[8] Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Robert Stopford, of the Coldstream Guards, was appointed a Lieutenant in 1874, Captain in 1885, and Major in 1893. He had not previously been on war service. CHAPTER IV THE INVESTMENT OF LADYSMITH Before going farther it may be interesting to inspect a rough table showing approximately the composition and total strength of the British and Boer forces at the various points mentioned:-- LADYSMITH BRITISH BOER 21st, 42nd, and 53rd Field \ \ Batteries; Battalion of Natal | | Artillery; two guns of the | | Natal Naval Reserve; Natal | | Mounted Volunteers; 5th | | Lancers; 19th Hussars; 1st | | Battalion Liverpool Regiment; | | 2nd Battalion Gordon | | Highlanders; 1st Battalion | | Devonshire Regiment; 1st | | Manchesters; several companies | | of Mounted Infantry; Medical | | Corps; Veterinary Corps; 23rd | | Company Royal Engineers; | | reinforcements from | Combined Free State and | Maritzburg; Naval Brigade }13,550 Transvaal forces }30,500 (750) | | | | _Following from Glencoe_:-- | | | | 13th, 67th, and 69th Field | | Batteries; 18th Hussars; Natal | | Mounted Volunteers; 1st | | Battalion Leicestershire | | Regiment; 1st and 2nd | | Battalions King's Royal | | Rifles; 2nd Battalion Dublin | | Fusiliers; several companies | | of Mounted Infantry; Field | | Hospital Corps / / KIMBERLEY