English: THE ATTACK ON GAME TREE FORT (during the relief of Mafeking): But the column had only a brief rest before it was in action again. Reinforced by part of the garrison, Mahon moved out early in the morning to clear the Boers away from Game Tree Fort and McMullin's Farm, where they had their headquarters during the siege. The enemy's position was shelled by the combined artillery of both forces, and then there was a general advance.

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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t relief was near at hand. But they were in such an exhausted condition that there was not much prospect of their giving any effective co-operation to their rescuers. On the tfth Mahon had reorganised the relief column, forming it into two brigades, the jst Brigade, under Colonel Plumer, being composed of the Rhodesians, the Queenslanders, Pisl, we first saw Mafeking—a few dabs of white on a distant flat grey plain. Soon after the colonel bore a little to the right to Saanies Pool, on the Malopo, where there was a halt for men and horses to get water. Shortly after noon the Imperial Light Horse were moving out to the left to regain their position in the advance, when-they were fired upon by a Boer force, which during the halt had taken up a position on the flank of the line of march. The rest of Colonel Edwards's column moved out to support the Light Horse, and then the Boers opened fire from a long semi-circle of positions in front and on both flanks of the relief force. They brought four guns into
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THE attack: on game tree fort. 334 THE BOER WAR. action, and some of them opened fire from the south bank of the Malopo. Pkimer sent a force across the river to prevent the enemy working roi,md to his right rear. The attempt of the enemy on both flanks was soon checked, but in front of the reHef force the Boers fought steadily, and retired very gradually before the superior fire of Mahon's artillery. The British were about 1,500 strong, the Boers about 2,000; but as they were extended over three-fourths of a circle, and the line was at least four miles long, it was easy for Mahon, from his central position, to bring a superior force to bear now on one point, now on another, of the enemy's line. About si.\ oclock the enemy were retiring, the greater part of them going off to the north and south of Mafeking. The garrison and towns-folk, looking out from the roofs of the houses, could see the shells bursting among the Boers, and the enemy everywhere in flight. It was quite expected that Mahon would march st

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