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LONDON TIMES SHIPPING LIST FOR JUL. 1899  -  DEC. 1902

CAPE TIMES WEEKLY EDITION SHIPPING LIST FOR JAN. 1899 - DEC. 1902

 

CODES USED  --  dd/mm/yr,  p = page and a,b,c,d,e,or f = column.

 

Lt.  01/01/00 (Monday)

p5e    DatelineCalcutta, Dec 31.  The steamer Uganda embarks 250 horses here on Jan.  5 for Durban.  Majors Dawson, 9th Bengal Lancers, Biddulph, 19th Bengal Lancers, and Armstrong, 14th Bengal Lancers; and Lts.  Wigram, 18th Bengal Lancers, Cheyene, 8th Bengal Cavalry.  16 officers go altogether.  Col.  Sinclair, R.E. and Capt.  Seagrim, R.A., go to the Cape as special service officers.

    The Majestic, which arrived at Cape Town on Saturday, left for Durban the same afternoon with the 1/York and Lancaster Regt.  and drafts.  The Wakool also left Cape Town for Durban with RAMC, horses and mules.  The Dilwara arrived at Nalal on Saturday.  The Ingeli arrived at Cape Town with stores on Dec.  28.

 

p10c    The following embarked in the liner Moor from Southampton for the Cape: Lord Stanley, M.P., Sir William Stokes, surgeon, a number of nurses, Mr.  Adalbert Hay, U.S. Consul at Pretoria, Lady O’hagan, the Hon.  Mrs.  Maxse, Cols.  W.F. Kelly, C.B., F.W. Benson, H.  Cooper, O.C. Hannay, and J.A.F. Nutt, RA; Lt.-Col.  E.  Hegan, Brevet-Col Barker, and Majors Maxse ( this is the correct sailing on 30 Dec.) and J.T. Johnson.

    At the Royal Albert Docks, the Nomadic took on board 530 remounts and about 70 men of the Scots Greys, Capt.  Pennell-Elmhurst commanding.

 

p10e    The Earl Of Denbigh mentioned here.  At p10f Maj.  F.I. Maxse ordered out on special service.

 

LT.  02/01/00 (Tuesday)

p3c    The Fremona arrived at Table Bay from Naples on Dec.31 with mules.  The Urmston Grange arrived at Cape Town on Dec 24 from Algoa Bay.  The Manchester City arrived at Port Natal from Cape Town on Sunday.

    The Roslin Castle arrived at Cape Town with 170 wounded from Durban.

    Dateline Gibralter, Jan 1.  The transport Manchester Corporation is still detained here for repairs.  Some of the horses on board have developed influenza.

 

p4a    The Cymric, at Canada Dock, Liverpool embarked the following for SA: 16 officers and 510 men of the 76th, 81st, and 82nd Batteries of the RFA, under command of Lt.-Col McDonnell; 400 horses, 21 officers and 930 men of the 2/Gloucestershire Regt., under command of Lt.-Col.  Lindsell; 3 officers and 145 men of the 2/Scottish Rifles, under Lt.  Macallan; and 251 men of the West Riding Regt.  under Lt.  Slordet.  She sailed Monday night.

    The following will embark in the America at the Royal Albert Docks, Woolwich, tomorrow, for SA. : Ammunition Column, 6th Div., 5 officers, 1 warrant officer, 128 men and 93 horses; Mounted Inf.  6th Div., 1/Royal Irish Regt., 4 officers, 136 men and 183 horses; detachments of the 3rd Div.  Field Hospital and other details making a total of 11 officers, 1 warrant officer, 267 men and 276 horses.

    The Kildonan Castle will leave Southampton to-morrow with 2648 officers and men, reinforcements for the artillery, and 18 inf.  battalions, a general hospital, and details of departmental corps.

 

LT.  03/01/00 (Wednesday)

p3d    The Mongolian, with the 2/Middlesex Regt., ex Avondale Castle, and the Atlantian arrived at Natal on Monday.  The Victorian arrived at Cape Town on Monday evening; the Majestic and the Maplemore arrived at Natal from Cape Town yesterday.

    Dateline Las Palmas, Jan.  1.  The Yoruba has taken all of the cargo from the Denton Grange and was to sail Tuesday.

    The Warrigal from Sydney has arrived at Melbourne.

    Dateline Gibralter, Jan.  2.  The Manchester Corporation, having repaired her propeller and reshipped 380 horses, sailed for the Cape this afternoon.

 

p4d    The Goorkha, 6287 tons, will leave Southampton to-morrow for SA.  She will embark the following: 14th Brigade Staff, 3 officers, 21 men and 3 horses; 2/ Line. (?)  Regt.  29 officers, 1 warrant officer, 975 men and 5 horses; Regt.  Staff, RE, 2 officers and 5 men;   ? 9 Field Co.  RE., 7 officers and 201 men; 2/Cavalry Brigade, 5 officers, 1 warrant officer, and 34 men.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    03/01/00

p4    The Pinemore arrived Friday with part of Household Cavalry. The Atlantian also arrived Friday with 2 Btys. RFA. The Maplemore sailed from here yesterday for Durban with "A, F, & G” of South African L.H.

 

p5    The Majestic arrived Friday evening and disembarked a few details and sailed for Natal with 1/York & Lancaster, drafts for the Rifle Brig. and Border Regt. and RAMC. Troops on board, about 2,000.

 

LT.  04/01/00 (Thursday)

p3f    The Victorian left Cape Town yesterday for Durban.  The Dunera left Cape Town yesterday for St.  Vincent and England yesterday.  She is due at Southampton on Jan.  27, and has on board 187 military invalids, also 1 officer and 11 men naval invalids.  The Wakool arrived at Port Natal Jan.  2 from Table Bay.  The Jelunga has left St.  Vincent for Table Bay.

 

p4c    The Kildonan Castle sailed yesterday from Southampton with 81 officers and 2,596 men for SA.

    The Goorkha sailing from Southampton will have on board the following officers: Maj.-Gen.  Sir H.C. Chermside, RE, Maj, W.M. Marter, 1/DG, Lt.-Col.  Maxwell, RE., Maj.  Jerome, RE., Capt.  Young, RE., Lts.  Hardcastle, Davis  and Buckle, 2 Lts.  Evans and Smith, RAMC., Field Hospital, RAMC., Maj.  Franklin, Maj.  Cummings, Lt.  Stafford, and civil surgeon Collum.

 

LT.  05/01/00.  (Friday)

p5e     Dateline Bombay, Jan.  4.   The Dwarka left here for Cape Town with the following: Gen. Tucker, Gen.  H.  MacDonald, Gen.  Nicholson and othere general officers, as well as a number of reserve horses.

    The Severin arrived at Cape Town, Jan 2, with Government stores.  The Roslin Castle arrived at Cape Town from Natal Thursday morning.  The Moor arrived at Madeira Jan 4.  and left at noon.  The Mexican arrived at Cape Town on Wednesday.

 

p10a    The Assaye , (7,370 tons) , the Goorkha and the Braemar Castle sailed Jan.  4 from Southampton for SA.

    The Goorkha carries the 2/Linconshire Regt., 7 officers, and 201 men of the RE., and a Cavalry Brigade Hospital.  Total was 46 officers and 1,236 men

    The Braemar Castle sailed with 29 officers and about 1,000 men of the KOSB., 3 companies of ASC., and details of RE and RAMC for a total of 39 officers and 1,343 men.

    The Assaye sailed with 2,025 officers and men.

           

 

LT.  06/01/00 (Saturday)

p5f    The Harlech Castle arrived at East London on Wednesday and left on Thursday for Natal. The Dunera left Cape Town for England Jan.  1, and has on board Lt.  Grant, CG, in charge, 4 civilian nurses, 1 man Cape Medical Staff Corps for duty on voyage, Maj.  Duff, 2/Black Watch, Capt.  Fetherstonhaugh and Lt.  Chamley, 2/Seaforth Highlanders, Lt.  Gillatt, 1/A & S Highlanders, and 2nd Lt.  Hill, 2/Royal Fusiliers, sick and wounded; Master Gunner Rouse, Garrison Art., on medical certificate, 187 men various corps invalids, 2 men, 2 women and 2 children indulgence passengers.

 

p10a    The Lycia left Victoria Docks, London, yesterday with ammunition for SA.  Besides 100 military wagons and a large quantity of small-arm ammunition, she is taking 8,000 rounds of lyddite shell for the howitzer batteries, 15-pounder field guns, and 4.7 inch quick-firers.

 

LT.  08/01/00 (Monday)

p3f & 4a    Dateline Sydney, Jan.  6.    The NSW Government has made the following arrangements for shipment of troops to SA: the Southern Cross will take 17 officers, 442 men, and 592 horses; the Surrey will take 14 officers, 321 men and 367 horses.  This is a combination of the troops from South Australia, WA, NSW and the Australian Horse.  The Moravian will take the Tasmanians and the NSW Medical Corps, in all 19 officers 162 men and 10 nurses.

    Dateline Brisbane, Jan.  6.  The Maori King will take the Queensland contingent to SA.    Dateline Bombay, Jan.  6.  The 16th Lancers left this afternoon for SA in the transports Landula, Fazilka and Narrung.

    The Victorian arrived at Natal Saturday.  The Gascon arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Nomadic arrived at Las Palmas Saturday.  The Orient arrived at St.  Vincent on Saturday, left yesterday for the Cape.

    Dateline Madeira, Jan.  7, The Kildonan Castle arrived here at 7 a.m. today and left at 3 p.m. for Cape Town.

    Dateline Madrid, Jan.  6.  The Maine arrived at Las Palmas on her way to the Cape.

 

p8a, b, & c    The Britanic sailed from Southampton Jan.  7 with the following: 2/Cheshire Regt. ( 27 officers, 1 warrant officer, and 962 men); 2 officers of the RE: 3 officers and 12 men of the Army Pay Dept.; 3 officers and 57 men of the ? 19 Bearer Co.  RAMC., and 4 officers and 31 men Hospital Staff, 5th Div.

    The America (5,158 tons) sailed from Royal Albert Docks on Friday.  She had on board 10 officers, 1 warrant officer, 286 men and 279 horses along with the ammunition column for the division. 

    The British Prince, transport #75, (7,327 tons, 470 feet l., 56 ft.  6 in.  w., 35 ft.  d.) sailed Saturday from the Royal Albert Docks.  She had on board mounted infantry companies of the 2/Gloucestershires, 2/Worcesters, and the 2/ Royal West Kent Regt., in all 13 officers, 403 men, and 347 horses.

    Among the passengers landed by the Dunvegan Castle at Southampton on Saturday was Maj.-Gen.  Yule who was invalided home.

           

LT.  09/01/00 (Tuesday)

p5c    The Avoca arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Simla left Durban for Cape Town on Thursday and the Harlech Castle arrived at Durban on Friday evening from Cape Town.  The Kelvindale arrived at Las Palmas at 1 p.m. Sunday.

    Dateline Bombay, Jan.  8.  The transports Muttra and Urlani, with a battery of Horse Artillery and reserve horses, have left for SA.

 

p10b    Major C.S.O. Monck, 2/CG, had graduated from Staff College.

 

LT.  10/01/00 (Wednesday)

p5d    The hospital ship Princess of Wales and the Tintagel Castle arrived at Cape Town on Monday.

    The Siberian, with troops and horses ex Denton Grange, has left Las Palmas for Cape Town.

    The Cymric passed St.  Vincent yesterday..  The Goorkha arrived at Teneriffe yesterday afternoon and left for SA in the evening.

    The Assaye arrived at Las Palmas 9:30 a.m. Jan.  9.

    Dateline Bombay, Jan.9.  The Pekin left here this afternoon with Horse Artillery and 284 horses for SA.

 

p10c    At Tilbury Docks, the Manchester Port is embarking a brigade division of field artillery consisting of 83rd, 84th and 85th Batteries, with divisional brigade staff, the whole consisting of 545 officers and men, 427 horses and 18 guns.

    The Glengyle, at South-West India Dock, is embarking the ammunition column for the batteries embarked in the Manchester Port.  The Glengyle is taking on 132 officers and men, 93 horses, and 25 wagons.

    At Southampton, the Bavarian is to embark 2,206 men - the 1/East Lancashire Regt., 1,060 men, and the 2/South Wales Borderers, 1,111 men and a field hospital.

    To-morrow the Aurania, at Southampton, is to embark the 2/North Staffordshire Regt., 1,050 men.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    10/01/00 Nothing Noted

 

LT.  11/01/00 (Thursday)

p3a    The following announcement was issued by the War Office at 9 o’clock last night:

A telegram has been received reporting the arrival to-day at Cape Town of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts and his staff on board the Dunottar Castle.

    Dateline Melbourne, Jan.  10.  The Euryalus will depart here next Saturday with 262 Victorians and 300 horses for SA.

    The Cestrian arrived at Cape Town yesterday and the Sumatra on Tuesday.  The Braemar Castle arrived at Las Palmas yesterday.

