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CHAPTER VI. End of Three Weary Months At Elandslaagte -- a Small

With the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900: Journal of Active Service · C. R. N. Burne — chapter 2 of 19 · ~99 words · public domain

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End of three weary months at Elandslaagte -- A small Boer attack -- The advance of General Buller by Helpmakaar on Dundee -- We under General Hildyard advance up the Glencoe Valley -- Retreat of the Boers to Laing's Nek -- Occupation of Newcastle and Utrecht -- We enter the Transvaal -- Concentration of the army near Ingogo -- Naval guns ascend Van Wyk, and Botha's Pass is forced -- Forced march through Orange Colony -- Victory at Almond's Nek -- Boers evacuate Majuba and Laing's Nek -- Lord Roberts enters Pretoria -- We occupy Volksrust and Charlestown 59-72

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