[Illustration: Plan showing ground on which operations of 17 to 25
Jan. 1900, took place.
London: Smith Elder & Co. _Stanford’s Geog^l Estab^t London._]
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Warren was promoted to be Captain on 20th October 1869.
[2] 11th November 1882.
[3] See reproduction.
[4] See pages 67 to 69.
[5] Potgieter’s Drift.
[6] Called Three Tree Hill.
[7] ‘London to Ladysmith viâ Pretoria.’
[8] N.B.--Black marginal line indicates that portions so marked were
not published with the despatches, 1900.
[9] See D.
[10] See C.
[11] See pages 62 to 66.
[12] See pages 67 to 69.
[13] See page 103.
[14]
{{Hatting’s Farm: 30th January, 1900.
The Chief of Staff,--With reference to my report on the operations
on the Tugela, already forwarded, will you please attach the
accompanying addition?
C. WARREN, _Lieut.-General, Commanding 5th Division_.
Hatting’s Farm: 30th January, 1900.
I omitted to state that during the afternoon of the 22nd the
Commander-in-Chief proposed an attack upon the enemy’s position on
our left flank that night. I summoned at once the General Officers
available--namely, Generals Clery, Talbot Coke, and Hildyard.
General Clery, who was in command of the left attack, did not
consider it advisable to make this attack, because, if successful,
it would commit us to taking the whole line of the enemy’s
position, which he considered a hazardous proceeding, as we might
not be able to hold it. In this I concurred, more particularly as
it was evidently too late in the day to carry the operation out
effectively.
C. WARREN, _Lieut.-General, Commanding 5th Division_.
I continually proposed to General Warren that he should attack the
enemy’s right, which was _en l’air_ and not strong, and which it
was part of the original programme to try and turn, but I never
suggested doing this hurriedly or without adequate forethought and
preparation.--R. B.}}
[15] See pages 104 and 105 for substance of Sir C. F. Clery’s Report.
The Report of Major-General Hildyard is not reprinted.
[16] C.
[17] See G.
[18] See H.
[19] See page 154.
[20] See page 156.
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Section F in the Appendix is a reproduction of a Report by Sir
Charles Warren and has several sidenotes in the margin. The
Sidenote ‘A’ is referenced from section E. Sidenote ‘1’ appears
twice in one paragraph but is shown only once in this etext.
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been
corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the
text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text,
and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
Pg 120: ‘Thaba Mjama’ replaced by ‘Thaba Njama’.
Index: ‘Sarjent’ replaced by ‘Sargent’.
Index: ‘Van Renen’ replaced by ‘Van Reenen’.
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