London Times, 01 Mar 00 (Thursday)
p5b& c The Austral and the Siberian arrived at St Vincent yesterday.
p5d Dateline Sydney, Feb 28. The Bushmen’s contingent sailed today in the Atlantian and the Maplemore. The total was 31 officers, 496 men and 570 horses.
p7b & c. Dateline Southampton, Feb28. The Ottoman sailed from Southampton at 12:25 pm today with 420 remounts and the following: 2 officers, 65 men and 3 horses of the 12th Lancers, 3 men of No. 5 General Hosp., 3 officers, 3 men and 3 horses classed as details, Major Sadleir-Jackson, Remount officer, 2nd Lieutenants G B Ollivant and Sir E B Lacon, 12the Lancers, and Lieutenant Douglas RAMC
The Assaye also sailed today with 81 officers and 2,002 men listed as follows:
Gordon Highlanders, Bt. Lieutenant Colonel H H Burney, 2nd Lieutenants J L G Burnett, G N McLean, J G Hay, F R F Sworder and 120 men.
3/Yorkshire Regiment Colonel J Hoole, Hon. Lieutenant Colonels J W Lodge and W E C Ellis,Captain & Adjutant C A C King, Captain & QM G Croft, Captains Hon. G A Lascelles, G W L Hoole-Lowsley-Williams, Baron de Teissier, and R B N Gunter, Lieutenants and 2nd Lieutenants, H de M Leathes, E L Sanderson, M E Clark, E G C Bagshawe, W M Saurtin, B C D Nash, N Monckton, R J W Arbuthnot, G C Denton, G L Dorman, H G Chapman, and E W Leather and 679 men and 4 horses.
No. 2 Remount Depot, Major Wood, Captain J P H M Alone, Lieutenants W D P Watson, and Yates, Lieutenant & QM Barry and 273 men and 1 horse.
Princess Christian’s Hospital, Major Mathias, 6 civil surgeons and 32 men.
6/Royal Fusiliers, Colonel H N B Good, Captain R H R Helpman, and Lieutenant V R Bland-Hunt.
Reserve of Officers, Captains Bald, E M Eyre, W H Vicars, W Fitzpatric, and G B Wishart, Lieutenants J F J Corballis, and C D D Shute.
1/Royal Scots, Major W Douglas, and 101 men with 1 horse.
3/Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 2nd Lieutenant H N B Harrison.
5/Connaught Rangers, Captain H W Biddulph and Lieutenants, D L Thornton and E Keogh-Cullen.
York & Lancaster Regiment, Captain R B Learoyd, Lieutenant Gardner and 125 men.
Yorkshire Regiment, Captain H G Holmes.
4/Liverpool Regiment, Captain J B Jobling.
Royal Irish Fusiliers, 2nd Lieutenants, C D Macklem and R F Medliecoff, and 140 men.
2/Royal Berkshire Regiment, 2nd Lieutenant A Chamberlayne.
2/Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd Lieutenant E A Beck
1/A & S Highlanders, 2nd Lieutenant K M Laird.
3/Wiltshire Regiment, Lieutenant E H Nicholson
4/H Light Infantry, Captain A W Jones.
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Lieutenant H A Robinson.
3/Suffolk Regiment, Lieutenant R W B Onslow.
Army Pay Dept., Majors J M Sherrard, H J Thwaytes, and A H Lindop, Captains H D Harvest, F H Moline and R G Cooper-King.
RE, Captain T Fraser.
1/Royal Scots Fusiliers, Lieutenant W L D Baillie.
2/Cameronians, Lieutenant S Lawrence.
1/Border Regiment, Lieutenant P F B Hawes.
1/South Lancashire Regiment, Lieutenant A Northern.
Shropshire Light Infantry, 2nd Lieutenant C A Howard.
3/Yorkshire Regiment, Civil Surgeon Scott.
1/Derbyshire Regiment, Major C N Watts.
Base Depot Staff, 8 officers and 11 men,
Devonshire Regiment, 190 men.
1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 160 men.
Durham Light Infantry 150 men.
AOC, 20 men.
Dateline Liverpool, Feb 28, The Cymric (12,646 tons, 604 ft. length, 64 ft. beam, 11,097 H P average 14 knots) embarked 9 companies of Imperial Yeomanry with the staffs of the 1st & 11 Battalions and other details. The companies were: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 20. In addition to 2 machine-gun sections, 23 civil surgeons, 16 other officers, various medical and veterinary details - in all 94 officers, 1,106 men and 450 horses. Officers listed, but not all, are:
Staff & Wiltshire Companies, Lieutenant Colonel Chaloner, Captain & Adjutant Custance, Lieutenant E T Shorland, Captain Graves, Lieutenants Sir T Fowler, C S Awdry, Henderson, and Smith-Bingham, Veterinary -Lieutenant F A Huband, Captain Stanley Clarke, Lieutenants Lord A Thynne, C M Thornton, C Speke, and L St John Brodrick, Q M Sir J Dickson-Poynder.
Maxim-gun Sect., Lieutenant S Paget and 2nd Lieutenant G Paget’
Gloucester Company, Captain E T Hill, Lieutenants, A Graham Clarke, W Phayne, C G M Adam, and Hon. R Robertson.
Glamorgan Company, Captain W H Wyndham-Quin, M P, Lieutenants J H Ensor, J H Pritchard Rayner, and J W R Marsh.
Staff, 11the Regiment, Lieutenant- Colonel W Kenyon-Mitford, Major K R Balfour, Captains F J Dalgety, and CB Howse, Veterinary -Lieutenant W B Wallis, Lieutenant & QM R Brooke and Lieutenant Peacocke.
Middlesex Company Captain Firman, Lieutenants Crealock, Guthrie, Lewin and Rogers.
West Kent, Captains Hon. E J Mills, and F B Mildmay, Lieutenants R B Pott and E P Gundry.
Fife Company Captain W B Chapell Hodge, Lieutenants J Gilmour, J Simpson, Robert W Purvis, and W Burton Stewart.
Other officers of the I Y, Captain C H Simpson, Lieutenants J R Cook Hurle, G R Buxton, J Craig, Kindersley, Eyton, Crawford Donnell and Lord Leitrim.
Other officers, Captains A,M, Gamble, and D S Brown, Lieutenants F E Daniell, A C H Kennard, H W Reeves, 2nd Lieutenants H Goodman, and E F F Traill.