    The transport Simla arrived at Cape Town from Durban, Jan.  7.  The transport Lawada left Bombay Jan.  10 for Durban with 204 horses.

 

LT.  12/01/00 (Friday)

p5b & c    Dateline Ottawa, Jan.  11.    The rejection of the Montezuma as a troopship will cause delay in the embarcation of troops.  Another transport will have to be secured.

    Lord Strathcona offers to raise and maintain in the field 400 men.  Cost will be upwards of $1,000,000.

    The Braemar Castle left Las Palmas Wednesday afternoon.  The Cheshire left Table Bay for Southampton yesterday.

    The Warrigal left Adelaide on Wednesday for London (?)  She has on board part of the Australian contingent for the Cape.

    The Ujina left Bombay for Durban Jan.  11.  She carries J Battery RHA and spare horses.

 

p10a & b    Dateline Southampton, Jan.  11.   Shipping is being delayed because of coaling problems.  At Southampton coaling is done by basket from lighters and railway trucks into scuttles in the side of the ship.  The difficulty is due to a labor shortage.

    The Unbria (#77) and the Nile (#82) are ready to depart.

    The Nile, 5,945 tons and will accommodate about 1,400 men, while the Umbria , 8,127 tons,  will accommodate about 2,200 men.

    Victualing is accompolished at a cost of a shilling a head, including medical comforts.  A menu follows and includes milk with tea or coffee.

Sunday:    Breakfast: Porridge, milk, bread, butter, and coffee.

         Dinner: Roast beef, potatoes, vegetables, plum pudding.

        Tea: Tea, biscuits, and jam.

 

Monday:    Breakfast: Irish stew, bread, and coffee.

        Dinner: Soup, hotpot, potatoes & e., and rice pudding.   

        Tea: Tea, biscuits and butter.

 

Tuesday:    Breakfast: Porridge, molasses, bread, butter and coffee.

        Dinner: Pea soup, pork & beans, potatoes & e., prunes, and rice.

        Tea: Tea, biscuits and cheese.

 

Wednesday:    Breakfast: Vegetable stew, bread and coffee.

        Dinner: Roast mutton or pork, potatoes & e., apples and rice.

        Tea: Tea, biscuits and butter.

 

Thursday:    Breakfast: Porridge and milk, bread, butter, and coffee.

        Dinner: Salt beef and suet pudding, potatoes & e.

        Tea: Tea, biscuits and jam.

 

Friday:      Breakfast:  Porridge and milk, bread, butter and coffee.

        Dinner: Ling fish, egg sauce, hotpot, potatoes & e., and sago pudding.

        Tea: Tea, biscuits and marmalade.

 

Saturday:    Breakfast: Irish stew, bread, coffee.

        Dinner: Soup, boiled mutton, potatoes & e., prunes and rice.

        Tea: Tea, biscuits and butter.

 

    The Nile carried 26 officers and about 700 men of the 4/Royal Lancaster Regt.  The Nile will call at Queenstown to embark an equal number of 9th King’s Royal Rifles.

    The Umbria embarked 89 officers and 2,034 men belonging to the 4/Derbyshire Regt., and the 3/Durham L.I.

    The Briton, due to leave next Saturday will carry Col.  A.G. Wavell, C.O. 15th Brigade and his A.D.C. Capt.  C.S. Davidson, South Staffordshire Regt.  and the following other officers of the M.I. section of the C.I.V.: Lt.-Col.  H.C. Cholmondeley, Capts.  J.W. Reid, & Waterlow, Lts.  B.Moeller, C.W. Wilson, and Henderson, 2nd Lts.  Berry & E.A. Manisty, and Lt.  and Q.M. Ridler.

    The Glengyle left South West India Dock at 6:30 a.m. yesterday for SA.  She carried the ammunition column for 83rd, 84th and 85th Batteries of Field Artillery and a number of officers.  The troops consisted mostly of Hussars and RA with a few Dragoons, about 140 officers and men.  Also 230 horses, 14 large wagons, and over this number of smaller wagons.

 

LT.  13/01/00 (Saturday)

p5c    The Assaye left Las Palmas Jan.  9.  The Simla left Cape Town Jan.  11 and the Sumatra has left Cape Town for Port Elizabeth.  The Harlech Castle left Durban Jan.  9 for Delagoa Bay.

               

LT.  15/01/00 (Monday)

p5e    Dateline Brisbane, Jan.  13.  The second Queensland contingent, consisting of 160 officers and men and 175 horses embarked to-day on the transport Maori King.

 

p6a    The Gaika (with 2/E.  Kent Regt & 1/Oxfordshire L.I.) and the Ottoman (with remounts) arrived at Cape Town yesterday.

    The Britannic has arrived at St.  Vincent.

    The Prah and the Roysten Grange, from Buenos Ayres, with horses and fodder have arrived at Cape Town on Jan.  9.

    The British Prince has arrived at Las Palmas and the transport Umta left Bombay for Durban, Jan.  12, with 325 horses.

 

p10c    The Briton (10,248 tons, 530 ft.  l., 60 ft.  w., and 40 ft.  d.) left Southampton for the Cape on Saturday.  She carried the following: In addition to the officers already listed she carried 250 men of the C.I.V.

    The Garth Castle (3,660 tons)  also left Southampton on Saturday for the Cape.  She carried Capts.  R.B. Shipley and Brailey, Lts.  Mulvey, Concanon, Benson and Wellby, and Capt. & Adj.  Bell.

 

p11b    The Pindari (5,674 tons)  sailed from Royal Albert Docks on Saturday with 2 companies of M.I. and a number of remounts.  She carried 12 officers, 333 men and 387 horses.  The M.I. consisted of Oxford L.I. and the West Riding Regt.  The remounts were in charge of 1 officer and 68 men of the Inniskilling Dragoons.

    The Persia is due to sail to-day from here.

    The Nile embarked at Queenstown Saturday the 9th KRRC, the 1/Irish Militia Regt.

    At Southampton, the Bavarian embarked the 1/East Lancashire Regt, 1060 strong, 2/South Wales Borderers, 1,111 strong and the 13th Co.  RAMC.

    The 47th Co.  RE, the 2/North Staffordshire Regt.  and Nos.  6 and 10 companies AOC will embark in the Aurania today at Southampton.

                   

LT.  16/01/00 (Tuesday)

p3d    The Gascon and Sumatra arrived at Port Elizabeth  from Table Bay and the Hyades, from Natal Jan.  12.

    The Severn from Southampton, with Government stores, has left Cape Town for Durban.

    The Pendower, with horses and fodder from Buenos Ayres, has arrived at Cape Town.

    The British Prince left Las Palmas on Friday for Cape Town.  The Umbria has arrived at Las Palmas.  The America has arrived at St.  Vincent.  The Britannic has sailed.

    Dateline Bombay, Jan.  15.  The Nankin and the Pundua have left for Durban with horses.

 

p5b    The Aurania left Southampton yesterday with the 2/North Staffordshire Regt., ? 47 (Fortress) Co., RE., 4 officers and 129 men, ? 6 Co.  of the Army Ordnance Corps, 2 officers, 1 warrant officer, and 80 men, ? 10 Co. AOC., 2 officers and 80 men RE.(Survey Section), 1 officer and 10 men from Southampton(?), drafts of the 2/Berkshire Regt., 104 men of the 1/Manchester Regt., and details of RAMC, 1/Warwickshire Regt., 2/West Riding Regt., 2/Royal Scots, 2/Middlesex Regt., and 16th Lancers.  The total was 48 officers, 4 warrant officers, and 1,590 men.

    The Persia, with cavalry and remounts for SA left Albert Docks yesterday afternoon.  Those on board consisted of: draft of 12th Lancers (60), under command of Lt.  Dunlop, Mr.  J.O. Scevington, civil surgeon and a civil veternary surgeon, Maj.  MacLaughlin in charge of the 184 remounts.

 

LT.  17/01/00 (Wednesday)

p3d & e    Dateline Sydney, Jan.  16.  The Maori King reached here this afternoon and will resume her voyage to-night.

    The Sumatra, from Port Elizabeth, arrived at Cape Town on Monday morning with sick.  The Avoca, from Table Bay, has arrived at Port Elizabeth on the 14th.  The transport Severn arrived at Durban on the 14th.

    The Royston Grange , which recently arrived at Cape Town from Buenos Ayres with nearly 700 horses, did not lose any animals in transit.

 

p5a    The City of Rome embarked 950 men of the 3/South Lancashire Militia and departed at about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon for Queenstown.  The officers on board were: Col.  I.  Blackburne, Majors Tarbet, Smythies, and M.H. Hall;  Captains Eckersley, Skirrow, Postlethwaite, and E.K. Heath; Lieutenants Conran, Vaughan, and Stevens; and 2nd Lts.  Hanbury, Winser, Spooner and Parker.

 

p5c            "INOCULATION AGAINST TYPHOID”

        "Arrangements are being made for Army medical officers

    to address personally all men of the Militia, Yeomanry,

    and Volunteers going to South Africa on the importance

    and advisability of submitting to inoculation against

    Typhoid fever before embarking.”

 

p8c    Coldstream Guards.  – Sec.  Lieut.  G.  Stewart to be Lieutenant, vice F.  D.  Farquhar, seconded.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    17/01/00

p3    The following arrived on Wednesday: Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener, Maj.-Gens. Kelly Kenny, C.T. Pretyman, Col. the Viscount Down, the Earl of Errol, A.E. Goldsand, Lt.-Col. Gubbins, Commander the Hon. H.S. Fortescue, R.N., Majs. H.V. Cowan, Henderson, Hume, Gorringe, H. Hamilton, C. Munro, Watson, I. Caunter,  Capt. A.C.M. Waterfield, Lord. H. Scott, Lord Lettrington, W.H. Booth, Lt. Cowen, R.N., Lt. & Commander D’Oyley, R.N., Sub.-Lts. R.N., L.T. Jones, W.G. Way, Surgeon Lobb, R.N. & Mr. S. McCullock, R.N.

 

p4    Dateline Durban, Jan. 14, foreign military attaches, accompanied by Col. Ivor Herbert, arrived this morning from the front and will sail tomorrow by Harlech Castle for Cape Town . Listed were: Col. Slocum, U.S., Baron Lottritz, Ger., Capt. Trenimel, Aust., Col. Stakhovitch, Rus., Capt. Hirvka, Jap., Maj. Gentillius, Italy, Maj. Estaben, Spain, Comte. A. Demade, France.

p5    Dateline Mochudi, Jan. 5. Capt. Llewellyn with the armored train went to 4 miles south of Gaberones.

 

p11    The Gaika arrived yesterday brought part of the shipment of the Queen’s Chocolate for the troops. There were 800 boxes from Rountree, 300 boxes from Fry & Sons, & 411 boxes from Cadbury.

                   

LT.  18/01/00 (Thursday)

p5d & e    Dateline Sydney, Jan 17.    The second New South Wales Contingent for the Cape, numbering nearly 700 officers and men, embarked to-day in the steamers Moravian, Southern Cross and Surrey.  The contingent consisted of 44 officers, 644 men, 14 hospital nurses, a medical corps, and 756 horses.  The Moravian left to-day and the other two will probably follow to-morrow.

    Dateline Malta, Jan.17.  ? 5 Co., Southern Division, RA, left to-day in the transport Anubis for Gibralter, where it will be transferred to the City of Rome for passage to the Cape.  The Anubis carries a consignment of oranges contributed locally for the sick in SA.

    The Harlech Castle left Natal on Tuesday for Cape Town and the Dunottar Castle arrived at Natal at noon yesterday.

    The Clan Ranald has arrived at Port Natal, the Clan MacArthur arrived at Cape Town on Thursday, and the Mortlake, from Rosario, left Cape Town yesterday for Port Elizabeth.

    The Avoca arrived at Durban on Tuesday.  The Minho, with government stores for the Cape arrived at St.  Vincent yesterday and the Dunera for Southampton, has left St.  Vincent.

    The Briton left Madeira at 10 o’clock yesterday morning for the Cape.

    The Majestic left Cape Town, Jan 17, for England with 170 wounded, including Gen.  Featherstonhaugh, Maj.  Dalrymple Hamilton, and Mr.  Knight, of the Morning Post.  The Harlech Castle takes 190 Durban wounded.

 

p6b & c    The Pavonia,  with sick and wounded, arrived at Southampton early yesterday morning.  There were 11 officers and 73 men.  The wounded officers included : Maj.  Dashwood, Maj.  Earle, Lt.  Fernybough, Capt.  Earle, Lt.  Hill, Lt.  Cornwallis-West, Lt.-Col.  Dobie, and Lt.-Col.  Verner.  Staff Surgeon Whelan was medical officer in charge.

    The Brigade Division of RFA, 7th Div.  is to embark to-day, at Tilbury Dock, in the Manchester Port.  They consisted of the 83rd, 84th, and 85th Batteries and a detachment of ASC.  The equipment consisted of 18 guns and 34 wagons .  The rest was 545 officers and men and 427 horses.

