Identifier: battlesofninetee06forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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. A large force of volunteers, stiffened with someregular troops, was employed in garrisoning theports and guarding the railway lines in CapeColony. It is interesting to add a rough estimate ofthe fighting force represented by this long list ofregiments and batteries. The fighting force isa very different thing from the total force ina theatre of war, as large deductions have to strength of the army at the front can be made.Definite figures are not yet available at the timeof writing. There were about 12,000 men be-sieged in Ladvsmith, and about 4,000 more shutup in Kimberley and Mafeking. The LadysmithRelief Force, under General Buller, was about20,000 strong, and Sir Charles Warrens division,newly arrived, was about to add some 8,000 moreto it. Lord Methuen had about 16,000 men at;\Iodder River camp and on the railway im-mediately in its rear. There were about10,000 men under Gatacre and French in thenorth of Cape Colony, and probably as manymore in garrison and on the lines of com-
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134 munication in the rest of the colony,have:— THE BOER WAR. At Besieged garrisons 16.000 Ladysmith Relief Force (including Warrens Division) ... 28,000 Kimberlev Relief Force ... 16,000 North of Cape Colony ... 10,000 Lines of Communication 10,000 80,000 this time the force in South Africa Thus we estimated in round numbers at 100,000 men.The above figures show its fighting strengtli.About 50,000 more were on the way, or mobihsedin England and the Colonies and preparing toembark. The situation had changed since thetime, three months before, when men werewondering why the Government had mobilisedso large a force as a whole Army Corps and aCavalry Division for a little war with thewas irregular forces of the Boer Republics.

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