The Official Records Of The Guards Brigade In South Africa With Portraits PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ... part ii. Major-General R. pole-carew, C.B., Commanding. 7 staff diary of guards' brigade, kept by major F. S. maude, brigade-major, guards' brigade. 12/2/00 Colonel and Local Majors-General R. PolerCarew, C.B., assumes command of the Guards' Brigade from the llth inst. inclusive. Major F. S. Maude, Coldstream Guards, assumes the duties of Brigade-Major, Guards' Brigade, from the llth inst. inclusive. Brigade headquarters moved to vicinity of Rimington's house, where the General is residing. Details of Sixth Division and Highland Brigade, which have been left behind, attached to Guards' Brigade. Outpost line allotted to Guards' Brigade from No. xii. to No. V., Redoubts inclusive. General advance for relief of Kimberley begins from Enslin to-day. 13/2/00 Colonel A. H. Paget, commanding 1st Battalion Scots Guards, having advanced his claim to command the Brigade in the event of General Carew being incapacitated, General Carew has decided to refer the matter to the senior colonel of the Brigade for decision. Weather very hot. Violent dust storm in afternoon. 14/2/00 The general inspected the outpost line from No. V. to No. ii., Redoubts inclusive. Reduction in strength by day, and increase by night ordered. Dust storm all the evening. 15/2/00 Brigade-Major visited outposts from No. V. to No. ii(A), Redoubts inclusive. Boers fired two harmless shells during day. Our new 6-inch gun opened fire in the afternoon. Colonel Paget warned the General of possibility of night attack, as he had noticed an unusual number o