    The City of Rome embarks at Queenstown to-day 25 officers and 800 men of the 4(Militia)/A & S Highlanders and 3 officers and 191 men of the 32nd Co.  Southern Down RGA for Gibralter to relieve the 2nd and 4th Cos.  RGA.  She will sail at 4 p/m/ to-day.

 

p6d    A roll of the CIV granted freedom of the city.

 

LT.  19/01/00 (Friday)

p5c    Dateline Halifax (N.S.), Jan.  18.    There are 800 men of the second Canadian contingent in Halifax.  The transport Laurentain has embarked 2 batts.  artillery and the artillery staff, horses, guns and ammunition and is due to sail Saturday afternoon.

    Dateline Sydney, Jan.  18.  The Maori King left last night a few hours after the the Moravian.  The Southern Cross left this morning and the Surrey is leaving at noon to-morrow.

 

p5e    The Jelunga and the Dwarka arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Majestic left Cape Town yesterday for Southampton.  She has on board 170 military invalids.  The Garth Castle arrived at Madeira yesterday morning and left at 11 a.m.  The umbria arrived at St.  Vincent yesterday.  The transport Dunera, for England, left St.  Vincent Jan.  17.

 

p6b & c    Dateline Tilbury, Jan.  18.  The Manchester Port sailed from Tilbury between 4 & 5 this afternoon.  She sailed with 20 officers, 565 men, 449 horses, 18 guns, and the compliment of ammunition wagons.

    The transport City of Rome left Queenstown for SA yesterday afternoon.  She shipped at Queenstown a large quantity of ammunition and stores and embarked 27 officers and 800 men of the 4/A & S Highlanders, who arrived by special steamer from Dublin under command of Col.  A.C. D. Dick.  The other officers of the battalion include Lt.-Col.  M.D. Campbell, Maj. & Adj.  J.  Deane, Captains the Hon.  T.H.A.E. Cochrane, J.T. Scott, W.  Mure, B.A. Cuninghame, L.G. Pearson, G.C. Grahame, W.  Hall, and H.H. Houldsworth; Capt.  and Q.M. A.  McRae; Lts., Napier, Clarke, Campbell, Preston, G.G. Gilligan, W.A. Gordon, C.C. Walker, the Hon.  R.  Bruce(the Master of Burleigh), W.A. Orr-Ewing, and H.A. Duncan.  5 officer’s chargers were shipped.  Also embarked for Gibralter were 3 officers and 191 men.  At Gibralter the City of Rome will embark 8 officers and 300 men of the RGA.

               

LT.  20/01/00 (Saturday)

p8a    The Moor arrived at Cape Town Thursday morning and the Umbria left St.  Vincent yesterday.  The Nile arrived at St.  Vincent yesterday afternoon.  The Fultala, with 280 horses contributed by Indian Princes, left Bombay for Durban yesterday.

 

LT.  22/01/00 (Monday)

p5e    Dateline Wellington, Jan 20.  The second New Zealnad contingent for SA, left here to-day in the Waiwera.  They were commanded by Major Cradock and numbered 242 officers and men and 300 horses.

    Dateline Halifax, Jan.  20.  The Laurentian, with the second Canadian contingent on board, sailed at 5 o’clock this afternoon.

 

p6b    The Cymric and the Maine arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Kildonan Castle arrived, Jan.  20 at Cape Town.  The Orient has also arrived at Cape Town.  The Inyati arrived at Port Natal Friday.  The Glengyle left St.  Vincent on Saturday for Table Bay and the Bavarian has passed St.  Vincent.  The Aurania left Las Palmas at 4 a.m. yesterday.

    Dateline St.  Vincent, Jan.  20.  The Nile left here at 11 a.m. to-day for SA.

    Dateline Las Palmas, Jan 20.  The Garth Castle left here at 2 p.m. yesterday for Cape Town.

    Dateline Bombay, Jan.  20.  The Purnea left to-day for Durban with horses and a reserve battery consisting of 6, 15-pounders.

 

p10a    A committee of Danish farmers have donated 12,000 boxes of Danish butter as a gift for British soldiers.  The butter will be distributed among the sick and wounded.

    A third contingent of 24th Middlesex(Post Office) Rifle Volunteers, belonging to the Telegraph Reserve of the RE, and a draft of Regulear Reserves, embarked in the St.  Andrew for SA.  The detachment numbered 60.

 

p10 d & e    Dateline Southampton, Sunday.    The passenger list for the Kinfauns Castle includes the following: Duke of Marlborough, Sir Simon Staurt, Sir Reginald Beauchamp, Capt. Cecil Grenfell, Lady Lilian Grenfell, the Hon.  J.  Ward, Mr.  Burdett-Coutts, M.P., Mr. & Mrs.  Rudyard Kipling, Admiral Maxse, Col.  Browne, Col.  Graham, Surgeon Lt.-Col.  Forrester, Civil Surgeon Lowe, Maj.  Baird, Maj.  Crampton, Maj.  L.A. Gordon, Bt.-Maj.  Shore, Bt.-Maj.  Ryder, Capt.  J.M. Camilleri, Capt.  F.J. Moberly, Capt.  W.E. Lloyd, Capt.  Creagh, Capt.  Cobbe, Capt.  Knight, Capt.  H.H.F. Turner, Lieutenants W.M. Guthrie-Smith, R.J.T. Stewart, W.A. Light, W.T. Barry, A.  St.  J.  Cooke, C.R. Harbord, F.D. Russell, C.C. Newnham, and Superintendent Nursing Sister Oram, with 11 nursing sisters; Mr.  H.C. Newton and Mr.  Watson.

The Kinfauns Castle departed at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

    On board the Gaul are the following: Col.  the Earl of Albemarle, Capt.  the Hon.  J.R. Bailey, Surgeon-Capt.  E.  St.  V.  Regan, Capt.  C.W. Berkeley, Lt.  F.  Treffy, Lt.  E.D. Townroe, Lt.  B.W. Garnett, Lt.  J.W. Cohen, and 300 men of the CIV.  The Gaul departed Saturday afternoon.

    The Aristo(1,500 ton) sailed Sunday with 500 officers and men of the CIV.

    The American departed Sunday at about 4:30 p.m.  with 2 batteries of Field Artillery, the 8th and 68th, the 13th Brigade Divisional Staff, and a contingent of RAMC., in all 350 men and 300 horses.  Officers on board include: Col.  L.  A.  Chapman, Capt.  A.H.S. Goff, Civil Surgeon C.C. Simpson, Civil Veterinary Surgeon G.T. Jackson, Maj.  H.  Chance, Capt.  G.  Laird, 2nd.  Lts.  J.W. Scott, G.  Lowther, and R.H. Lascelles, Maj.  W.G. Massy, Capt.  G.G.S. Carey, 2nd.  Lts.  J.E. Rich and A.D. Harrison, RAMC 112 men and Lt.-Col B.W. Somerville-Large, Majors R.  Jennings and J.  Osburne, and Lt.  H.R. Hine.  The American will call at Queenstown for more troops.  It is noted that Col.  Stackpole has rejected and condemned the meat supplied under contract to the American.  So they will eat corned beef in place of fresh beef on the way out.

 

p11b    The Greek arrived at Southampton on Saturday with 28 wounded and invalided soldiers from SA.

                   

LT.  23/01/00 (Tuesday)

p5d    The Nomadic, with remounts.  arrived at Cape Town on Sunday.  The Kildonan Castle sailed for Durban.  The transport Carinthia, with 1354 mules, left New Orleans for Cape Town on Sunday.The Nairung and the Lindula, both from Bombay arrived at Durban and have left on Jan. 21.  The Gascon left Cape Town on Saturday for Southampton.  The Severn has left Durban for Cape Town.  The Harlech Castle arrived at Cape Town, Jan 20, from Natal.

    Dateline Gibralter, Jan.  20.  The City of Rome has arrived at Gibralter.

 

p10b & c     Dateline Albert Docks, 22 Jan.  The Saint Andrew (6,914 tons & a main deck of 440 feet in length) sailed from the Albert Docks this morning at 5:30 a.m.  with artillery and ammunition.  The Saint Andrew was taking 2 batteries of field artillery, an ammunition column and the guns and ammunition for a siege train, besides some other trifles.  She had to stow 360 tons of guns and vehicles and 200 tons of explosives before embarcation proper began.  She carries 15 officers, 496 men, 347 horses, 20 guns, and 65 vehicles besides the ammunition and explosives mentioned above.

 

p10e & f    The Canada arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with over 200 sick and wounded from SA.  The officers on board were: Capt.  Keith Fraser, Lt.  Beckwith, Lt.  Goodson, Capt.  Macnab, Lt.  Douglas, Capt.  Buckley, Capt.  Godley, Lt.  Elwes, Lt.  Clive, Lt.  Graham, Lt.  Scott, Lt.  Baker Carr, and Capt.  McLeod.

    The Majestic has left Cape Town for England, Jan.  17,  with the following wounded or sick on board: Maj.  Askwith is in charge, with 4 nurses and 1 civil surgeon, Maj.-Gen.  Fetherstonhaugh, Lt.  Gethin, Lts.Maxwell and Vaughan, 2nd Lt.  Follett, Maj.  Dalrymple Hamilton, Lt.  Fishbourne, 2nd Lt.  Innes, 2nd Lt.  Ackroid, Lt.  Waterhouse, and 168 men.

    The Hotel Cecil has donated 1,000 tins of turtle soup for use in the hospitals in SA.

    Messrs.  Wilson and Valdespino have sent 25 cases of their brandy to Surgeon-Major McCormack, in charge, base hospital Durban.

 

LT.  24/01/00 (Wednesday)

p5d & e    Dateline Melbourne, Jan 23.  The transports Maori King and Moravian have started for SA.

    The Assaye arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Pindari left St.  Vincent yesterday.  The City of Rome left Gibralter Jan.  23.  The Yoruba has arrived at Cape Town.

 

p10b    The Ulstermore left Langton Dock, Liverpool, yesterday afternoon with reinforcements for the Cape.  There were 10 officers, 340 men and 274 horses for the 39th and 88 Batteries, RFA. The Brigade Staff and an ammunition column with 10 officers, 110 men and 100 horses.  Also a medical unit from ? 6 General Hospital.  12 15-pounder guns and about 50 road vehicles, 20 of them ammunition wagons.

    The American arrived at Transport Wharf, Queenstown, yesterday at 5 p.m. She embarked Lt.  Bolton and 100 men of the 2/Yorkshire L.I.; Lt.  Williams and 260 men of the 2/Wiltshire Regt., with Maj.  Du Buisson in charge; Lt.  Fox and 100 men of the 1/Liverpool Regt., Capt.  Tonge, Norfolk Regt.  in charge; 100 men of the 1/Leicester Regt, Capt.  Banks, Dorset Regt.  in charge; also 4 men of the APC and 3 men of the 3/South Lancashire Regt.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    24/01/00

p5    Dateline The 1,016th Mile-Post, undated.  Col. Plumer has arrived at mile-post 1,016, near Mochudi with some of the Tuli garrison.

 

p12    Dateline Gaberones, undated.  Lt. Wallis has rebuilt the bridge 3 miles south of Gaberones. Enemy encamped at Sequani and Crocodile Pools.

    Dateline Mochudi, Jan. 14.  Boer position located about one mile south of Crocodile Pools station. Bridge over Metswaswani River damaged.

    Dateline Mochudi, Jan 12.    Armored Trains under Wallis and Llewellyn near Gaberones mentioned here.

 

p14    Here a log of the scouting trip into the Transvaal (2 cols.) Officers mentioned: Plumer, Rolt, Villers, Pilson, Pringle, Bird, Harland, McLaren, Kinsman, Shepstone, White, Bodle, Spain, Trevor, Stone, McClean

 

p21    The Carisbrook Castle arrived yesterday.  Col. Sir C.E. Howard Vincent, KCMG, CB, MP, was among the passengers.

 

p24    Dateline London, Jan. 16.  A new Naval Brigade has been formed consisting of 720 men, 8 4.7 guns, 24 Maxims, and 10 12-pounders.

    Dateline London, Jan. 17.  N.S.W Contingent left Sidney. No ship mentioned.

    Dateline London, Jan. 19. 12 Batteries of artillery, 3,710 men, 2,210 horses are ready to  embark for South Africa .

    Dateline London, Jan. 20. 300 Canadians with 2 batt. of artillery have sailed from Halifax on board the Laurentian.   The Second N.Z. Contingent of 242 men and 300 horses bemarked on board the Waiwera and sailed for South Africa .  The 2nd group of 900 Imperial City Vols. has sailed from Southampton for South Africa .

 

p32    The Kildonan Castle has arrived with 5 officers and 2,592 men .

    The Cymric has also arrived with 3 Batteries of RFA (76th, 81st, & 82nd.), 2/Gloucester Regt. total of 5 officers and 1,493 men and 430 horses. 7 men died of pneumonia on the voyage.    The Maine arrived yesterday.

