COMPOSITION OF LIEUT.-GENERAL IAN HAMILTON'S FORCE
DIVISIONAL STAFF
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL IAN HAMILTON.
C.B., D.S.O.
A.D.C.s--Captain de Heriez Smith.
Captain Balfour, late 11th Hussars.
Captain Maddocks, R.A.
Captain Duke of Marlborough, I.Y.
A.A.G.--Lieut.-Colonel Le Gallais, 8th Hussars.
D.A.A.G.s--Captain Vallentin, Somerset L.I.
Captain Gamble, Lincoln Regiment.
Captain Atcherley, A.S.C.
Captain Kirkpatrick, R.E.
Provost Marshal--Captain Sloman, East Surrey Regiment.
Div. Signalling Officer--Captain Ross, Norfolk Regiment.
P.M.O.--Colonel Williams, N. S. Wales A.M.C.
Divisional Troops--Rimington's Guides under Major Rimington, Inniskilling Dragoons.
2ND MOUNTED INFANTRY BRIGADE
BRIGADIER-GENERAL R. RIDLEY
A.D.C.--Captain Hood, Coldstream Guards.
Brigade Major--Lieut-Colonel Mitford, East Surrey Regiment.
Staff Officers--Captain Sir T. MacMahon, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Captain Eustace Crawley, 12th Lancers.
2ND MOUNTED INFANTRY CORPS
Lieut.-Colonel de Lisle, Commanding Durham Light Infantry.
Staff Officer--Captain Fanshawe, Oxford L.I.
6th M.I. Battalion--Captain Pennefather, Welsh Regiment.
New South Wales Mounted Rifles.
West Australians.
1 Pom-pom.
5TH MOUNTED INFANTRY CORPS
Lieut.-Colonel Dawson, I.S.C.
Staff Officer--Captain Ballard, Norfolk Regiment.
5th M.I. Battalion--Major Lean, Warwick Regiment.
Roberts' Horse--Captain Baumgartner, East Lancashire Regiment.
Marshall's Horse--Captain Corbett.
Ceylon M.I.--Major Rutherford,
1 Pom-pom.
6TH MOUNTED INFANTRY CORPS
Lieut.-Colonel Legge, 20th Hussars.
Staff Officer--Captain Hart, East Surrey Regiment.
2nd M.I. Battalion--Major Dobell.
Kitchener's Horse--Major Cookson, I.S.C.
Lovat's Scouts--Major A. Murray.
1 Pom-pom.
7TH MOUNTED INFANTRY CORPS
Lieut.-Colonel Bainbridge, Buffs.
Staff Officer--Captain Hamilton, Oxford L.I.
7th M.I. Battalion--Major Welch.
Burmah M.I.--Captain Copeman.
1 Pom-pom.
P BATTERY
Ammunition Column--Major Mercer, R.H.A.
Bearer Company and Field Hospital--New South Wales Army Medical Corps.
2ND CAVALRY BRIGADE
BRIGADIER-GENERAL BROADWOOD
A.D.C.--Captain Aldridge, R.H.A.
Brigade-Major--Captain Hon. T. Brand, 10th Hussars.
Signalling Officer--Captain Sloane Stanley, 12th Lancers.
Household Cavalry--Lieut.-Colonel Galley.
10th Lancers--Lieut-Colonel Fisher.
12th Lancers--Lieut.-Colonel Earl of Airlie.
Q Battery, R.A.
Ammunition Column--Captain Kincaid, R.A.
Bearer Company.
Field Hospital.
19TH BRIGADE
MAJOR-GENERAL SMITH-DORRIEN
A.D.C.s--Captain Hood, R.M.L.I.
Lieut. Dorrien Smith, Shropshire L.I.
Brigade Major--Major Inglefield, East Yorkshire Regiment.
74th Battery--Major MacLeod.
2nd Duke of Cornwall L.I.--Lieut.-Colonel Ashby.
Shropshire L.I.--Lieut.-Colonel Spens.
Gordon Highlanders--Lieut.-Colonel MacBean.
Royal Canadians--Lieut.-Colonel Otter.
Bearer Company and Field Hospital.
21ST BRIGADE
MAJOR-GENERAL BRUCE-HAMILTON
A.D.C.--Lieut. Frazer, Cameron Highlanders.
Brigade Major--Major Shaw, Derbyshire Regiment.
76th Battery--Major Campbell.
1st Royal Sussex--Lieut.-Colonel Donne.
1st Derby--Major Gossett.
1st Cameron--Lieut.-Colonel Kennedy.
City Imperial Volunteers--Brigadier-Colonel MacKinnon; Colonel The Earl of Albemarle.
Bearer Company.
Field Hospital.
DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY
LIEUT.-COLONEL WALDRON, R.F.A.
8lst Battery.
82nd Battery--Major Conolly.
1 Section of Five-inch guns--Captain Massey.
Ammunition Column--Captain Hardman.
EFFECTIVE FIGHTING STRENGTH
11,000 Men.
4,600 Horses.
8,000 Mules.
36 Field guns.
2 Five-inch guns
23 Machine guns.
6 Pom-poms.
The force left Bloemfontein, April 22.
Arrived at Pretoria on June 5.
Distance traversed, 401 miles in a straight line.
Time on the march, 45 days.
Halts, 10 days.
General actions on nine days:
Israel's Poorte, April 25.
Houtnek, April 30 and May 1.
Welkom, May 4.
Sand River, May 10.
Affair of Lindley, May 20.
Doornkop (Florida), May 29.
Six Mile Spruit (Pretoria), June 4.
Diamond Hill, June 11 and 12.
Eighteen days' skirmishes.
Towns captured:
Thabanchu.
Winburg.
Ventersburg.
Kroonstadt.
Lindley.
Heilbron.
Johannesburg.
Pretoria.
