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Nov. 9.--General attack on Ladysmith repulsed with heavy loss to Boers.
Nov. 15.--Armoured train wrecked by Boers near Chieveley. Over 100 British troops captured.
Nov. 19.--Lord Methuen's column for the relief of Kimberley concentrated at Orange River.
Nov. 23.--Methuen attacks Boers at BELMONT with Guards' Brigade and 9th Brigade. Boers driven from their position.
Nov. 25.--Methuen attacks Boers in position at Enslin and dislodges them.
General Sir Redvers Buller arrives in Natal.
Nov. 28.--Methuen engages 11,000 Boers at MODDER RIVER. Battle lasting all day. Boers evacuate position.
Nov. 30.--Sixth Division for South Africa notified.
Dec. 1.--Australian and Canadian Contingents leave Capetown for the front.
Dec. 10.--Gatacre attempts night attack on STORMBERG, but is surprised and driven back with heavy loss.
Dec. 11.--Methuen attacks Boer position at MAGERSFONTEIN and is repulsed with heavy loss. General Wauchope killed.
Dec. 15.--Buller advances from Chieveley against Boer positions near COLENSO. British Force repulsed on Tugela with 1,100 casualties and loss of 12 guns.
Mobilization of 7th Division ordered.
Dec. 18.--Lord Roberts appointed Commander-in-Chief in South Africa, with Lord Kitchener as Chief of Staff.
Dec. 19.--Regulations issued for employment of Yeomanry and Volunteers in South Africa.
Dec. 20.--Formation of City of London Volunteer Corps for South Africa announced.
1900
Jan. 6.--Suffolk Regiment loses heavily near Rensburg, over 100 prisoners taken.
BOER ATTACK ON LADYSMITH REPULSED.
Jan. 10.--LORD ROBERTS AND LORD KITCHENER ARRIVE AT CAPETOWN.
Jan. 10.--Forward movement for relief of Ladysmith resumed.
Jan. 11.--Dundonald seizes pont on Tugela at Potgieter's Drift.
Jan. 18.--Buller makes SECOND ATTEMPT to relieve Ladysmith. Dundonald having crossed Tugela engages Boers near Acton Homes.
Crossing of Tugela by Warren and Lyttelton concluded.
Jan. 21.--Warren attacks Boers' right flank.
Jan. 23-4.--SPION KOP captured and held during 24th, but evacuated on the night of Jan. 24-25. General Woodgate fatally wounded.
Jan. 26-7.--Buller's force recrosses the Tugela.
Feb. 3.--Macdonald with Highland Brigade marches out from Modder River.
Feb. 5.--Buller's THIRD ATTEMPT to relieve Ladysmith commenced.
Lyttelton crosses Tugela, and delivers attack on VAAL KRANTZ, which he captures and occupies.
Feb. 7.--Vaal Krantz evacuated and British Force withdrawn across the Tugela.
Feb. 9.--Lord Roberts arrives at Modder River.
Feb. 11.--French, having been summoned from Southern Frontier, leaves Modder River with Cavalry Division and Horse Artillery.
Feb. 13.--Lord Roberts at Dekiel's Drift.
Feb. 15.--Lord Roberts at Jacobsdal.
RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.
Feb. 17.--Rearguard action between Kelly-Kenny and Cronje _en route_ to Bloemfontein.
FOURTH ATTEMPT to relieve Ladysmith.
Buller presses advance on Monte Christo Hill.
Feb. 19.--Buller takes Hlangwane Hill.
Feb. 20.--Boers under Cronje, having laagered near Paardeberg, are bombarded by Lord Roberts.
Feb. 21.--Fifth Division crosses Tugela.
Feb. 23.--Buller unsuccessfully attacks Railway Hill.
Feb. 26.--Buller makes fresh pa.s.sage of Tugela.
Feb. 27.--CRONJE SURRENDERS AT PAARDEBERG.
PIETERS HILL, the main Boer position between Ladysmith and the Tugela, carried by Hildyard.
Feb. 28.--RELIEF OF LADYSMITH.
Clements occupies Colesberg.
Mar. 5.--Gatacre occupies Stormberg.
Brabant again defeats and pursues Boers.