 

LT.  25/01/00 (Thursday)

 

p5c    Dateline Rangoon, Jan.  24.    350 mounted infantry left with Burma ponies to-day on the Palamcotta for Durban under command of Maj.  Cruickshank, Essex Regt.

    The Kinfauns Castle left Madeira at 10 a.m. yesterday for the Cape.  The Simla, for Southampton, left St.  Vincent at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday and the Persia, for Table Bay arrived at Las Palmas at 5:40 p.m. Tuesday.  The Micmac,  from Boston , arrived at St.  Vincent on Tuesday and left for the Cape yesterday.

    Dateline Cape Town, Jan 23.   News has been received here that the transport Manchester Corporation, with troops and guns on board, which was due here to-day, was sighted on the 13th inst.  8deg.  south, apparently disabled.  The transport Cymric has been despatched to her assistance.

 

p10a    The Manhattan, at Royal Albert  Dock, is to begin to-day to embark the Brigade Division of Field Artillery, which she is to take out to the Cape, as part of the artillery reinforcement of 12 batteries which is being sent off during the present week.  Embarking are the 17th Battery, the 15th Brigade Ammunition Column with the staff of the brigade division, making 284 officers and men and 239 horses.  On Saturday the Manhattan will embark, at Queenstown, the 5th and 9th Batteries, increasing her load to 637 officers and men, 513 horses, 18 guns, and 51 carts and wagons.

    The Howitzer Brigade Division, completing the 12 batteries,  will embark on Saturday at the Royal Albert Dock in the Canning and the Englishman.

    Listing of names of more of the CIV.

                

LT.  26/01/00 (Friday)

p5b    The Kildonan Castle and the Jelunga arrived at Natal yesterday.  The Fazilka, from Bombay, arrived at Durban Wednesday and the Persia left Las Palmas Wednesday.

 

p6b & c    Dateline Albert Docks, Jan.  25.    The Manhattan (8,003 tons) sailed from here this afternoon as transport 81.  Details were covered in yesterday’s column.  The Manhattan will only be able to carry a 6 day’s supply of fresh meat and then take on another two day’s supply at St.  Vincent.  For the first 6 days the men will have Irish stew for breakfast and fresh meat for dinner and then the same for two days after St.  Vincent.  The rest of the voyage will be:

Sunday breakfast Fried ham, Dinner Soup and bouilli, Chicago beef, and plum pudding.

Monday breakfast Curried beef and rice, Dinner Pea-soup and salt pork

Tuesday breakfast Porridge and golden syrup, Dinner Soup and bouilli, salt beef

Wednesday breakfast American dry hash, Dinner Pea-soup, salt pork

Thursday breakfast Curried mutton and rice, Dinner Soup and bouilli, salt beef

Friday breakfast Salt fish, sauce and potatoes, Dinner Pea-soup and salt pork

Saturday breakfast Porridge and golden syrup, Dinner Soup and bouilli and salt beef.

Tea - Cold meats, margarine, jam or marmalade, tea.  Coffee every day at breakfast and at 6 a.m. Fresh bread and fresh potatoes every day and other vegetables 3 times a week.

   

LT.  27/01/00 (Saturday)

p7b    Dateline Adelaide, Jan.  26.     The South Australian contingent for SA sailed to-day in the Surrey.

    The Goorkha and the Manchester Corporation arrived at Cape Town Thursday.  The Gaul arrived at Teneriffe yesterday and left later for the Cape.  The Manchester Port has arrived at Las Palmas.  The Ottoman left Cape Town for England Jan.  25.

 

LT.  29/01/00 (Monday)

p5e    Dateline Halifax (N.S.), Jan 27.    The Pomeranian left for South Africa at 6 o’clock this evening with 350 men of the 2/Canadian Mounted Rifles.

    The Braemar Castle arrived at Cape Town on Friday.  The Britannic arrived at Cape Town on Saturday evening.  The Siberian and the British Prince arrived at Cape Town yesterday. The City of Rome has arrived at St.  Vincent and the St.  Andrew passed Las Palmas yesterday.  The Pekin, from Bombay arrived at Durban on the 25th.

    Dateline Bombay, Jan.28.  The Upada left to-day for Natal with 320 reserve horses, a transport section, 12 15-pounder guns, and   six  4.7 naval guns.  Col.  Mackenzie, Suffolk Regt. commanding.

 

p10b    The third contingent of the CIV left London, for Southampton,  Saturday morning.  There were 135 officers and men.  They embarked in the Pembroke Castle and sailed for South Africa  Saturday afternoon.   

    The Scot also sailed Saturday with the following passengers: Col.  Viscount Valentia, Maj.  the Earl of Dudley, Lord Wolverton, Capt.  the Hon.  Walter L.  Bagot, Sir Charles Hunter, Col.  Edmondstone, Col.  Nixon, Bt.-Col.  Le Gallais, Maj.  Rankin, Capt.  Fane Tucker, and Mr. F.R. Burnham, scout.

    Dateline Southampton, Jan 28.    The Cephalonia sailed today having on board the 1/Berkshire Regt., 736 men, 3/Royal Fusiliers, 120 men , and RGA, 120 men, some women and children for Gibralter.  The officers were Lt.-Col.F.C. Carter, Majors E.H.Burney and C.M. Edwards, Captains H.L. Lee, R.G. Chase, A.J.W. Dowell, J.R. Wigan and G.H. Arbuthnot, and six Lts.  and 2nd Lts.  of the Berkshire Regt..  Captains Turner and Edwards are going to Gibralter.

    A further contingent of Imperial Yeomanry embarked in the Winifredian (#78) yesterday  at Langdon Dock, Liverpool, yesterday.  She embarked Nos.  9, 10, 11, and 12 of the I.Y., a total of 578 men with 457 horses.  No.  9 Co., the Yorkshire Hussars, numbered 122 men under Capt. Trench Gascoyne, and Lts.  McKillop, Beresford-Peirse, and Wilson.  No.  10 Co., the Sherwood Rangers, 121 men under Capt Dawson and Lts.  Peacock, Sheriffe, and Williams, Lt.  Wilson will join them at the Cape.  No.  11 Co., the Yorkshire Dragoons, , 115 men under Capt.  Younghusband and Lts.  Crichton-Browne, Doxat, and Jeffcock.  No.  12 Co.  the South Notts, under Capt.  Rolleston, and Lts.  Starkey, Birkin, Knowles, and Tristram.  Other officers of the staff of the 3rd, 4th, & 5th Battalions going out are: Lt.-Cols.  Myrick and  F.G. Blair, Major Braithwaite, Captains Anderson, E.J. Piper, Ewing, and S. Wombwell, Lt.  Duncombe, Lt. & Q.M. J.  Humphries, and Vet.-Lt.  F.  Douthwaite.

    A Derbyshire contingent of 116 under Capt.  Dugdale, with Lts.  Byron, Gisbourne, Bagshawe and Power, Dr.  Wilson, and Vet.-Lt.  Aulton.  embarked in the Cavour (#83) at Langton Dock.  The Staffordshier contingent of 116 men under Capt.  Bromley-Davenport, M.P. with Lts.  Moat, Wright-Boycott, Gardner, and Clay embarked about mid-night Saturday.  She also took on board ? 6 and ? 8 Companies  of Imperial Yeomanry.  The Cavour sailed at 4 o’clock in the morning for South Africa .

 

p10e    The 12th Brigade Division of Artillery, consisting of the 43rd, 86th, and 87th Batteries (Howitzer) RFA, with the brigade staff and some details sailed from the Albert Docks yesterday morning in the Englishman and the Canning.

    The Englishman embarked the 43rd and the 86th Batteries and the staff, Lt.-Col.  Waldron commanding.  She takes a draft of 2 officers and 90 men of the Northamptonshire Regt., and has on board 16 officers, 496 men, 341 horses, and 12 guns.

    The Canning carries 87th Battery, Major Balfour commanding, some remounts, ? 5 Stationary Hospital, and a quantity of stores for the Yeomanry Hospital, her load being 9 officers, 230 men, 203 horses, 6 guns and 12 vehicles.

    The transport Manhattan reached Queenstown at 9 o’clock yesterday morning.  She took on the 5th and 9th Batteries, RFA, composed of 9 officers, 340 men, 274 horses, 12 guns, and 22 vehicles.  The officers of the 5th Battery are Maj.  Lane, Capt.  Stewart, and Lts.  Gray and Roberts; and the 9th Battery Maj.  Wedderburn, Capt.  Wilson, and Lts.  Bird, Addison, and Hamilton.  Civil Surgeon George Mowat also joined.

 

p11b    The Carlton Hotel Company has donated for the use of the base hospitals in Natal and the Cape 4,500 quarts of beef tea and chicken broth.

               

LT.  30/01/00 (Tuesday)

p5d    The Ariosto has arrived at St.  Vincent yesterday.  The Ujina, Nairung, and the Lawada arrived at Port Natal on the 26th, all from Bombay.  The Kildonan Castle left Natal for Cape Town on the 26th.

 

p6b    The Manhattan left Queenstown yesterday afternoon for Cape Town after embarking 13 officers, 340 men 300 horses, and 12 guns of the 5th and 9th Batteries, RFA.  She now carried altogether 637 officers and men, 513 horses, 18 gins, and 51 field carts and wagons.

 

LT.  31/01/00 (Wednesday)

p5c    The Umbria and the Briton  arrived at Cape Town on Monday evening.  The American has left Las Palmas and the Ariosto has left St.  Vincent .

 

p10c & d    The Dictator is to leave Southampton to-morrow and Queenstown on Saturday with reinforcements for 2/Lincolnshire Regt., 1/Royal Irish Regt., 2/Hampshire Regt., 2/Norfolk Regt., 2/Gloucestershire Regt., 1/Lancashire Regt., and 2/North Staffordshire Regt, a total of 835.  At Southampton on Saturday the German will take on ? 14 Co.  and ? 17 Cos.  RGA.

 

p14 a, b & c    The Defeat and Death of the Khalifa.  From the London Gazette of Jan.  30.  1900. Lord Kitchener’s report.  Maxse mentioned.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    31/01/00   

p3    Dateline Gaberones, Jan. 17.    Capt. MacLaren has found the Boer main laager 10 miles south of Gaberones.  He also found Boers on Basuto Kopje. In the afternoon British occupied Basuto Kopje.

    Dateline Lourenco Marques, Jan. 23. The Russian Ambulance Corps ( 33 members) arrived here today on board the Gironde

 

p5    Dateline Melbourne, Jan. 23 The Maori King and Moravian sailed for South Africa today with the Queensland and NSW parts of the Second Contingent.

 

p12    The Briton arrived on Monday with 251 C.I.V. under Col. Cholmondeley. The Garth Castle is due today  with a Bn. of C.I.V.

 

LT.  01/02/00 (Thursday)

p5d    The Ulstermore and the Laurentian have arrived at St.  Vincent .

 

p10d     Dateline Albert Docks, Jan 31.    The British Princess sailed from here to-day with the Howitzer Ammunition Column belonging to the brigade division RFA, and drafts and  details amounting to 11 officers, 374 men, and 337 horses.

    Dateline Southampton , Jan.  31.      The Goth has sailed from here for the Cape with 20 officers, 240 men and 240 horses of the I.Y. Officers listed include: Capt.  J.E.B. Seely, Maj.  C. Heseltine, Capt.  R.A. Johnson, Lt.  G.  Heseltine, 2nd Lt.  B.E. Greenwell, Capt.  J.R. Harvey, Lts.  W.  Raymond Greene, H.E. Crawley, R.O. Kerrison, and J,C.  Buxton.

 

p10f     The Admiralty has requisitioned the Arundel Castle.  The owners of the Denton Grange, now ashore at Las Palmas , have abandoned her to the underwriters.  The Monterey has been chartered to take Strathcona’s Horse to South Africa .  The Montezuma has arrived at New Orleans to load 2,000 mules for the Cape.

 

LT.  02/02/00 (Friday)

p5c    Dateline Colombo, Feb.1.    The Ceylon contingent, 130 strong, embarked to-day in the Umkuzi.  Capt.  Toogood, Warwickshire Regt.,  accompanied the contingent.

   

    The America arrived at Cape Town on Wednesday.  The Assaye left Cape Town yesterday, with invalids,  for Southampton .

    The Minha, with stores, arrived at Port Natal Jan.27.  The Pekin and Lawada, from Natal, and the Isleworth, from Rosario, have arrived at Cape Town .

    The Harlech Castle arrived at Port Elizabeth on Wednesday from Cape Town .  The Kildonan Castle arrived at Cape Town Jan.  23 from Natal.

 

p11b & c    Dateline Southampton , Feb 1.    The Dictator left Southampton to-day at 2 p.m. She carried 12 officers and 549 men, mixed reinforcements.  The officers were Maj.  Apthorpe, Lts.  Hughes, the Hon.  F.D. Morgan, L.  Raynsford, Goodwin, Brooke, E.  McDonnell, and Holland,  and 2nd lts.  Acton, Parker, Elphinstone and Anderson.