At the Royal Albert Docks the Oriental left yesterday for Queenstown after embarking the following:
RE Captain Wright, Lieutenants Webber, Briggs, Cotton, Sherrard and 109 men.
3/Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, Lieutenant Pike.
4/Suffolk Regiment, Lieutenants Black and Ashby.
Border Regiment, Captains Stourton, Cosgreave and 130 men.
Special Service, Colonel Garstin, Captains Aubin, and Glynn, Lieutenants Swain, Dick-Cunyngham and 6 men.
Imperial Yeomanry Major Moore.
RAMC, Lieutenant Douglas.
Reserve of Officers, Lieutenant Aron.
3/Royal Lancaster Regiment, Lieutenant & QM Batchelor
ASC, Captain Brooke.
Langman’s Hospital, Doctors, Conan Doyle, Langman, O’Callaghan, Gibbs, Scharlieb, Howell, Major Drury, Dressers Hackney, Turle, Bolton, Blasson, Mayes and Civil Surgeon Petchell.
Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 100 men.
Essex Regiment 100 men.
London Times, 02 Mar 00 (Friday)
p5f The Majestic and the Norman arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Avondale Castle arrived at Las Palmas on Wednesday. The Atlantian and the Maplemore sailed from Sydney yesterday.
London Times, 03 Mar 00 (Saturday)
p8a The Armenian arrived at Cape Town Thursday. The Kumara arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Colombian arrived at Port Natal Feb 28. The Carthaginian and the Pinemore have arrived at Las Palmas. The Cephalonia arrived at St Vincent yesterday and the Pavonia has also arrived at St Vincent.
p9b The Oriental arrived at Queenstown yesterday and embarked the 3/Royal Scots (502 ) making a total of 58 officers and 1,049 men. She sailed at 4 pm The officers of the Royal Scots who embarked are: Lieutenant Colonel E J Grant, Majors R Dundas, (Hon)Lord Tewkesbury, and Lord Henry Scott, Captains, Viscount Brackley, D H Forbes, C P R Wood, Viscount Newport, T C E Goff, Captain & Q M W F Horniblow (Hon)Capt & Adjutant G H Davidson, Lieutenants E L Strutt, A M T Fletcher, E F Penn, A Douglas-Pennant, and H F Collinridge, 2nd Lieutenants R J Gibson-Craig, Sir S H Childs, the Hon. R Brand and E J F Johnson.
p16a Dateline Albert Docks, March 1. Three Companies Imperial Yeomanry embarked here in the Manchester Merchant and sailed this morning for South Africa. The Companies were # 26, # 27, # 48, and 7th Battalion Staff and a machine gun section. Total of 19 officers, 386 men and 352 horses. The officers on board were:
7th Battalion Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Helyar, Major Brown and Captains Hardy, P M Fowke, & Walford Rowe.
Dorsets, Captains Sir E Lees, and Cartwright, Lieutenants, the Hon. I Guest, & Batley.
Devons, Captain Bolitho, Lieutenants, St Hill, De Las Casas and de V Carey.
West Somersets, Captain Sherston, Lieutenants, Thynne, Gibbs, and Symons.
Machine Gun Section, Lieutenant Colonel Mansel.
London Times, 05 Mar 00 (Monday)
p6a The Canada has arrived at East London. The Urmston Grange left Port Elizabeth on March 1 for Cape Town. The Oratava arrived at St Vincent. The Goorka left Tenerife yesterday.
Dateline Cape Town March 2. The City of Rome has left for England with 230 wounded.
Dateline St Vincent, March 3. The Umbria, with invalids for Southampton arrived here today.
p10b & c. Dateline Albert Docks, March 4.
Five cos. Imperial Yeomanry sailed in the Cornwall, #42, #44, #63, #46, and #54 in addition to a machine gun section. Total of 21 officers, 633 men and 190 horses. The following are officers names:
#42, Captain Gilliatt, Lieutenants Smith, Boranquet, Sir G Arthur & G Lubbock.
#44, Captain G B Richards, Lieutenants, Wilson Erle, Buxton, & Guinness.
#63, Captain A V Hume, Lieutenants, Perry, Wadmore, & Swinburne.
#46, Captain R A Maude, Lieutenants, Sir J Power, Ralledge, H F Montgomery.
#54, Captain J F Humby, Lieutenants J R Mitchell, F J Montgomery.
The Nineveh sailed with a number of Volunteer Companies Toatal of 18 officers and 542 men. The officers were:
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, Captain E A Jackson, Lieutenants Cowland and G E S Smith
Border Regiment, Captain J Thompson, Lieutenants J F Haswell, & E W Wakefield.
North Stafford, Captain G W Laybourn, Lieutenants H J Johnson & E F Hodson.
Shropshire Light Infantry, Captain W H Frow, Lieutenants B Head & J F Cutler.
Essex, Captain J C Lawris, Lieutenants H E Crocker & W Bowie.
and Lieutenant Colonel Tobinds, in command.
Dateline Southampton, March 3. The Tantallon Castle sailed today with 498 troops and a Colt gun. She also carried 26 nurses.
Dateline Albert Docks, March 4. The Avoca arrived yesterday with 12 officers and 325 men as sick and wounded from South Africa. The officers were: Captain Elton, RFA, Majors Haygate, Gordon, Captains Goodwyn, Radcliffe, Leverson, Jervis, Lieutenants Holford, Danks, Marsh and Malden.
The Britannic arrived at Southampton from South Africa on Saturday with 3 officers and 52 men, all invalids.
London Times, 06 Mar 00 (Tuesday)
p5c Dateline Hobart, March 5. The Tasmanian contingent embarked on the Atlantian today.
The Kent, Afric and the Doune Castle arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Anglo-Australian, the Araucania, the Induna and the Iona have arrived at Table Bay. The Colombian arrived at Durban on March 3 and the Canada at Port Natal.
p11a The Nile arrived at Southampton yesterday with invalids, 2 officers and 40 men. The Aurania also arrived at Southampton yesterday with about 170 invalids.
London Times, 07 Mar 00 (Wednesday)
p5d Dateline Cape Town, March 5. Prisoners continue to arrive daily, and are placed on board the Orient and the City of Cambridge in Table Bay. The Mongolian and the Manila, which are already full, have gone to Simons Bay.
