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Title: Reports on military operations in South Africa and China
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Subjects: South African War, 1899-1902
Publisher: Washington : G.P.O.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ntinue the investment of that city, he formed his forcesinto three columns: One to reenforce the Boer troops atColenso and advance west of the railroad; the two others toadvance upon Weenen and Greytown, respectively. Theprobable plan of General Joubert was to then make a con-centric march of his columns upon Pietermaritzburg. Atthe same time a smaller Boer corps crossed the lower Tugelaand was threatening the British communications betweenPietermaritzburg and Durban. The plans of Joubert were interfered with by the arrival atEstcourt of reenforcements under General Hildyard. As aresult of the arrangements made by the British, GeneralBothas corps (reported to be 7,000 strong) was halted; theBoer corps originally at Colenso advanced west of the rail-road via Ulandi-Courton against the left flank of the British;the corps moving via Weenen against the British left flankchanged its objective to the British right flank; the corpsadvancing via Greytown was evidently to take up position at 8
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SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA. 285 Pietermaritzburg in order to cover the investment of Estcourt.The corps which had crossed the lower Tugela contented itselfwith threatening the communications between Pietermaritz-burg and Durban. It seemed as though the Boers had exe-cuted against Estcourt the plan they had originally intendedto carry out against Pietermaritzburg. A force of Boers occu-pied Highlands Station (south of Estcourt), thus completelyisolating Hildyards forces. General Barton, having withhim part of his brigade (the sixth) and some volunteer corps,was cut off and surrounded at Weston by Jouberts forces.On the 21st, Hildyard, in order both to effect a junction withBartons forces and to preserve his own communications, at-tempted to break through the Boer lines of investment. Herehe fought the action of Willow Grange on the 23d. In this,he was at first successful, but later the Boers rallied, tookthe offensive and forced the British to evacuate the positionthey had t

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