    Scheduled for departure are:

    Ss Monteagle, (#37), Feb.  2, Liverpool, Langton Dock, Nos.  1, 4, & 5, Cos.  I.Y., Hospital Staff, Veterinary Staff, Servants, Machine Gun Section, and Base Depot Staff.

    Ss German, (Freight Ship), Feb.  3, Southampton , Nos.  14 & 17 Cos, RGA

    Ss Montfort, (#53), Feb.  3, Royal Albert Dock, City of London  Imp.  Vol., Batt.  HAC, ? 40 Co.  IY, Irish Hospital.

    Ss Canada, (#69), Feb.3, Southampton , feb.  5 Queenstown, RGA, ? 10 east, and ? 2, 5 & 10 West, Drafts of: 2/East Kent, 2/Bedfordshire, 2/Cheshire, 1/West Riding, 1/Oxfordshire L.I., 2/Royal Irish Rifles, and 1/Munster Fusiliers, Regts., Post Office Corps, and Det.  ? 6 Gen. Hospital.

    Ss Kent, (#85), Feb.  4, Royal Albert Dock, IY Cos., #7, #8, and #29, Hospital Staff, Veterinary Staff, and remounts.

    Ss Kumara, (Freight Ship), Feb.  7, Royal Albert Dock, ? 15 Co.  Worcestershire and Remounts.

    Ss Afric, (Freight Ship), Feb.  11, Liverpool, Nos.  23 & 24 Cos.  IY, Hospital Staff, Veterinary Staff, Servants and remounts.

 

p11e    The Malta has been chartered by the Government.  The Majestic arrived at Southampton yesterday.

 

LT.  03/02/00 (Saturday)

p7d    Dateline Calcutta, Feb.  2.    The following have been named for service with Lumsden’s Horse: Col.  Showers, Capts.  Rutherford, and  Chamney,  Lts.  Sidney, H.  Pugh, W.  Clifford, Holmes,  S.  Neville, D.  Neville, and  Crane

 

    The Nile arrived at Cape Town on Thursday.  The Umbria left Cape Town for Port Elizabeth and East London.  The Princess of Wales, hospital ship, left Cape Town on Thursday for Southampton with 174 military invalids.

    The Formosa left Cape Town for Durban on Feb.  1.  The Urlana arrived at Algoa Bay from Bombay on Feb.  1.  The Pembroke Castle arrived at Madeira at 1 a.m. yesterday and left at noon for Cape Town .  The Cephalonia arrived at Gibralter yesterday with 1,072 officers and men.

 

p12a & b    The Monteagle embarked the 13th, 14th & 15th (see Monteagle above) Companies IY and sailed from Liverpool  yesterday.  336 and the following officers: Maj.  Vaux, Capts.  Wood, Bates and Clayton, Lts.  Gurney, Money, Jones, Dodds, Chrisp, Place, Powell, Backhouse, Ralfin Grey, and Carr-Ellison.

    Enteric Fever - Steps have been taken to vaccinate against enteric fever any of the I.Y. who desire it.  Where possible this will be done on board transports.   

    Another list of the CIV here.

 

p12c    Honours for the battle of Colenso.

                   

LT.  05/02/00 (Monday)

p5c & d    Dateline Cape Town , Feb.  3.  Official advice has been received here that telegraphic communication has been restored from the north with Gaberones, about 90 miles north of Mafeking, and that thence a bi-weekly service of runners has been instituted for the conveyance to Mafeking of letters and telegrams. (Field Glasses)

    Dateline Durban, Jan 31.  The hospital ship Maine has arrived here.

    Dateline Perth, Feb.  3.  Fifty Western Australians, with horses, have embarked on the Surrey at Fremantle for South Africa .

    The Glengyle and the Garth Castle arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Warrigal arrived at Durban on the 1st.  The Aurania arrived at Cape Town Saturday.  Las Palmas reports the arrival of the Canning, the Cavour, and the Englishman.

 

p10b    Dateline Southampton , Feb.4.    The Canada embarked ,at Southampton, 1,179 men, 86 officers and 19 horses.  The men for the most part were from RGA, 1/East Kent Regt., Post Office Corps and Royal Irish Rifles.  She will take on more troops at Queenstown.  She has on board the following officers: Royal Artillery, Bt.  Col.  C.  M.  Western, Lt.-Col.  P.  Saltmarshe; RGA, Maj.  F.W.G. Tothill, Lts.  A.S.P. McGhee, R.T. Russell, Capts.  Budd and McCulloch; ASC, Lt.-Col.  L.A. Hope; Royal Marine L.I., Lt.Cols.  W.T. Adair, T.J.P. Evans, G.T. Onslow, Majs.  H.C. Money, F.White, Capts.  A.R.H. Hutchinson, H.M. Howard; Royal Marine Artillery, Lt.-Col.  J.B. Leefe, Capts.  G.F. Barnes, E.R. Cottingham; Indian Staff Corps, Capt.  Armstrong; Poona Light Horse, Maj.  M.E. Carthew-Yorstoun; 2/Seaforth Highlanders, Maj.  G.  Mackintosh, Capt.  E.R. Bradford,; 1/Suffolk Regt., Maj.  W.R. de la P.  Lloyd, Lts.  C.E. Foster, A.P. Frankland; 3/Suffolk Regt.  Capt.  the Hon.  G.  Cadogan; 2/Suffolk Regt, Capt.  W.  Keates, Lt.  F.A. White; 2/West Riding Regt., Maj.  F.M.H. Marshall; Welsh Regt., Capt.  A.H.W. Tindall; Highland L.I., Capt.  G.C. Stockwell, Lt.  T.F. Murray; Royal Fusiliers, Capt.  W.B. Hickle, ; 2/Dragoons, Lt.  T.  Connolly; Northumberland Fusiliers, Capt.  R.S. Heard; Kent Art., Lt.  C.E. Schlesinger; 5/Royal Warwick, 2nd Lt.  R.S. Mackenzie; 1/Royal Scots, Lt.  A.C. Pratt; 2/Royal Scots, Lt.  D.C.H. Maclean; 3/KOSB, Lt.  Sir W.  Jardine; CG, 2nd.  Lts.  C.P. Heywood, and R.B. Smith; 16th Lancers, 2nd Lt.  H.C. Upton; 10th Co.  E.  Div.  RGA, Maj.  C.E. Jervois, Capt.  C.V. Davidson, Lt.  J.A. FitzGibbon, 2nd Lts.  J.T. Pegg-Thompson, A.F. McKenzie, 2nd Co.  West Div.  RGA, Maj.  F.A. Curteis, Capt.  H.C. Marshall, 2nd Lts.  E.N. Tandy, G.T.A. Drought, R.  Hoskin; 6th Co.  Western Div.  RGA., Maj.  G.T.F. Talbot, Capt.  H.L. Kirke, 2nd Lts.  P.J. Spicer, F.E. Andrews, G.P. MacClellan; 10th Co.  Western Div.  RGA., Maj.  F.E. Kent, 2nd Lts.  C.H. Clark, W.A.B. Parken, E.F. Johnson; Royal Irish Rifles, Bt.  Maj. A.H. Festing, Capts.  A.C.D. Spencer, J.  Spottiswoode (attached), Lts.  A.H. Kennedy, H.L. Low, 2nd Lt.  J.C. Bowen-Colthurst; Post Office Corps, Capts.  A.  Palmer, F.A. Labouchere, Lts. S.C. Curtis, P.J. Preece; 2/East Kent Regt., Lt.  C.A. Colley; 2/Welsh Fusiliers, Lt.  H.R. Eliot; Civil Surgeons (? 6 Gen.  Hospital), Mr.  E.L. Parry-Edwards, Mr.  R.D. Maxwell, Mr.  P.C.T. Ingram, Mr.  J.  Owen, Mr.  R.D. Parker, Mr.  H.F. Shea; Chaplains’ Dept., Rev.  R.H. Nash; Civil Surgeons, Mr.  F.B. Courrilian and Mr.  Percy Stewart; Irish Hospital, Dr.  Coleman.  Also 2nd Lt.  A.H. Sauer, RGA, for Mauritius and trooper T.  Lewes, Ceylon Mtd.  Inf.

    The German embarked the following passengers, Sir C.  and Lady Champion De-Crespigny, Admiral Herbert, Lady Slacke and the sister of Gen.  Woodgate.  She carried the following officers of the RGA: Maj.  M.B.G. Jackson, Capt.  E.C. Harrington, Lt.  J.E.S. Spink,  2nd Lts.  L.  Galloway, and F.C. Leah; Maj.  W.L. Brook Smith, Capt.  R.E. Warden, Lts.  W.H. Ravenhill, G.N. Rawson Scott, F.W. Barron.  The German also casrried the following Naval officers: Acting Lts.  H.  Hutchinson, E.E. Cadon, H.W. Randall; Sub-Lt.  R.G.W. Mason; Midshipmen, L.G.R. Lloyd, G.  Hilhouse, W.Hunt, B.  Reinold, G.  Henson, H.  Darling, H.T.R. Trischler, B.C. Walker, H.  E.  Harvey; Cadets B.  Denison, S.C. Douglas, and C.H. Jones.

    The Dictator embarked at Queenstown drafts for 2/Norfolk Regt., 2/Gloucestershire Regt., 2/North Staffordshire Regt., and the East Lancashire Regt., making a total of 18 officers and 873 men.

    The Canada arrived ar Queenstown on Saturday evening.  She will embark drafts for the 2/ Bedfordshire Regt., 2/Cheshire Regt., 1/ West Riding Regt., 1/Oxfordshire Regt., and the 1/Munster fusiliers and some details.  She will leave this afternoon.

                

LT.  06/02/00 (Tuesday)

p5b    The Bavarian arrived at Cape Town on Saturday.  The Woolloomooloo arrived at Cape Town , Feb.  3 with stores.  The Harlech Castle arrived at Natal Friday.  The Lismore Castle left Natal Saturday for Cape Town .  The Purnea has arrived at Durban.  The Pembroke Castale arrived at Las Palmas yesterday at 3 p.m. and left at 6 p.m.

    Dateline Albany, Feb.  5.  The Lincolnshire, conveying New Zealand medical staff and nurses, has sailed for the Cape.

    Dateline Halifax, Feb.  4.  The Milwaukee arrived to-night from New Orleans to embark the remainder of the second Canadian contingent for the Cape.

 

p10b    (Field Glasses)

 

p11b & c     The Canada arrived at Queenstown Saturday with 1,237 officers and men already on board.  At Queenstown, yesterday afternoon,  she embarked an additional 18 officers and 823 men of the Bedfordshire, Cheshire, West Riding Regiments, the Oxfordshire L.I. and the Munster Fusiliers.  She also embarked a cobsiderable quantity of tobacco and war material.

    The Armenian will leave Southampton on Thursday.

    Order for Lee-Enfield rifles placed with B.S.A. Co.

 

LT.  07/02/00 (Wednesday)

p5b    The Kinfauns Castle arrived at Cape Town at 6 p.m. Monday with 105 CIV on board.  The Formosa arrived at Durban yesterday from Cape Town .  The Goth arrived at Teneriffe yesterday and left the same day for Cape Town .  The Gaul with 200 CIV arrived at St.  Helena Monday.  The British Princess passed Las Palmas .

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition   07/02/00

p1    Dateline Durban, 30 Jan.    The Maine arrived yesterday and comes into the harbor today. The Avoca will leave for England this week with 400 sick and wounded.

 

p5    Dateline Crocodile Pools Jan. 23.    Sqdns. H, B. L, Z of the RR under Maj. Bird made an attack on the Boer Laager.

    Dateline Gaberones, Jan. 26.  Col. Plumer’s 12.5 pounder was used against an Boer position on a hill west of Basuto Kopje.

 

p6    The latest arrivals at Table Bay are:

    Aurania  – With the N. Staffordshire Regt., 2 cos. ordnance, and a draft for Berkshire Regt.

    Bavarian  – Brought South Wales Borderers and E. Lancashire Regt.

    Glengyle  – Brought an ammunition column and some details.

    Spartan  – arrived yesterday with sick and wounded from Natal.

 

    Dateline Lourence Marques, Feb. 5.    The J’burg, Standard and Diggers News of Feb. 2 states that the Russian Ambulance Corps will soon leave for Volksrust and a nimber of Belgian Red Cross, under Dr. Cohen, leaves tomorrow for Mafeking.

 

p14    The 6/Warwickshire Regt. is at Green Point. Listed are: Col. H. McCalmont, Majs. J.E.R. Campbell, G.D.E.H. Fullerton, Capts. A. Kelso, E.W. Davies, J.B.L. Astley, C.H.L. Beatty, H.E. du C. Norris, A.E. Williams, C.J. Phillips, Lts. J.E.N. Heseltine, C.A. Madge, C.F.P. Hamilton, G.H. Hodgson, W.J.F. Renton, H. Norris, G.H.W. Lacon, J.C. Lancaster, R.R. Redman, R.T. Tudor-Owen, C.M. Yates, R. McCalmont, M. Corse-Scott, Capt. & Adj. Brown, Lt. & Qm. Hall, and Mr. Young Cifil Surgeon.

