Battles of the nineteenth century . ting round Bloem-fontein and in the south-east of the Free State,was to advance northwards on Kroonstad. Thisadvance was to be made in two columns. The leftcolumn, under Lord Robertss immediate com-mand, was to march along the railway by theroad through Brandfort. It was to be made up of the 7th Division (Tucker), the nth (Pole-Carew), Frenchs cavalry, and a brigade ofmounted infantry. The right column, underGeneral Ian Hamilton, was to advance fron:Thaba Nchu by way of Winburg, to the eastof the railway. It was to be made up of theremainder of the mounted i
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Battles of the nineteenth century . ting round Bloem-fontein and in the south-east of the Free State, was to advance northwards on Kroonstad. Thisadvance was to be made in two columns. The leftcolumn, under Lord Robertss immediate com-mand, was to march along the railway by theroad through Brandfort. It was to be made up of the 7th Division (Tucker), the nth (Pole-Carew), Frenchs cavalry, and a brigade ofmounted infantry. The right column, underGeneral Ian Hamilton, was to advance fron:Thaba Nchu by way of Winburg, to the eastof the railway. It was to be made up of theremainder of the mounted infantry, the othDivision (Colvile), and a brigade of infantryunder General Bruce Hamilton. The Boerforces on these two lines of advance werereported to be at Brandfort, under Delarej-, andat Houtnek, under Louis Botha. Before telling the story ol the successfulmarch northwards from Bloemfontein in May, we must briefly note the events that hadbeen occurring on the western border of theFree State and in Natal during the monthof April.. THE IREblUE.NCV, LLUEiMFONTEIN. CHAPTER XXXIV. EVZXTS IN NATAL AND IN THE WEST DURING THE MONTH O? APRIL. H FTER the relief of Ladysmith, the Boersin Natal had fallen back upon theline of the Biggarsberg. They wereseriously weakened by the large num-bers of men that had been sent into theFree State, and the line of hills which theyoccupied was far too extensive a position forthe force at their disposal. Louis Botha wasat first in command. When, at the end ofMarch, he was summoned to Pretoria to takeJouberts place as generalissimo of the Boerarmies, he handed over the Natal command tohis brother. Christian Botha. At the beginningof March there were perhaps 10, 000 Boers onthe Biggarsberg. By the end of April they hadbeen reduced to 7, 000 by further drafts beingsent into the Free State. They had a goodmany guns with them, two Long Toms, andseveral field pieces and pom-poms. To use afamiliar phrase, they played a very successfulgame of bluff against Gen