The Malta arrived at Cape Town Monday. The Arundel Castle arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Dictator, from Table Bay, arrived at East London March 5. The Cymric is reported at Las Palmas.
Dateline Buenos Ayres, March 5. The Beacon Grange sailed yesterday with 702 horses for Cape Town.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 07 Mar 00
p2 I thought this might be of interest: Dateline Gaberones, Feb 16.
" Before sunrise the Boers began shelling our bombproof near Basuto Kopje. They also placed a few shells on a hill further west, where the outposts were stationed without damage.
During the night Colonel Plumer sent a squad to reconnoitre the enemy’s west flank. At 6. 30 the patrol was within 800 yards of Spitzkop standing isolated on the plain two miles north-west of the Boer Laager. The enemy were found in strength on and around Spitzkop. The British retired under a hot fire. An officer and two troopers were wounded.”
London Times, 08 Mar 00 (Thursday)
p5d & e The Cheshire and the Narrung arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Guelph arrived at St Helena yesterday morning and left in the evening. The Assaye arrived at St Vincent yesterday. The Tantallon Castle arrived at Madeira yesterday and has departed for Cape Town. The Manchester Merchant ahs arrived at Las Palmas.
p7e & f Dateline Albert Docks, March 7. The Mahratta sailed this afternoon with the following Companies of Imperial Yeomanry : #25, #53, and #59. The usual RAMC detachment of 1 Civil Surgeon, Milton, 1 Civil Veterinary Surgeon, Lane; RE, 9 men and 122 remounts for a total of 16 officers, 359 men and 266 horses. The officers were:
West Somerset, Captain Harris and Lieutenants Myburgh, Stanley, Fitzgerald, and Sevits.
East Kent, Captain Marks, Lieutenants Hall, Few, Summers, and Baker.
2/Oxfordshire, Lts Hext, St John, Maguiac, Thesiger.
The Kildonan Castle sailed yesterday from Southampton for Queenstown where she will complete the full number of troops of about 115 officers, and 2,620 men, stores and ammunition. Those who embarked at Southampton include the following:
4/Somerset Light Infantry, Lieutenant Colonel W Long, Majors E H Llewellyn and J W H Marshall-West; Captains S H Woodhouse, G B St. John-Mildmay, R W Manley, A Llewellyn, D G Stewart, E A B Warry, S E O Owen-Swaffield; Lieutenants J H Christie, W A D Lippert, W W Llewellyn, H G W Woodhouse, C Brand and O T Bentley; 2nd Lieutenants P M Whale, R H Williams, G W Thompson, C H Thomas, P E Bradney, and E J FitzG King; Captain & Adjutant M A Foster; Lieutenant & Quartermaster H Powis; Civil Surgeon A Mackenzie; and 390 men.
3/Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Lieutenant J C Reid
3/Leinster Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel J H G Smyth; Major F Luttman-Johnson; Captains W E A Barry, E P Smith, C T Biddulph, R H T Smyth, H G Sheppard, and L P Arnott; Lieutenants G Harding, R G T Curry, R R Smyth, and J W White Bell; 2nd Lieutenants C E R Smyth, L F A Cochrane, and G B Scott; Captain & Adjutant P E S Reeves; Lieutenant & Quartermaster J W Gallehawk; Civil Surgeon G H Bristow; and 500 men.
West Yorkshire Regiment, 1 officer and 120 men.
1/Yorkshire Regiment, Lieutenant W B Walker; 2nd Lieutenants A C D Pearson, H V Bastow, and J C Morgan; and 100 men.
Fife Artillery, Captain D Burges.
Dorset Regiment, Lieutenants C G Hay and B G Peel; and 100 men.
Gordon Highlanders, Captains G R Macnab and Murray.
Welsh Regiment, 2 officers and 100 men.
3/Suffolk Regiment, Lieutenants C A R Stower and W D B Halhed.
3/Manchester Regiment, Captain W F Hobdell.
Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Captain Cowper; 2nd Lieutenant J C Lamprey; and 100 men.
RE, Captain P H du P Casgrain; Captain Burnaby, Lieutenant Blakeney, 2nd Lieutenant Ball and 32 men.
1/Essex Regiment, Captain B A Warry.
3/Royal Highlanders, 2nd Lieutenant F L Moubray.
Reserve of officers, Captain Mowbray.
R G A, Captain F G Roberts.
Army Pay Corps, 3 officers and 9 men.
London Times, 09 Mar 00 (Friday)
p5e The Dunvegan Castle arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Avondale Castle arrived at Las Palmas Wednesday night.
Dateline Buenos Ayres, March 8. The Yoruba sailed today with 600 horses for Cape Town. The steamers Julia Park, Mary Park, Kildonan, Jonan and Surrey are loading horses for Cape Town.
p7b Dateline Albert Docks, March 8. The Sunda sailed this afternoon with 29 officers, 469 men and 148 horses. The officers were:
1/Middlesex Regiment, Captain L J Oliver.
2/Somerset Light Infantry, Captain A G Boyle.
East Yorkshire Regiment, Captain H A N Forte, Lieutenants W E Campion, A E Masson, and J R Keys.
4/Derbyshire Regiment, Captain E Burden-Bailey.
Thorneycroft’s M I, Captain the Hon. Piers St Aubyn.
1/Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Lieutenants H A Robinson, W H Creak, and Smiley.
2/King’s Royal Rifles, Lieutenant H F Foljambe.
RAMC, Lieutenant Colonel R F Barrow, Majors J C Jan and A Hosie, Captain F Smith, Lieutenants Offord, Smith and Harrington.
Civil Surgeons, Mayo, Donald, Hunter, Crawford, Turton, Wood, Page, Wrate, and Brownrigg.
Civil Veterinary Surgeon, Evershed.
The Kildonan Castle arrived at Queenstown yesterday to embark 25 officers and 580 men of the 3/KOSB and 23 officers and 470 men of the 4/North Staffordshire Regiment
London Times, 10 Mar 00 (Saturday)
p7d The Greek arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Alsatia arrived at Cape Town, March 8. The Dictator arrived and the Canada and Catalonia left Durban, Mar 8. The Oriental arrived at St Vincent yesterday. The Nineveh arrived at Tenerife yesterday and departed the same day. The Ottoman has arrived at St Vincent.