 

    The Nile disembarked the 4/R. Lancaster Regt. & 9/King’s Royal Rifles. The America, Galeka, and Uganda are unloading stores at South Arm.

 

LT.  08/02/00 (Thursday)

p5c    The Winifredian and Manhattan left St.  Vincent yesterday.

 

p10a    Dateline Albert Docks, Feb.  7.  Four Cos.  I.Y., numbering 22 officers, 468 men and 338 horses embarked today in the Kent (5,464 tons) and the Kumara (3,016 tons).  Nos.  7, 28, and 29 Cos in the Kent and No.  16 Co.  in the Kumara.  The Kumara carries 7 officers, 119 men and 144 horses.  The officers embarked are: Col.  Lord Alwyne Compton, Col.  Parry, Major Eyton, Captains Dundas, T.E. Harrison, Crabbe, Selwyn, Lieutenants W.F. Byron, Wrigley, Mainwaring, Lutley, Nettleford, Knight, The Hon.  G.  Hamilton, the Hon.  P.  Evans Freke, R.W. Ritchie and W.  Martin.

    The menu for the Kumara:

Sunday; Breakfast, porridge and milk, fish, curry and rice, bread and butter, tea or coffee; Dinner,     soup, Fresh meat, potatoes, bread, pudding.

Monday; Breakfast, dry hash, bread and butter, tea or coffee; Dinner, soup, fresh meat, potatoes,     bread, pudding.

Tuesday; Breakfast, Bacon, bread and butter, tea or coffee; Dinner, Soup, fresh meat, potatoes,     bread, pudding.

Wednesday; Breakfast, porridge and milk, fish, curry and rice, bread and butter, tea or coffee;     Dinner, Soup, fresh meat, potatoes, bread, pudding.

Thursday; Breakfast, Steak, bread and butter, tea or coffee; Dinner, soup, fresh meat, potatoes,     bread, pudding.

Friday; Breakfast, porridge and milk, fish, Irish stew, bread and butter, tea or coffee; Dinner,     soup, salt fish, meat pies, potatoes, bread, pudding.

Saturday; Breakfast, bacon, bread and butter, tea or coffee; Dinner, soup, salt or fresh meat,     pickles, potatoes, bread.

Tea and supper each day - Tea; cold meat, tea, bread and butter, pickles, jam, and marmalade; supper bread or extra Navy biscuit, butter and cheese.

 

p10f    The Dunera arrived at Queenstown Tuesday.  She embarked, yesterday, 8 officers, 2 warrant officers, and 830 men, and women and children of the 2/Leicestershire Regt.  for duty in Egypt.

                   

LT.  09/02/00 (Friday)

p5c    The Pindari arrived at Cape Town on Wednesday.  The Muttra, from Bombay, arrived at Port Natal yesterday.  The Pomeranian passed St.  Vincent  yesterday morning.

 

p6b & c    Dateline Southampton, Feb.  8.   The Armenian sailed at 3:05 p.m. this afternoon with the 7th Dragoon Guards, (24 officers, 500 men, 475 horses), a draft of the 2/Northamptonshire Regt.  (100 men), ? 3 Co.  ASC (3 officers, 1 warrant officer, 57 men) , ? 20 Bearer Co., RAMC (1 officer, 1 warrant officer, 51 men), and details.  The following were the officers: Lt.-Col.  W.H.M. Lowe, in command; Majors J.W.P Peters, H.S. Follett, B.R. Dietz, and W.J. Macheson;  Captains G.  Langworthy and H.A. Lampriere; Capt. & Adj.  J.E.F. Dyre; Lieutenants N.D.H. Campbell, W.R.H. Jenkins, W.F. Chappell, W.S. Wetherly, W.M.C. du Q.  Caillard, and C.J. Vaughan; 2nd Lieutenants J.L. Mansel, F.C. Watson, and A.G. Jerrard; Lt. & Q.M. F.C. Butcher, Veterinary Lt.  Willis, and Surgeon Aymand.  ? 3 Co.  A.S.C. — Major G.H. Cardew, Captain Hayward, Lieutenants H.M. Farmer and A.G. Galloway.   ? 20 Bearer Co., R.A.M.C. — Major C.  C.  Reilly, Captain T.P. Jones, and Lieut.  C.S. Cate.  Lieut.  A.V. Richardson, 3/Cheshire Regt., Capt.  H.  McConaghey and Lieut.- Col.  C.V.F. Townshend, Indian Staff Corps.

    The following are particulars of embarcations:

Mount Royal, Liverpool, Feb 6, Freight Ship, Remounts for Yeomanry

Victorian, Tilbury Dock, Feb.  14, #65, 17the lancers, drafts 2/Lancashire Fusiliers, Det.  ? 8     Gen.  Hosp., details.

Narrung, Royal Albert Dock, Feb.  9, #23, R.E. Drafts for 1/Life Guards, 2/Life Guards, Royal     Horse Guards, 6/Dragoon Guards, Remounts, Det.  ? 7 Gen.  Hosp.  Field         Hospital(American Section), Details.

Norman, Southampton, Feb.  10, #10, Freight Ship, Mos.  37,38 & 39 Cos.  I.Y., Yeomanry     Hospital, Xth Bn.  Staff, Medical Staff, Veterinary Staff, Servants.

Pavonia, Southampton , Feb.  10, #13, 1/Royal Sussex Regt., Det.  R.A.M.C., Det.  ? 7 Gen.      Hospital.

Sicilian, Royal Albert Dock, Feb.  14, #57, M.I. 4th Cav.  Brig., 1st Sqdn.  8th Hussars, Drafts for     1st Dragoons and 19th Hussars, ? 20 Field Hospital.

Simla, Southampton , Feb.11, #2, 1/Camron Highlanders, Drafts 2/Seaforth Highlanders, Det.  ?     7 Gen.  Hospital., Details.

Malta, Royal Albert Dock, Feb.  10, Freight Ship, 6/Lancashire Fusiliers, Drafts for 2/West     Yorkshire Regt., 1/Suffolk Regt., 1/Argyil & Southerland Highlanders, Det.  ? 5 Gen.      Hospital, Details.

Majestic, Southampton , Feb.  11, #68, 3/Welsh Regt., 3/Royal Lancaster Regt., Drafts for     3/Grenadier Guards, 1 & 2 Coldstream Guards, 1/Scots Guards, 1/Highland L.I., Det.?      7 Gen. Hospital, Yeomanry Hospital, Details.

Norseman, Liverpool, Feb.  10, Queenstown, Feb.  13, #80, 8th Hussars, Det.  7th DG, Drafts for      8th DG, 2nd Dns, 5th Lancers, 9th Lancers, 14 & 18 Hussars, 2/Duke of Cornwall’s L.I.,     Det.  ? 10 Field Hospital, Details, Remounts.

Arundel Castle, Southampton , Feb.  10, Queenstown, Feb.  12, Freight Ship, 4/South         Staffordshire Regt., Detachments of 4/Royal Lancaster Regt, 6/Royal Warwickshire Regt.,     3/South Lancashire Regt., 4/Derbyshire Regt., 9/ K.R.R.C., 3/Durham L.I., 4/Argyil &     Southerland Highlanders, Drafts for 2/R.F., 2/R.S.F., 1/R.W.F., 2/Somersetshire L.I., Det.      ? 8 Gen.  Hospital.

Cheshire, Southampton , Feb.  12, Queenstown, Feb 14, #43, 2/S.W.B, Drafts for, 16th Lancers,     2/Royal Highlanders, 1/Connaught Rangers, Det.  ? 8 Gen.  Hospital, Details.

Servia, Southampton , Feb.  12, Queenstown, Feb.  14, #31, 3/East Lancashire Regt., 5/Royal     Dublin Fusiliers, Draft for 2/Seaforth Highlanders, ? 7 Gen.  Hospital, Details.

Pinemore, Southampton , Feb.  12, Queenstown, Feb.  14, #67, Det.  17th Lancers, "M” Battery,     R.H.A., Ammunition Column, 4th Cav.  Brigade.  Drafts for 6/Dragoons, Det.  ? 8 Gen.      Hospital, Remounts.

 

p6e    Article on "The Improved Lee Straight Pull Rifle” ( Lee Navy)

                   

 

LT.  10/02/00 (Saturday)

p7d    The Braemar Castle arrived at Natal Thursday and the Medic left Cape Town on Thursday for Australia.

    The German arrived at Teneriffe yesterday  morning and left in the afternoon for the Cape.

 

p9c & d.    Dateline Albert Docks, Feb.  9.  The Narrung (#23) sailed from here this afternoon with 6 officers, 196 men, and 190 horses.  They were: 6th D.G. 1 officer and 105 men; R.H.G. 1 officer and 20 men; 1/L.G. 20 men; 2/L.G. 20 men; R.E. 1 officer and 21 men; American Field Hospital Section 1 officer and 10 men; The horses include 5 officer’s and 185 cobs for remounts.

    Dateline , Southampton , Feb.  9.    The Simla will not sail as scheduled due to a fire on board.

 

LT.  12/02/00 (Monday)

p5e    The Manchester Port arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Hortensius, from New York arrived at Cape Town Friday with 25,000 bales of hay.  The Britannic left Cape Town Saturday with invalids for Southampton and the British Prince left Cape Town February 7 for London.  The Dictator passes Las Palmas at midnight February 9.

    Dateline Las Palmas , Feb 11.  The Montfort arrived here yesterday at noon and sailed at 6 p.m. for South Africa .

 

p10a & b    Dateline Southampton, Feb 11.     The Norman sailed yesterday with some distinguished passengers, including the Duke of Westminster, Lord Cecil Manners, Lady Beatrice Kemp, Mr.  W.  Murray Guthrie, M.P., Miss Addams Williams (Superintendent nursing sister and 10 sisters), Mr.  C.B. Ismay, the Hon.  Mrs.  Neeld, Mr.  H.F. Wilson and a number of officers.  The following are Imperial Yeomanry:     Staff.  Col.  Lord Chesham, Maj.  Eric Smith, Capt.  E.I. Viat, RAMC, Vet.  Surgeon Jaggeeht, and Q.M. C.  Grant.    Bucks Hussars, Capts.  W.  de Winton, and W.A.W. Lawson,  Lts.  J.L. Reid, Whittaker, P.  Percival, C.C. Baillie, A.V. Poynter, and W.H. McDowell.    Berks Yeo., Lt.-Col.  Ricardo and Lts.  H.A. Eyre, Bishop, Lord Norreys, and G.  Ayres.        Lord Loch’s Corps, Capt.  Brown and Lts., Savile, Haldane, Kennedy, and Knott.

    The Pavonia sailed with 3/Northumberland Fusiliers for Malta and 577 men of the 1/Royal Sussex for Gibralter.  The officers of the 1/Royal Sussex were: Maj.  Scaife, Capt.  A.R. Gilbert, and Lts.  J.B. Wroughton, A.  Gouldsmith, J.E. Harden, R.E. Paget, H.G. Montgomerie, Anderson, Leachman, and Blake, also a Civil Surgeon, Mr.  W.  Watkins Pitchford.

    The Arundel Castle sailed with drafts of 6/Royal Lancaster, 6/Royal Warwickshire, 3/South Lancaster, 3/Durham L.I., 9/ King’s Royal Rifles, 2/ Royal Fusiliers, 2/ Royal Scots Fusiliers, and 1/Royal Welsh Fusiliers.  The officers were: Lts.  Hibbert and Guyon, R.F., Lt.  Bassett, R.S.F., Lts.  Hoskins and Ellis, R.W.F., and Lts.  Armstrong and Ashton, the Y. & L.  Regt.

    The Doune Castle sailed with 3 officers and the following Companies of 113 men each: Norfolk Regt., Suffolk Regt., Royal Welsh Fusiliers, East Lancashire Regt., Hampshire Regt.  and the Royal Warwickshire Regt.

    Dateline Albert Docks, Feb.  10.  The following embarked in the Malta to-day: 6/Lancashire Fusiliers, 24 officers and 628 men, Lt.-Col.  Romer commanding; 2/West Yorkshire Regt., 2 officers and 150 men, Lt.  Lowe, commanding; 2/Yorkshire L.I., 2 officers and 104 men; 1/Suffolk Regt., 4 officers and 200 men, Capt.  Hopkins commanding; 1/Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 2 officers and 200 men, Capt Irmida commanding.  With the RAMC the total was 35 officers and 1285 men, col.  Romer in command.

