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Of Long’s actions, Louis Botha wrote: “I don’t know if any of our men were premature and revealed their
presence by shooting, but whatever it was, it was Colonel Long who saw them and realized that our force on
Nhlangwini was already across the river and there was grave danger of a flank attack, and he made it so hot that
they had to open fire all along and so gave the whole plan away . . . that man saved the British Army that day”.
Buller sent a telegraph to Lord Lansdowne, the Secretary of State for War, in London, saying: “. . . My view is
that I ought to let Ladysmith go, and occupy good positions for the defence of South Natal . . . I now feel that I
cannot say I can relieve Ladysmith with my available force.” In the parlance of the time the words can be
interpreted as meaning that he wanted to suspend operations until he had reinforcements, but the interpretation that
he was giving up was the one that gained credence then and since.
See also:
Artillery, British, Field and Naval; Buller, General Sir Redvers; Ladysmith, Siege of.
Reference:
Baker, Anthony, Battles and Battlefields of the Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902 (Milton Keynes, The
Military Press, 1999); Carver, Michael, The NAM Book of the Boer War (London, Sidgwick &
Jackson, 1999); Knight, Ian, Colenso 1899 (London, Osprey Publishing, 1995); Lilley, F. J.,
“The Relief of Ladysmith” in Naval Brigades in the South African War (London, Sampson
Low, Marston & Co., 1901; reprint by the London Stamp Exchange Ltd.); Marix Evans, Martin,
The Boer War: South Africa 1899–1902 (Oxford, Osprey Publishing, 1999); Pemberton, W.
Baring, Battles of the Boer War (London, Batsford, 1964); Powell, Geoffrey, Buller: A
Scapegoat? (London, Leo Cooper, 1994).
Colvile, Major-General Sir Henry,
1852–1907
Henry Edward Colvile joined the Grenadier Guards in 1870 and saw service in Egypt, the Sudan,
Burma and East Africa. He commanded the Guards Brigade under Lord Methuen at the Battles of
Belmont, Modder River and Magersfontein and went on to the engagements of Poplar Grove and
Sannaspos, where he failed to relieve Broadwood. After the less than sparkling performance at
Lindley in May 1900, he was sent back to England.
See also:
Belmont, Battle of; Magersfontein, Battle of;; Modder River, Battle of.
Reference:
Hall, Darrell, ed. Fransjohan Pretorius and Gilbert Torlage, The Hall Handbook of the Anglo-Boer
War (Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal Press, 1999).
Commandant, Commandant-general
Ranks in the Boer forces were not the same in the Orange Free State and in the South African
Republic (Transvaal). In the latter the senior military post was that of Commandant-general, a
position held by the president in the Orange Free State. Below that the ranks were, respectively,
Assistant
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