Dateline Durban, March 8. It is reported that the bubonic plague has appeared on the Kilburn, which arrived at Cape Town from South America.
p12c The Kildonan Castle left Queenstown at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon with 2,598 officers and men for South Africa.
London Times, 12 Mar 00 (Monday)
p5e The Norseman arrived at Cape Town March 9. The Victorian arrived at Cape Town on Mar 10. The Gascon arrived at Cape Town, Mar 11. The Mount Royal and the Turkistan have also arrived at Cape Town. The Induna arrived at East London, March 9.
p7b & c. The Tintagel Castle sailed from Southampton on Saturday with 38 officers, 1,171 men and 7 horses.
The Moor embarked a number of officers and 600 men of Malitia Regiments She sailed at 4:30 pm from Southampton. Some of the officers were:
Staff of the 8th Division, Colonel G E Harley, CB; Lieutenant Colonels R H Morrison and W A May; Majors J M Traill and H Mann; Captains FitzR E P Curzon, E C P E C P Curzon, Raleigh Grey, CMG, Thynne, and Fisher; Lieutenants Burgoyne, J Lawrence, and Rashleigh; and Mr Wormaid.
7the D G Captain M F Gage
R G A, Captains G G Traherne, H H Harvest, C E Hill, and W F T Corrie
Brit. Counsul-General at Delagoa Bay, Captain Crowe, R N
S A Light Horse, Mr Bathurst.
Among passengers, Miss Mary Kingsley, writer.
Officers who embarked in the Kildonan Castle at Queenstown Friday are:
3/KOSB, Lieutenant Colonel J K M Witham; Majors C V E Laurie and J Mackie; Captains Sir. A D Grierson, W C Critchley-Salmonson, W H A F Crichton-Browne, A D R Pott, J B Wilkie, J L Greig, and W L C Allan; Lieutenants H Keswick, W McCall, Sir W Jardine, and J T Scriven; 2nd Lieutenants H S Gladstone, J B Neilson, F W Dudgeon, W W M Brunton, W F Graham, and Stormont-Darling; Captain & Adjutant F J Carruthers, Lieutenant & Quartermaster W E Webb, and Civil Surgeon F E Taylor.
4/North Staffordshire Regt, Lieutenant Colonel R Mirehouse; Major F R Twemlow; Captains C Wedgewood, D G O Saunders-Davies, G P Bull, R N Fane, F H Wedgwood, CB Webb, and C FitzH Bill; Lieutenants W E Blagg, O Hawkshaw, W M Levett, B H Wedgwood, I R Limbert, A M Stapylton and F O Koebel; 2nd Lieutenants C Lyon, P Lyon, C Thomas, R N Ryder, C Mosley, C W Moore, and E F S Henderson (attached); Captain & Adjutant E S Pipe-Wolferstan and Civil Surgeon M F Ellis.
London Times, 13 Mar 00 (Tuesday)
p5c The Mohawk has arrived at Durban. The Monarch, with 800 horses, has arrived at Las Palmas. The Cornwall left Las Palmas, Mar, 10.
Dateline Buenos Ayres, Mar 12. The Julia Park sailed yesterday with 784 horses for Cape Town.
p6b & c Dateline Albert Docks, Mar 12. The Avoca (fitted out as a hospital ship) sailed from here this morning with the 10th General Hosp., 4 civil surgeons, and 22 nurses. The staff of the #10 General Hosp. consists of 8 officers, 1 Sergeant-Major and 118 men. The following are listed: Lieutenant Colonel W W Blake; Majors Clements and Freeman; Captains Steele, McMunn, Watson, Butter; Lieutenant Walton; Civil Surgeons Barker, Cook, May and Knapp; Nursing Sisters, Misses Ainsworthy, Blythe, Carey, Church, Green, Humphreys, Jocelyn, Kendall, Lippatt, McAdams, McCleod, Pedlar, Richards, Shephard, Stuart, Jones, Turner, Warrender, Wilkinson, Wolhman, Makepeace, and Campbell.
The Winkfield sails from here tomorrow with Northumberland Yeomanry and Yeomanry Hospital.
Dateline Southampton. The British Prince left Southampton yesterday with details, 14 officers, 339 men and 345 horses for South Africa. Listed are:
8th Division Ammunition Column, Captain F C Poole, and Lieutenant A C Russell with 39 men and 14 horses.
5th Field Company RE, Captains B E Morony, E P Brooker and J S Purvis; Lieutenant W S Douglas; 2nd Lieutenants L J N Neville, P B O’Connor, and G F B Goldney, with 209 men and 19 horses.
Captain R A Vansittart and Mr AAGrist civil Veterinary Surgeon.
10th Hussars, 2nd Lieutenant the Hon. A K Maxwell.
London Times, 14 Mar 00 (Wednesday)
p5f The Servia arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Kildonan Castle arrived at Madeira Monday night and departed for Cape Town yesterday morning.
p7b & c Dateline Albert Docks, March 13. The Winkfield (4,000 Tons) sailed today with 15 officers, 310 men and 241 horses. The officers are:
#55 Company Imperial Yeomanry Captain Roden; Lieutenants Jarvis, Mitchell, Cunningham, and Cunliffe.
Bearer Company, Field Hosp. Imperial Yeomanry , Majors G E Hale and C Stonham; Captains H Openshaw, W A Sheen and A A Scot Skirving; Lieutenants A H Evans and Patrick Green.
Base Depot, Captain H W Calverly
Veterinary Surgeon, Lieutenant J F Spartan.
The Montrose saild with about 600 on board and the Hilarius embarked the following:
Dublin Company Imperial Yeomanry Captain the Earl of Longford; Lieutenants H C V Stuart, Viscount Ennismore, T R A Stannus and J G Blackbourne, and 116 men including the Hon. Victor Gibson.
Pembrokeshire Company I Y, Colonel H R L Howard; Captain Richardson; Lieutenants Davies-Evans, F T Middleton, and B H Jones.