    Dateline Liverpool Feb.  11.  The Afric embarked 2 companies of I.Y. today at the Canada Dock.  They were the 23rd and 24th and a number of horses.  They number 13 officers, 270 men and 290 horses.  At the Alexandria Dock on Saturday the Norseman embarked 14 officers, 445 men and 336 horses of the 8th Hussars and 1 officer, 114 men of the 14th Hussars.  Some of the officers shipped were: Capts.  Lempriere and Corbeit and Lt.  Haig, 7th DG, Lt.  A.S. Trower, 9th Lancers, 2nd Lt.  F.R. Otter, 5th Dragoons, and Lts.  C.W.H. Otway, and J.F. Rhodes, 2nd Dragoons, Lt.  Ready, Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 2nd Lt.  J.E.C. Darley, 5th Lancers, 2nd Lt.  G.V. Webster, 18th Hussars, and Civil Surgeon K.B. Alexander.

    The Mount Royal shipped over 1,000 horses, 1,250 tons of hay, 225 tons of bran, 5,000 bushels of oats, 100 tons of peat moss and 50 tons of Canadian fodder.  She sailed Saturday.

                   

LT.  13/02/00 (Tuesday)

p5b    The Persis arrived at Cape Town on Sunday.  The Nomadic left Port Elizabeth yesterday for Durban.  The Monteagle has left St.  Vincent for the Cape.  The assaye arrived at St.  Vincent on Sunday with invalids for Southampton .

    Dateline St.  Vincent , Feb.12 The Canada coaled here to-day and has departed.

 

p11a & b.    Dateline Southampton Feb.  12.    The Majestic sailed at 3:45 p.m. with 92 officers and 1,595 men of the 3/Welsh Regt.  and 3/Royal Lancaster Regt. from Pembroke Dock.  No Lts.  and 2/Lts.  are listed but the others are: 3/Welsh Regt: Col.  A.T. Perkins, Maj.  W.  Watts, Capt. & Adj.  H.E. Taylor, Capts.  W.  Forrest, R.W. Taylor, A.T. Perkins, J.W. Aldridge, R.D. Stevens, H.W. Masterman, E.A. Pope, W.  Elton and F.P. Latham.

    of the 3/ Royal Lancaster Regt: Lt.-Col.  B.N. North, Majs.  W.H. Feilden, and F.  Fitzherbert, Capts.  R,N, De la Bere, R.  Ttappes-Lomax, A.B. Feilden, G.D. Timmis, F.P. Vane, J.  Challoner, F.S. Jackson, and H.A. Bagot-Chester, and Capt. & Adj.  C.J. Daniel.

    The Cheshire also sailed to-day with 16 officers and 356 men and will call at Queenstown to pick up 28 officers and 750 men of the S.W.B. and 2 officers and 175 men of the Connaught Rangers.  The officers are: Capts.  T.O. Marden, Meyrick, and Owen, Lts.  G.  Baillie-Hamilton, McLean, Marshall, Cossart, Nelson, Clarke, Lance, and Buxton, Civil Surgeons Hodgson and Park, 2/Lts.  H.R. Milvain, and Lamb, Lt. & Q.M. Harding.

    The Arundel Castle arrived at Queenstown yesterday morning and embarked 25 officers and 630 men of the 4/South Staffordshire Regt.  for a total of 33 officers and 1,092 men.

    The Norseman will embark to-day 14 officers, 405 men and 405 men of the 8th Hussars and 114 men of the 14th Hussars, and 336 horses.

    The Mount Royal left the Mersey yesterday for Cape Town with 1,050 Canadian-bred horses.

    The following are scheduled:

The Greek, Southampton , Feb.14, 21 officers , 793 men and 2 guns.

The Gascon, Southampton , Feb.  16, 30 officers and 1,131 men.

The Guelph, Southampton , Feb.  17, 21 officers and 791 men.

The Dunvegan Castle, Southampton , Feb.  17, 11 officers, 1 warrant officer, 134 men and 6     horses.   

The Avondale Castle, Southampton , Feb 22, 27 officers and 1,005 men.

The Mexican, Southampton , Feb.  24, 9 officers, and 339 men.

 

LT.  14/02/00 (Wednesday)

p5b    The St.  Andrew arrived at Cape Town Monday evening.  The City of Rome and the Gaul arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  Other arrivals at Cape Town are: The Micmac with stores and fodder from Boston; the Purena from Port Elizabeth; the Fultala from Bombay; the Riverton from Buenos Ayres, the Chiswick from Rosario; the Matin from New Orleans.  The Chiswick left for Port Elizabeth and the Siberian left for England on the 11th.  The Bavarian left for England on the 10th.  The Wooloomooloo arrived at Durban Monday.

 

p6b    The Norseman left Queenstown for Cape Town at 9 o’clock last night with 17 officers, 1,004 men and 380 horses.

    The Cheshire arrived at Queenstown last night and will embark 28 officers and 750 men of the S.W.B., and 175 men of the 1/Connaught Rangers.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    14/02/00

p1    The Suffolk Regt. has left Port Elizabeth Thursday night  by rail for Modder River. Named were: Maj. Cubitt, Capts. Mackenzie, Kemble, Brett, Lloyd, Murray, Lts. Thompson and Qm Hon. A. Smith .

                   

LT.  15/02/00 (Thursday)

p4b & c    Dateline Southampton , Feb.  14.    The Greek sailed from the Tingue to-day wit 7 Vol.  Service Cos., each , except the first which has 115 men, consisting of 3 officers and 113 men.  The officers sailing were: Maj, R.F. Macdonald ,D.S.O., in command.  K.O.S.B. Capt.  A.  Hadden, & Lts.  Craig-Brown, and H.  Stoddart.  Devons, Capt.  W.H. Speke, Lts.  F.K. Windeatt, W.B. Dart, and Lancaster.  Beadfordshire, Capt.  A.L. Green, Lts.  A.  Braithwaite and A.  Trethewy.  S.W.B., Capt.  L.J. Phillips, Lts., H.G. Kemmis and Kirkby.  Welsh , Capt.  R.W.P. Evans, Lts.  Bramston Williams and F.H. Gaskell.  Northamptonshires, Capt.  W.  Hughes, Lts., A.T. Page, and W.B.S. Hickson.  Manchesters, Capt.  B.C.P. Heywood, Lts., E.H. Howe and H.C. Darlington and Civil Surgeon W.L. Walker.

    The Simla departed at 7:30 p.m. carrying 3 officers and 345 men of the 2/Derbyshire Regt. and R.G.A. for Malta, 25 officers and 844 men of the 1st & 3rd Seaforth Highlanders for Egypt, and 5 officers and 396 men of the 1/Cameron Highlanders.  The following officers were in the Simla for South Africa : Lts.  Craig-Brown and S.  Hay, 2nd Lts., Lord James Murray, and C.H. Antrobus and Civil Surgeon A.  Spong, and 2nd Lt.  H.A. Grant, 1/Leicestershire Regt.

    The Servia sails with the 5/Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 24 officers and 518 men , 2 officers and 128 men of the 2/Seaforth Highlanders, 9 officers and 131 men of the 7th Gen.  Hospital, No.  3 Remount Co.  2 civil surgeons and 13 other officers.  She will stop at Queenstown and embark 30 officers and 800 men of the 3/East Lancashire Regt.

    The following officers are listed: 5th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Col.  H.C. Gernon, commanding, Majors, H.T. Finlay, and Sir F.W. Shaw, Captains, R.A. Hartley, P.  La Touche, A.D. Kirkpatrick, S.A. Jones, A.T. MacDermott, W.C. Roper-Caldbeck, F.H.J. Finlay, Lieutenant A.E.C. Hamilton, @nd Lts.  G.B.C. Irvine, W.A.C. Kinsman, P.G. O’Brien-Butler, D.C.P. Camron, F.W.J. O’Carrol, A.H. Wodehouse, J.L. Weston and F.H. Kunhardt.   2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2/Lt.  R.H. Robinson, Capts. & Adjs.  R.S. Gage & R.  Baker, Attached civil surgeons B.A. Nichol and G.R. Thompson.    1/Seaforth Highlanders, Capt.  M.D. Murray, 2nd Lt.  J.G.E. Craik, Lt.  R.P. Doig.  No.  7 General Hospital, Civil Surgeons H.  Goodman & J.W. Summerhayes.   I.Y.   Col.  H.W. Fielden, Vet.  Lt.  Crole.   4/Leinster Regt., Lt.-Col.  Lord Castletown, 1/Royal Highlanders, Lt.  A.H. Marindin.  Indian Staff Corps., Capt.  C.W.G. Richardson.   2/Connaught Rangers, Capt.  A.W. Abererombie.   1/Life Guards, Lt.  the Hon.  A.F. Stanley.  Reserve of Officers, Lt.  R.P. Cobbold.  Chaplains, The Rev.  H.K. Southwell and Rev.  A.L. Helps.  No.  3 Remounts, Capt.  Gubbins & Lts.  Fairfax and Lucy.

    Dateline, Tilbury, Feb.  14.    The Victorian (8,825 tons) embarked the 17th Lancers to-day but the ship will not sail until morning.  The Lancers number 22 officers and 497 men along with 468 horses.  In addition she embarked 2 officers and 197 men of the 2/Lancashire Fusiliers.

    The Cheshire left Queenstown yesterday afternoon  with 46 officers and 1,221 men.

 

LT.  16/02/00 (Friday)

p5c    The Ulstermore arrived at Cape Town on Wednesday and the Aurania and the Nile sailed from Cape Town for Southampton .

 

p10c    Dateline Southampton , Feb.  15.    The Pinemore sailed with a detachment of 17th Lancers and the following: Capt.  H.M. Shaw Stewart, and Lt.  the Hon.  C.W.H. Cavendish, Civil surgeon W.S. Lindsay and Lt.  N.E. Tilney, RHA.

                       

LT.  17/02/00 (Saturday)

p5b    Gazette.  CG H.S.R. Elliot, in succession to Lt.  F.D. Farquhar, seconded.

 

p7e    The Aristo arrived at Cape Town, Feb.  15.  The Palamcotta, from Rangoon, and the City of Venice, from London, have arrived at Cape Town .  The Nomadic arrived at Durban from Table Bay, Feb.  14 and the Kinfauns Castle arrived at Natal, Feb.  15.  The Norman, left Madeira, Feb.15.  The Kumara has left Teneriffe for the Cape.  The Armenian has arrived at St.  Vincent and the Kent has arrived at Las Palmas .

 

p9b & c    Dateline Southampton , Feb.  16.    The Gascon will leave here this morning with 30 officers and 1,131 men.   The officers, Capt.  C.V. Gunning and Lt.  Fairfax-Lacy of No.  3 Remount Co.  sailed in the Servia on Wednesday.  The Servia has reached Queenstown and embarked 27 officers and 675 men of the 3/East Lancashire Regt.  making a total of 1,560 officers and men.  She sailed at 4 p.m.

    The Cymric will dock at Liverpool instead of London.

 

LT.  19/02/00 (Monday)

p7f    Dateline Wellington, Feb.18.    The third New Zealand contingent for South Africa sailed yesterday.

    The American arrived at Cape Town Saturday.  The Laurentian, from Halifax, has arrived at Cape Town .  The Pindari has arrived at Natal.  The Doune Castle left Madeira Saturday.  The Malta has arrived at Las Palmas and the Kent has left.  The Armenian left St.  Vincent for the Cape.  The Afric passed Teneriffe on Saturday.

 

p12c, d & e    Dateline Southampton , Feb. 17.    The Gascon sailed from here at 10:30 this morning.  She embarked 10 Volunteer service companies.  Each consisted of 3 officers and 113 men except  the Royal Scots (112), Cheshire Regt.  (114), and Royal Highlanders (114).  Major C.  Norie was in command and Mr.  J.  Bruce, civil surgeon, sailed in the ship.  The officers embarked were: Royal Scots - Capt.  R.W. Campbell and Lts.  M.W. Henderson and R.G.W. Adams.

East Kent Regt. - Capt G.  Goaling, and Lts.  R.J.A.T. Slaughter and H.  Norfolk.

Liverpool Regt. - Capt.  T.W. Williams, and Lts.  J.  Goffey and J.H. Grindley.

Royal Scots Fusiliers - Captain.  C.G. Diekie, Lts.  C.D. Porteous and J.  MacL.  Frew.

Cheshire Regt. - Capt.  S.  Thornley, & Lts.  J.  Bates & J.S. Craig.

Scottish Rifles - Capt.  J.W. Young & Lts.  A.A. Kennedy & Clarke.

Royal Highlanders - Capt.  Cook & Lts.  Hunter & McArthur.

Wiltshire Regt. - Maj.  Viscount Folkestone & Lts.  Kendle & W.C. Luce.

H.L.I. - Capt.  D.S. Morton & Lts.  J.R. Leisk & J.  Shearer, Jr.

A & S Highlanders - Maj.  Millar, & Lts.  Valentine & Smith.

    The Guelph sailed to-day with some Vol.  Service Cos.  of 3 officers and 113 men each.  They are:

Lincolnshire Regt.  Capt.  H.E. Newsum, & Lts.  R.  Lee & H.  Stephenson.

