOF BELMONT. ^ y ¥ E must now leave for awhile theIII operations in Natal and see what^i^^ii^- was happening during Novemberon the northern border of CapeColony and on the western frontier of the FreeState. At the end of October the Boers wereholding with small parties the crossings of theOrange River from the Bethulie railwaj- bridge,north of Stormberg, to Nervals Pont railwaybridge, and the road bridge north of border towns south of the river were heldl\v small detachments of regulars and volun-teers. De Aar Junction had a regular garrison, an advance post at Orange River bridgeand station, near the south-western corner ofthe Free State. In order to simplify thedefence of this crossing, the Hopetown roadbridge, four miles to the westward, had beenblown up by the Royal Engin
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