Yorkshire Company Imperial Yeomanry Captain S W K Cradock; Lieutenants Watt, C Brook, J W Brooke, H A Lempriere and C L Ward-Jackson
Buckinghamshire Company Imperial Yeomanry Colonel l. Sandwith; a major, a captain & adj. ; Lieutenants Marwood Tucker, A Gillon and Sir E Hulse.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 14 Mar 00
p6 List here of Boer prisoners taken in the vicinity of Modder River since the relief of Kimberley and before Cronje’s surrender. Here also a numerical list of prisoners taken at Paardeberg.
p8 Dateline Plumer’s Camp, Feb 26. The Metzimswani Bridge repaired and trains can go almost to Ramoutsa. Also here this: "Our men have erected a cairn on the spot where Captain French fell.”
London Times, 15 Mar 00 (Thursday)
p5e The Austral arrived at Cape Town Tuesday evening. The Guelph arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Majestic from Cape Town arrived at Port Natal Tuesday. The Colombia, from Durban arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Moor arrived at Madeira at noon yesterday and departed for Cape Town at 4 pm The Mahratta left Las Palmas March 13. The Simla arrived at Zanzibar yesterday on her way to the Cape.
Dateline Colombo, March 14. The Oceana sighted the Fazilka 500 off Ceylon with her shaft broken. Assistance has been sent.
p10b Dateline Southampton, March 14. The Nile (nearly 5,000 tons) embarked 64 officers and 1,307 men today. The following officers are listed:
2/East Yorkshire Regiment Lieutenant Colonel W W Ward, Major E A Ogle, Captains C S Sotte, F C Maconehy, E T Marshall, J A Unett, M J Sweetman, and W H Young; Lieutenant & Quartermaster F G Cunningham; Lieutenants Wilson, H E P Thomas, O C Wilkinson, II, W Stenhouse, B W Bogle, and H R S Brown; 2nd Lieutenants E F Green, F A Maclean, R H S Wilkinson, C L Estridge, and D G Wrangham; four other officers and 850 men.
2/Norfolk Regiment 2nd Lieutenants C W Lyon and J R Clarke, and 100 men.
2/Linconshire Regiment 2nd Lieutenants RE Dawson, E N French, and W J Dugan and 100 men.
3/Bedfordshire Regiment Captains E A Haggard and B P Newbolt, Lieutenant H M A Hales and 100 men. Also 2nd Lieutenant L Paxton, 2nd Battalion
Royal Monmouthshire Engineers (Militia) Lieutenant & Quartermaster R S Walker and 25 men.
Royal Anglesey Engineers (Militia) Lieutenant J L Hampton-Lewis and 25 men.
Militia gun detachments from Hythe, with 8 men each. 3/East Lancashire Regiment Lieutenant F S Bowring; 4/South Staffordshire Regiment Lieutenant L P Reeves and 2nd Lieutenant L D Inglefield; 3/Welsh Regiment Captain H H Esplin; 6/Lancashire Fusiliers Lieutenant D G M Dundas; 3/South Wales Borderers, Lieutenant W R T Clement; 3/Cameronians, Lieutenant W M Russell; 6/Middlesex Regiment Lieutenant A H Harden; 5/Royal Munster Fusiliers Lieutenant E P Conway; 5/Royal Dublin Fusiliers Lieutenant L N Murphy; 6/Royal Irish Rifles Lieutenant W Eastwood; Royal Lancaster Regiment Caot. G D Timmis.
6/Dragoon Gds. Lieutenant J V Hermon.
Reserve of Officers, Major Burrell; Lieutenants Hastie and Mosely.
Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, Major Walker.
RAMC, Major J E Nicholson and 3 men.
ASC, Bt. Colonel S J Lea, CB
South African L H Lieutenant Fry.
Civil Surgeons Renton, Grace and Fremantle.
London Times, 16 Mar 00 (Friday)
p5d The Sicilian and the Mexican arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Magician, from Table Bat, arrived at East London Wednesday. The Shannon left Bombay with invalids for Southampton. The Tintagel Castle arrived at Las Palmas yesterday.
Dateline Buenos Ayres, March 14. The Angola, with 950 horses, will sail to-night for Cape Town.
p6b Dateline Southampton, March 15. The Britannic sailed at 2:30 pm with 30 officers, 1 warrant officer, 1,087 men and 3 horses. The listed officers were:
2/Scots Guards. Colonel Inigo Jones; Majors F W Romilly, DSO, E Milner and E E Hanbury; Captains R B Finnie, S H Godman, A Stirling, W F Lascelles, the Hon. C S Willoughby, and F McDowell (RAMC attached); Lieutenants A M Southey, J C E Shelley, M Barne, the Hon. H J Fraser, H F Maclean, the Hon. J R L Yarde-Buller, J T Carpenter-Garnier, J B Arbuthnot, and H A Hilton; 2nd Lieutenants A Brodie, R S Tempest, the Hon. W A Trefusis, the Hon. C E Craven, Lord G R Grosvenor, G CB; paymaster, Lord Cardones, and the Earl of Granard; Lieutenant & Adjutant J C Heriot-Maitland; and Lieutenant & Quartermaster W Jamieson
16th Brigade Staff, Major General Barrington Campbell, Captain E F O Gascoigac, GG, and Lieutenant the Hon. E C Gordon-Lennox.
Chaplain, The Reverend J R Wilson
Civil Surgeon, J H Shelton
London Times, 17 Mar 00 (Saturday)
p7d The Orotava arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Australasian has arrived at Durban.
p9c & d Dateline Southampton, March 16. The Tagus sailed at 3:20 pm with the following :
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Lieutenant Colonel R L Payne, D,S O>
Royal Lancaster Regiment, Captain Main, Lieutenants A H Kennedy and J Caddy
Lancashire Fusiliers, Captain J T Wood, V D, Lieutenants J Milnes and O Baron
Royal Berkshire Regiment, Captain A F Ewen, Lieutenants W P Alleyne and R J Clarke
Royal West Kent Regiment, Captain G Morphew, Lieutenants C N Watney, and W G Morris
King’s Royal Rifles, Captain W J Y Warren, Lieutenants R fF Davies and G R Wyld.
