Royal Field Artillery:-- Brigade division R.F.A.--Lt.-Colonel F. H. Hall. 18th and 75th Field batteries (15-pr. guns).[149] Royal Engineers--Lt.-Colonel J. B. Sharpe:-- 7th Field company. 8th Railway company. 11th Field company. 30th Fortress company. Telegraph section. [Footnote 149: The 62nd Field battery, which formed part of Colonel Hall's brigade division of artillery, was left on the line of communication, and did not rejoin until the battle of Modder River.] 1st (Guards) brigade--Major-General Sir H. E. Colvile:-- 3rd battalion Grenadier Guards. 1st battalion Coldstream Guards.[150] 2nd battalion Coldstream Guards. 1st battalion Scots Guards. [Footnote 150: The 1st battalion Coldstream Guards landed from Gibraltar on 16th November, and was detained at Orange River, guarding the railway until the 22nd, when it was relieved by the 1st battalion Highland Light Infantry and at once pushed on to Belmont, where it arrived late on the night of the 22nd.] 9th Infantry brigade--Maj.-Gen. R. S. R. Fetherstonhaugh:--[151] 1st battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Half-battalion 1st Loyal North Lancashire.[152] 2nd battalion Northamptonshire. 2nd battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. [Footnote 151: Two companies of the Royal Munster Fusiliers also arrived at Belmont from Orange River on the 22nd November, and were attached to the 9th brigade.] [Footnote 152: The remainder of this battalion formed part of the garrison of Kimberley.] The medical services for the 9th infantry brigade were furnished by the divisional Field Hospital of the 1st division, and the 3rd brigade Field Hospital formed the new divisional Field Hospital. Subsequently, when the 3rd (Highland) brigade joined Lord Methuen's force at Modder river, its Field Hospital was provided by the 2nd division Field Hospital and the Bearer company by "A." company Cape Medical Staff Corps, under Lieut.-Col. Hartley, V.C. [Sidenote: Supporting forces. Wauchope. French.] Behind the 1st division, the Highland brigade, under Maj.-Gen. A. G. Wauchope, guarded the railway up to the Orange river, and overawed the disaffected element among the inhabitants along the line of communication. In the neighbourhood of Colesberg, Lieut.-General French, with a mixed force of all arms, was engaged in stemming the tide of invasion from the Free State, and by incessantly occupying the attention of the commandos opposed to him, prevented their massing against Lord Methuen's right flank as he advanced towards Kimberley. [Sidenote: March fully known by Boers. They prepare to meet it.]