[Footnote 193: His force on this occasion was: Five squadrons, R.H. (Lieut.-Col. J.R. Royston); 60 D.L.I. (Major G.J. Molyneux), and some 600 Natives (Lieut. W.H. London). Each man carried three days' rations. The artillery was sent to Empandhleni with regimental transport, escorted by D.L.I. Mr. B. Colenbrander, the local Magistrate, with an excellent knowledge of the affairs of his district, also accompanied the column.] [Footnote 194: Report. Colonel D. McKenzie. September, 1906. The state of the grave in 1906 is described on p. 210.] [Footnote 195: 200 N.D.M.R., 100 Z.M.R., 128 N.P., 540 T.M.R., 300 R.H., 30 M.I., D.L.I. = 1,298, also 100 Nongqai and 1,500 Natives (levies).] [Footnote 196: On the occasion of the reconnaissance to Macala, the O.C. Troops, noticing a small kopje at the mouth of Mome gorge, on which guns could be placed to shell the gorge, caused a sketch to be prepared and subsequently handed to Barker.] [Footnote 197: The columns as re-formed were as follows: _Under McKenzie's direct command_--Northern District Mounted Rifles, Zululand Mounted Rifles, Royston's Horse, Natal Field Artillery (two 15-pounders and two pompoms), Durban Light Infantry (two companies). _Under Mansel's command_--Natal Naval Corps, Transvaal Mounted Rifles, Natal Police (Field Force), Natal Field Artillery (two 15-pounders), Nongqai (Zululand Native Police).] [Footnote 198: Particularly was this the case at Ezigqileni, the principal kraal of the care-taker of Cetshwayo's grave. This small kraal (close to the Nkunzana river), a few hundred yards from the grave, contained no fewer than nineteen large grain pits, that is, about five times as many as the average for a kraal of that size.] [Footnote 199: Report. September, 1906.] [Footnote 200: It will presently be seen that Sigananda did not come in, at any rate, not on the day he had said he would do so.] [Footnote 201: Among the other officers were: Major A.B. Boyd-Wilson, second in command; Lieut.-Col. J.J. Furze, T.L.I. (temporarily assuming the rank of Major), commanding Right Half; and Captain O. Schuller, T.L.I., Adjutant.] [Footnote 202: Consisting of 100 N.C. (this squadron--under Capt. G.R. Richards--is the one that arrived with Murray-Smith on the 24th), 100 Z.M.R., 300 R.H., 120 N.D.M.R., 20 T.M.R., 25 M.I., D.L.I., and 300 Natives.] [Footnote 203: Report. September, 1906.] [Footnote 204: His column then consisted of the whole of N.C., Right and Left Wings (excepting D squadron); a section, N.F.A.; and the Estcourt, Ladysmith, Dundee, and Newcastle Reserves.