Volunteer Electrical Engineers, Captains F L Lloyd and A Bain, Lieutenants A H Pott and J J F O’Shaughnessy
#51 Company I Y, Captain Dearae, Lieutenants H W Ryan, J G Kennedy, A FitzGibbon and M Martin
#52 Company I Y, Captain Fraser, Lieutenants C Hunt, J G B Lethbridge, C C Mahony and Howall
#68 Company I Y, Captain J E Mignon, Lieutenants L C Larksay Vyner, and E F H Evans
#57 Company I Y, Captain Lane-Fox, Lieutenants A Slater, T A S Shepherd-Cross, and Ricardo
#58 Company I Y, Captain Nelson, Lieutenants Johnson Whitehurst, N S Bretell, and Kevill Davies
#59 Company I Y, Captain Fisher
Lieutenant Lord Kesteven 14 Battalion Machine Gun Detachment.
RAMC, Civil Surgeons E C Taylor and C C Parsons.
The Bavarian embarked 89 officers, 2,196 men and 9 horses made up of 29 officers and 900 men of the 2/Manchester Regiment, 29 officers and 1,000 men of the Royal West Kent Regiment, a number of details of 1 officer and 8 men of each of 9 regiments. Additionally there were i officer and 100 men 2/Cheshire Regiment, and 100 men of the South Wales Borderers. Long list of named officers here.
The Ashanti sailed with 393 horses.
London Times, 19 Mar 00 (Monday)
p7e The Avondale Castle arrived at Cape Town Saturday. The Dunolly Castle arrived at Cape Town on March 17. The Doune Castle arrived at Natal on the 15th. The Dunvegan Castle arrived at Natal on 16th. The Sunda has arrived at St Vincent. The Simla left Zanzibar on the 17th. The Greek left Cape Town for Southampton on the 15th with 168 invalids. The British Prince arrived at Las Palmas on the 17th.
p9a, b, & c The Dunottar Castle sailed Saturday from Southampton with Lady Roberts and Sir Frederick Carrington among others on board.
Dateline Southampton, March 18. The Dunera sailed in stormy weather for South Africa today with the 2/GG on board, 36 officers, 4 warrant officers, 1,140 men and 6 horses. The Gaika sailed with 48 officers and 1,540 men. The Aurania sailed with 29 officers and 1,000 men. The Custodian embarked 606 men and 425 horses.
Dateline Tilbury, March 18. The Braemar Castle embarked 35 officers and 1,476 men from the Worcestershire Regiment, 3/GG, 1 & 2/CG and 1/SG Officers listed.
The hospital ship Maine will arrive here toward the middle of April with a group of named officers and 153 men.
London Times, 20 Mar 00 (Tuesday)
p5d The Sumatra arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Nankin, for Durban, left Bombay March 17. The Formosa arrived at Lorenzo Marques on the 17th.
p7b The Aurania left Queenstown yesterday, having on board 64 officers and 1,605 men. Of these 6 officers and 361 men of the KOSB, Oxfordshire Light Infantry and the Wiltshire Regiments were embarked at Queenstown.
London Times, 21 Mar 00 (Wednesday)
p5b Dateline Simons Town, Mar 19. The Orient and Cambridge leave for Cape Town tomorrow with 1,500 prisoners for Greenpoint track.
p5c The following arrived at Cape Town yesterday: The Assaye, the Cymric, the Pavonia and the Pinemore. The Montrose and the Britannic have arrived at Las Palmas. The Avoca has arrived at St Vincent.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 21 Mar 00
p8 Dateline Lobatsi, Mar 12. Report line being clear as far as Pitsani and Boers have evacuated Sequani.
p13 Dateline Simon’s Town, Mar 19. The transports Orient and Cambridge leave here tomorrow with about 1,500 Boer prisoners for Green Point.
London Times, 22 Mar 00 (Thursday).
p5d The Tantallon Castle arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Goorkha arrived at Cape Town on Tuesday. The Sumatra left Cape Town for East London and Durban. The Servia arrived at Port Natal, Mar20. The Hilarica left Madeira, Mar 20. The Nile has arrived at St Vincent. The Dunottar Castle arrived at Madeira yesterday morning and left in the afternoon for Cape Town.
p10a & b Dateline Albert Docks, March 21. The Siberian (Transport No. 46) sailed thisafternoon with 9 officers and 283 men, all drafts for the RA 1/Suffolk and 1/Essex. Also 167 remounts. The officers are as follows:
R A – Captain W J Orr
1/Suffolk – 2nd Lieutenants Nicholson and Battery
1st Essex – Lieutenants Hobkirk and Moffit. 2nd Lieutenant Saunders
RAMC – Captain Addams Williams
Remount Officer – Captain Hall
Civil Veterinary Surgeon – R C Matthews
Note here listing of troop units stationed at St Helena for POW guards.
The hospital ship Princess of Wales left Southampton at noon yesterday for South Africa.
p11b List of gentlemen from Cambridge and Oxford recommended for commissions in the Army.
London Times, 23 Mar 00 (Friday).
p3d The Cephalonia arrived at Cape Town on Wednesday evening and the Oriental arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Beacon Grange, from Buenos Ayres, has arrived at Table Bay. The Roslin Castle from Cape Town arrived at Natal on Wednesday. The Orotava and the Sumatra, from Table Bay have arrived at East London. The Bavarian arrived at Las Palmas yesterday.
London Times, 24 Mar 99 (Saturday).
p7c The Simla arrived at Natal yesterday. The Nubia, a hospital ship is scheduled to leave Durban on the 31st for Southampton with sick and wounded. The Simla will be fitted up at Durban as a hospital ship to take the place of the Nubia.
The Sumatra left Cape Town for East London and Durban. The Assaye left Cape Town yesterday for Durban and the Pongola arrived at Natal yesterday.
Dateline Cape Town, March 22. The Lindula with the staff of Lumsden’s Horse from Calcutta, has arrived here.
The Tagus has arrived at St Vincent and the Gaika left Tenerife yesterday for the Cape.
p13a & b The City of Rome arrived at Southampton yesterday with 13 officers and 234 men, sick and wounded. Among those listed was Trooper Parker of Rimington’s Scouts and the following officers:Staff- Colonel Winter, & Lieutenant Colonel Walker. Northumberland Fusiliers, Colonel Fitzgerald & Colonel Friend. Highland Light Infantry, Major McClintoek, Captain Noyes. The Buffs, Captain Gregson. Northampton Regiment, Captains R A Blacker & Huntsman. Seaforth Highlanders, Lieutenant Hall. Black Watch, 2nd Lieutenant Drummond. C G, 2nd Lieutenant Roundell. Also one officer from the Cape Mounted Rifles.
The Garth Castle, from Cape Town, arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon with a few military invalids.
The Oriel left East India Docks yesterday with 4,000 tons of war stores for South Africa. They consisted of 10,000 rounds of lyddite shell, several million rounds of small-arm ammunition, a large consignment of medical comforts and 200 new military wagons.
London Times, 26 Mar 00 (Monday)
p5f The Manchester Merchant arrived at Cape Town on Friday. The Milwaukee, from Halifax, has arrived at Table Bay. The Sumatra arrived at Natal on Saturday. The Templemore, the Assaye, and the Simla have arrived at East London. The Tagus left St Vincent on 25 March for South Africa.
p7d The Umbria, which calls at Queenstown to embark 20 officers and 502 men, took on board at Southampton 99 officers and 1606 men. The Umbria sailed Saturday from Southampton. Listed are:
Staff - Lieutenant Colonel F F Ditmas and Captain Streatfeild.
Durham R A Militia - Captains J Gowand and Murphy, Lieutenants R G M Johnson, F e. Belcombe, and B T Haslewood and 154 men.
Edinburgh R A Militia - Major J E Lee, Captain C W Brown-Coustable, Lieutenants H F Locock, G W Lee, and A G Thomas and about 154 men.
Border Regiment - 140 men.
1st Gloucestershire Regiment - Captain H E Platt.
King’s Royal Rifles - Major Salmon, Lieutenant Lynes, and 2nd Lieutenants B Seymour, R H Seymour, Rose, Brown and Abadie and 420 men.
Durham Light Infantry - Lieutenants Lang and Scott, 2nd Lieutenant Hamilton Grace, and 100 men.
Highland Light Infantry - 2nd Lieutenants Gibson and Stevenson and 100 men.
1st Royal Highlanders - Captain Wilson-Farquharson
2nd Seaforth Highlanders - 2nd Lieutenant Clive and 100 men
Reserve of Officers - Lieutenant Radcliffe
North Lancashire Regiment - Lieutenant Berkeley
Royal Irish Rifles - A company
Rifle Brigade - Lieutenant Aspinall, 2nd Lieutenants Verney, Lindsay, and Bassett and 220 men.
No. 11 General Hospital - Majors H Carr and E J Lawless, Captain C T Vanhill, Lieutenants H P W Barrow, J R Tomory, A H MacDougall and Clay, Lieutenant & Quartermaster E Houghton, Civil Surgeons A Gilmour, E Goddard, J Hibbert, W Steel, J Whelan, Rowell, Bodington, and Atkinson and 110 men.
Royal Garrison Artillery - Lieutenants W G Haig and J de L Pollard-Lowsley, 2nd Lieutenants C J Tanner, A F N Green, and E L Hickling.
Civil Surgeons - J E Adams, W A Hubert, T H Moyles, J Mackae, N C Bayles, J Jones, J F Lees, D C White, W Thomson, T Petty, T C L Jones, J B Brown, A Thomson, D M Greig, H M Tiekell, P S Lelean, G Phillips, P Kendall, D S Wylie, H Crossley, J L G Gillanders, A B Dunne, T T Bark, G L K Finlay, F Rowland, C F Lillie, Dixon, and Watkins.
Rhodesian Field Force. - Lieutenants A H Tyler, A H Butcher, P B Lawson, and L P Winby, Surgeons H D Buss, G A Richardson, and J Harpur.
Army Pay Dept. - Captains G G O’N Ray, and ASC Holbrook.
Imperial Yeomanry - Captain Pirie
4/ Somerset Light Infantry - Lieutenant W E Long
16th Lancers - 2nd Lieutenant A C Cox
Civil Surgeons - S H White, G Beatty, W Tarr, G M Brown, F W Johnson, W H Harland, and J A Swindale.
Special Service - Captains H Wiltshire and E J Webley-Parry-Pryse, Lieutenant G S Clive
1/East Kent Regiment - 2nd Lieutenant Trusman
10th Hussars - Lieutenant Sir J Milbanke
The America sailed after the Umbria with 6 officers, 153 men and 274 horses. They were:
Somerset Light Infantry - Major Lloyd, Lieutenants Barry and Bally and 100 men.
Yorkshire Light Infantry - Captain Ryder
R A - 50 men with remounts
RAMC - 3 men
30 horses for Household Cavalry, 94 for cavalry, 150 for the R A
Civil Surgeon - D V Adams
Veterinary Surgeon - J W Brownless
The Briton sailed last with ordinary passengers and the following:
73 Nursing Sisters, 38 officers, 28 warrant officers and 1,414 men. They were:
1/Liverpool Regiment - Captain D Plomer and 269 men (drafts).
1/York and Lancaster Regiment - 2nd Lieutenants H V R Hodson, H G Ruel and L Corbyn.
1/Devonshire Regiment - Lieutenant H Gardiner and 2nd Lieutenant W R Daniell and 168 men (drafts).
3/Devonshire Regiment - 2nd Lieutenants J C Pearce and M T Frost.
1/Dorsetshire Regiment - Lieutenant A E H Fell
4/East Surrey Regiment - Lieutenant H Neild
1/Derbyshire Regiment - Captain T H M Hall-Green
3/East Yorkshire Regiment - Captain A Windham
2/Royal Fusiliers - 2nd Lieutenant W P Hill.
2/Gordon Highlanders - 2nd Lieutenant F Gordon and 110 men (drafts).
3/Royal Highlanders - Major & Hon. Lieutenant Colonel Scott.
2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers. - 2nd Lieutenant F H P Goodwin and 100 men (drafts).
1/West Yorkshire Regiment - Lieutenant F H Peliew
Royal Irish Fusiliers - Captain C C Mayne, Lieutenants W A Cole Hamilton, H G Woolf and 100 men (drafts).
Leicester Regt - 247 men (drafts).
Manchester Regiment - 227 men (drafts).
RAMC - Major E S Freer and Civil Surgeon M Clark
Edinburgh Hospital - Sir James Clark, Mr D W Wallace, Dr. F D Boyd, Prof. J Chiene, Mr A H H Watt, Mr C M Cooper, Mr G Chiene, and Mr J Millar.
South Staffordshire Regiment - Major H A Raitt.
Imperial Yeomanry - Colonel St Quinton
Post Office - Mr J Greer
Chaplains - The Reverend A G Pentreath, and the Rev, F Knapp
Royal Horse Guards. - Lieutenant R A W Delacombe and 2nd Lieutenant H Foster.
The Glengyle left Southampton yesterday with 2 officers and 22 men of the ASC and RE for St Helena; 215 remounts for Cape Town ; 6 officers and 96 men for Lord Lovant’s Corps; 50 RA and some drafts.
London Times, 27 Mar 00, (Tuesday)
p5b The Nineveh arrived at Cape Town on Saturday. The Kildonan Castle and the Ottoman arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Braemar Castle and the Custodian left Las Palmas March 24. The Aurania and the Dunera have arrived at St Vincent.
p7b The Umbria left Queenstown at 2 pm yesterday for Cape Town. She will call at St Vincent. She embarked at queenstown 21 officers and 506 men and 4 horses for a total of 126 officers, 2,165 men and 6 horses.
London Times, 28 Mar 00 (Wednesday)
p5d The Oriental left Table Bay on Monday for Natal, via East London. The Ujina, from Calcutta, and the Ranee, from Table Bay have arrived at East London, March 26. The Guelph arrived at Natal March 26. The Assaye and Templemore arrived at Natal yesterday.
p7a & b The Vancouver left Haliax, N S yesterday with the Leinster Regiment, minus 1 co., for Liverpool.
The following are scheduled for departure on the dates mentioned with "will call at Cape Town for orders”:
Bakaia, Royal Albert Dock, Mar 29. Drafts for Royal Scots Fusiliers & Cheshire Regiment Detachment No 11 General Hosp. & deyails
Devon, Royal Albert Dock, Mar 29. Volunteers – 1/Northumberland Volunteer Artillery, Sections of Volunteer Eng. Corps, Devon & Somerset, Lanark, Aberdeen, Gloucester, Volunteer Companies Royal Fusiliers, Dorsetshire Regiment Detachment No. 11 Gen Hosp. & details.
Delphis, Royal Albert Dock, Mar31, Yeomanry – No. 69 Company Sussex, No. 73 Company Paget’s, 3rd Battalion Machine Gun Section & Details.
Goth, Southampton, Mar31, Queenstown, Apr 2, Militia – 4/Gloucestershire Regiment(St Helena), No 6 Company RGA(eastern Division ), Detachment No. 11 General Hospital & details.
Winifredian, Southampton, Apr 1, Queenstown, Apr 3, Drafts – RE, 1/Yorks. Regiment, 2/Dorset. Regiment, 2/Middlesex Regiment, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Detachment No. 11 General Hospital, Remounts & Details.
Galeka, Southampton, Apr 4. Yeomanry – #50 Company Hants., #60 Company Belfast(3), #61 Company Irish -Dublin, (2), #65 Company, Leicester (2), #67 Company, Sharpshooters(1), #70 Company, Sharpshooters (2), #71 Company, Sharpshooters (3), #75 Company, Sharpshooters(4), 17th Battalion Staff Hospitals(Naas), Hospital Staff(Naas), Veterinary Staff(Naas), Servants(Naas), 18th Battalion Staff(London), Hospital Staff(London), Veterinary Staff(London), Servants(London).
British Princess, Royal Albert Dock, April 4. Drafts – 2/Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2/Lancashire Fusiliers, 2/Royal Highlanders, remounts, Detachment RAMC & details.
Montcalm, Liverpool, Apr 5., Yeomanry & remounts.
Persia, Southampton, Apr 5, Drafts – 2/West Yorkshire Regiment, 1/Royal Irish Regiment, 2/Gloucestershire Regiment, remounts, Detachment RAMC, Details.
Manchester Corporation, Tilbury Dock, Apr 13. Drafts – remounts, Detachment RAMC & Details.
Narrung, Royal Albert Dock, Apr 15. Drafts – remounts, Detachment RAMC & Details.
Dilwara, Southampton,Apr 15. 1/Leinster Regiment, Drafts, Detachment RAMC & Details.
Cape Times Weekly Edition, 28 Mar 00
p4 Dateline Lobatsi, Mar 14. Action at Lobatsi. Several casualties including: Allen, Mowbray, Loggy, Chapman, Hewett, Young, Wardley, Tyler.
London Times, 29 Mar 00 (Thursday)
p3d The Oriental has arrived at East London. The Briton arrived at Madeira yesterday morning and sailed later for Cape Town. The Gascon, with invalids, left Durban on Tuesday for Southampton.
London Times, 30 Mar 00 (Friday)
p5b The Cornwall and the Moor arrived at Cape Town on Wednesday. The Orient, from Table Bay, and the Simla, from East London, arrived at Natal on Wednesday. The Serbian has arrived at St Vincent.
p7a & b Dateline Albert Docks, Mar 29. The Rakaia sailed at noon today with 12 officers and 203 men. They were:
1/West India Regiment, Major H A Hill
2/Royal Scottish Fusiliers, Captains G J Ferguson and Buchanan, 2nd Lieutenant H C Crichton and 100 men.
2/Cheshire Regiment, Lieutenant A S Ash and 100 men.
Northampton Regiment, Lieutenants R W Rawlins and J Wood Martin.
RFA 2nd Lieutenant C Groves
3/East Kent Regiment, 2nd Lieutenant J E Thomson
2/Norfolk Regiment, 2nd Lieutenants P C Bernard and F G Hawksley
ASC, Captain T Garside Spraight
Civil Surgeon, A E Horn
Detachment RAMC
The Delphic sails Saturday, the British Princess on Monday and the Devon probably on Tuesday.
400 artillery horses and 57 cavalry horses left Woolwich by special train to Southampton to embark in the Rippington Grange for South Africa. 265 additional horses from Aldershot and Hounslow. Total of 850(?)
The Winifredian, to sail from Southampton on Sunday will take 455 horses and the British Princess from Royla Albert Dock, will sail on Monday with 345 horses.
London Times, 31 Mar 00 (Saturday)
p7c The Mahratta arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The Ranee arrived at Natal on Mar 28. The Siberian arrived at Las Palmas on Wednesday.
p13a & b The Goth leaves Southampton today with 20 officers and 600 men of the 4/Gloucester Regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Lord Bathurst for St Helena. The Goth will also carry camp equipment, including tents, bedding, cooking utensils, hospital stores and food supplies for St Helena.