Leicestershire Regt. - Capt.  W.A. Harrison & Lts.  H.  N.  Rowlatt & C.H. Jones.

Yorkshire Regt. - Capt.  Bell & Lts.  R.W.T. Ewart & F.C. Houseman.

Gloucestershire Regt. - Capt.  C.E.F. Mouat-Biggs & Lts.  Lawson & J.H. Bryan.

West Riding Regt. - Capt.  E.  Dewhurst & Lts.  H.S. Atkinson & H.  Wilson.

York & Lancaster Regt. - Capt.  E.A.Marples, & Lts.  H.B. Chalmer & C.V.B. Boyle.

Gordon Highlanders - Capt.  Buchanan & Lts.  Mackinnon & Forbes.

    The Dunvegan Castle also sailed with many named people on board - to long to list.

 

    Dateline Albert Docks, Feb.  17.    The Sicilian( 6284 tons)  sailed from here today with 17 officers, 490 men and 287 horses.  They were B Sqdn.  8th Hussars, a group of M.I., a machine gun section, No.  20 Field Hospital, RAMC and 2 troopers from I.Y.

 

    The transport Pinemore arrived at Queenstown Saturday night.  She lost one blade of her propeller in storm conditions in the Channel and will have to be delayed for repairs.

                   

 

LT.  20/02/00 (Tuesday)

p3c    The Southern Cross arrived at Cape Town on the 17th from Sydney.  The Alsatia, for Cape Town , left St.  Vincent Feb.  17 and the Majestic arrived at St.  Vincent on the 18th.  The Malta and the Arundel Castle left Las Palmas on the 18th.  The Pavonia arrived at Malta yesterday.

    Dateline Sydney, Feb.  19.    The War Office has requested the despatch of 126,000 lb.  of corned beef and 144,000 lb of preserved mutton by the Atlantian.  The balance of the cargo will be oats.

 

p8b    Dateline , Tilbury, Feb.  19.    The Austral (nearly 6,000 tons) embarked the 4/West Yorkshire Regt., 20 officers and 479 men under Lt.-Col.  A.J. Price and the 4/Middlesex Regt., 23 officers and 511 men under Lt.-Col.  G.C. Helme.  Other senior officers were: Majs.  A.C. Bennett, Sir W.  Mahon of the Yorkshires and G.  Rushbrook and H.W. Benchley of the Middlesex.  In addition the following also embarked: Maj.  W.  Bertram, Capts.  E.F. Drake Brockman, RMLI, J.B. Wood, RGA, Taggart, 15th Hussars, Lt.  Taylor, ISC, and Sub.-Lt.  E.M. Bennett, RN., 4 officers of the 3/West Surrey, 4 of the Scottish Rifles, and the usual RAMC detachment and 2 Scripture Readers.  Total of 60 officers and 998 men.

 

LT.  21/02/00 (Wednesday)

p5c    The Winifredian arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Pembroke Castle arrived at Cape Town on the 19th.  The Narrung has arrived at Table Bay.  The Cheshire has passed Las Palmas .

 

p10c    Dateline Southampton Feb.  20.    The Cephalonia embarked the 3/Royal West Surrey Regt., 19 officers, 524 men, and 5 horses, and the 4/Scottish Rifles, 25 officers, 575 men and 5 horses, drafts of the 2/Royal West Surrey Regt., 100 men and of the 2/Scottish Rifles, 1 officer and 160 men, No.  8 General Hospital, 7 officers and 94 men.  The following officers were embarked:

     4/Scottish Rifles, Col.  A.H. Courtenay, Lt.-Col.  M.G. Johnstone, Maj.  H.  Chavasse, Captains A.R.C. Littledale, D.  Blaikie Macdonald, H.T. Townshend, H.H. Smith, A.O.L. Kindersley, and F.K. Gardner, Lt.  L.M. Castle, 2nd Lts.  M.H.D. Thompson-Carmichael, R.R.W.B. Murphy, G.F. Phillips, A.F. Lumsden, H.  Boyd-Rochfort, R.I. Forbes, F.H. Bridgman, R.C.M. Maxwell-Heron and D.H. Thorborn, Capt. & Adj.  A.M.S. Henning and Civil surgeon J.  Inversity.

    2/Scottish Rifles, Capt.  M.L. Pears

    3/Royal West Surrey, Lt.-Col.  F.H. Fairtlough, Majs.  W.A.D. Shelton and F.G. Parsons, Capts.  A.G. Shaw, H.S. Walker, H.F. Wilkinson, W.H. de B.  Griffith, Crofton, Grant, Rhodes, and Blake, Lts.  E.G. Williams, G.D.I. Armstrong, F.B. Storey, and P.R.C. Commings , 2/Lt.  H.N.A. Hunter, Capt. & Adj.  R.B. Swinton, Capt. & Q.M. J.S. Dyke, and Civil surgeon Tregg.

    2/Royal West Surrey, Capt.  R.  Alexander (Rifle Brigade, attached)

    No.  8 Gen.  Hosp., Lt.-Col.  R.T. Beamish, M.D., Majs.  A Wright and J.S. Adye, Surgeon Capts.  H.E. Mortis, and J.E. O’Connor, Civil surgeons A.F.B. Kirkman and W.A. Stott.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    21/02/00

p2    Dateline Gaberones, Jan. 31.  Artillery duel at Crocodile Pools. Brit. guns near Basuto Kopje and range at 3,300 yds.

    Dateline  Gaberones, Feb. 2.   Maj. Bard (Bird) made a demonstration with 150 men on Boer fortress. Also present Lt.s. Sharl and Bunt, climbed the ridge at eastern end.  Brit. 12 pounder on Basuto Kopje. Boers firing with a 12 pounder and a Maxim-Nordenfelt 1 pounder. (pom-pom)

    Dateline Gaberones, Feb. 4.  Lt. Montmorency dropped two shells into the Boer fort with deadly effect. (our fragments)

 

p4    Dateline Ramoutsa, Feb. 7. Boer dispatch mentions fortress being shelled and "the shells (ordinary shrapnel) falling in and bursting over the fort”.  ( You have not reported finding shrapnel within the fore - only shell fragments from fragmentation shells. I believe the "ordinarry shrapnel” as being mis-named.)

 

p16    A list here of Mafeking casualties up to Dec. 28, ‘99

                   

LT.  22/02/00 (Thursday)

p5e    Dateline Halifax, Feb.21.       The third division of the second Canadian Contingent sailed for South Africa to-day by the transport Milwaukie.

    Dateline Melbourne, Feb.  21     The Australasian has sailed for South Africa with 40 men of the NSW Lancers and 6 Adelaide nurses.

    The Canning and the British Princess arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Umbria  with 10 officers, 215 men, military invalids has sailed for Southampton .  The Waiwera arrived at Durban on the 20th.  The Mount Royal arrived at St.  Vincent .  The Narrung arrive at St.  Vincent on Tuesday and left the same day.  The Greek left Teneriffe yesterday for the Cape.

    Dateline Alexandria, Feb 21.     The Dunera sailed for Southampton .

 

LT.  23/02/00 (Friday)

p5c    Dateline Abbazia, Feb.  22.    The City of Lebanon leaves the port of Fiume tomorrow with 600 horses for South Africa .  The Cavour arrived at Cape Town on Wednesday evening.  The Dunvegan Castle arrived at Madeira yesterday morning and left later for the Cape.

 

 

LT.  24/02/00 (Saturday)

p7f    The Goth arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Avoca with invalids from South Africa left St.  Vincent on Feb.  22.  The Maori King has arrived at Table Bay.  The Nomadic left port Elizabeth yesterday.  The Victorian has arrived at St.  Vincent .

            

p9b, c, & d.    Dateline Southampton Feb.  23.    The Sumatra sailed at 4 o’clock this afternoon with 31 officers and 784 men of the 3/Munster Fusiliers (24 officers and 409 men), 2/Royal Lancashire (2 officers and 220 men) and the 2/Middlesex Regt.  (3 officers and 150 men.) The officers are as follows:   

    3/Munster Fusiliers, Lt.-Col.  F.W.Bell; Majors G.  Lucas and M.W. O’Donovan; Captains A.L. Coppinger, B.M. Roberts, H.G. Richardson, A.J. Des Barres, J.W. Stopford, B.V. Domvile, R.W. Oldnall; Lieut.  A.W. Abbott; 2nd.  Lts.  P.C. Shaw, A.W. Brock, H.S. Maydwell, A.C. Ferguson, J.  Bleazby, G.O.B. Harley, W.T. Brown, A.B. Incledon Webber, S.D. Nash, S.H. Dix; Capt. & Adj.  T.  Longridge; Lt. & Q.M. W.H. Frosdick; Medical officer W.  Shanks.

    2/Royal Lancashire Regt., Lt.  T.D.L. Whittington; 2nd Lt.  W.C. Hibbert.

    2/Middlesex Regt, Lt.  C.S.D. Large; 2nd Lts.  D.O.C. Newton & H.G. Bengough.

    R.F.A., Capt.  H.L. Powell

    Civil Surgeon, A.W. May.

 

    Dateline Southampton , Feb.  23.  The Avondale Castle sailed shortly after 2 o’clock to-day for the Cape with 1020 men in all.  These were volunteer service companies, each with 3 officers and 113 men.  The officers and regiments were:

    Derbyshire Regt., Capt.  Turner Lee and Lts.  Kingdom, R.K. Ellis, and F.A.C. Wright.

    Yorkshire L.  I., Capt.  T.W. Simpson and Lts.  F.  Head and R.H. Ellis.

    Liverpool Regt., Capt.  J.J. Thomas, and Lt.  W.H. Kenyon and another.

    South Lancashire Regt., Capt.  F.M. Appleton and Lts.  H.H. Lewis and E.  Robson.

    Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st V.B., Capt.  R.C. Hedley and Lts.  G.F. Fisher and W.J. Rickers-Stephenson; 2nd V.B. & 3rd V.B., Capt.  R.H. Atkinson and Lts.  F.  Manford and H.  Beale.

    Durham L.  I., Capt.  J.  Turnbull, and Lts.  H.  Bowes and J.R. Ritson.

    West Yorkshire Regt., Capt.  C.E. Wood, and Lts.  H.D. Bousfield, A.W. Lupton and C.S.I. Stableford.

   

    Yesterday afternoon at Birkenhead the Orotava embarked  100 men of the Derbyshire Regt, and the following officers: Lieuts.  R.F.J. Taylor, and B.  J.  Horley, Derbyshire Regt., H.  E.  Raymond and M.R. Liddon, Yorkshire Regt., H.E. Whaley, A&S Highlanders, 144 men of the No.  5 Gen.  Hospital, RAMC, 41 men of the  No.  24 Field Hospital.  The Orotava will call at Queenstown to embark the 3/Norfolk Regt.  and the 4/Cheshire Regt.

    The Pinemore left the Mersey yesterday for Cape Town .  She embarked a detachment of 17th Lancers and horses, M Battery RHA, Ammunition Column 4th Cav, Brigade, draft for the Inniskilling Dragoons, det.  No.  8 Gen.  Hospital and remounts (394 officers and men).

    Between Oct.  20, 1899 and Jan.  31, 1900 there have been 122 journeys of transports between England and Cape Town .

               

 

LT.  26/02/00 (Monday)   

p6a    The Manhattan, the Englishman and the Canada arrived at Cape Town on Saturday.  The Lake Erie arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Surrey, from Sydney, arrived at Table Bay on Friday.  The Columbia arrived at Port Elizabeth on Saturday.  The Guelph arrived and left Teneriffe on Feb.  24.  The Gascon left Teneriffe Saturday morning.  The Servia arrived at St.  Vincent yesterday.  The Garth Castle left Durban on the 22nd with wounded for England.

 

p10c & d    Dateline Southampton Feb.  25.    There volunteer companies of 3 officers and 113 men each embarked in the Mexican (4,661 tons) yesterday for the Cape.  Their officere were:

    Loyal North Lancashire Regt., Capt.  B.  Musgrave and Lts.  G.  Hesketh and F.W. Poley.

    Gordon Highlanders, Capt.  A.W. Buckingham, and Lts.  W.A. Duguid and A.M. Robertson.

    Seaforth Highlanders, Capt.  C.E. Johnston, Lt.  R.G. Campbell, and 2nd Lt.  J.O. Black.

    There also sailed in the Mexican: Maj.  F.H.B. Foster, Col.  Maxwell, DSO, Capts.  Robinson, Burnett and McMeekan of the RGA and Civil Surgeon R.  Whittington.

    Also on the Mexican was a contingent of Lord Loch’s contingent.  The men traveled as second-class passengers and the officers traveled first-class.  Some of these were: Earl of Essex, Viscount Dungarvan, Sir Owen Scourfield, Lt.-Col.  Gregory, Capt.  Hodson, and others including Nursing Sister Miss L.W. Tulloh and a body of nursing sisters, and Capt.  Tozer.

    The Goorkha sailed at noon with 478 men and 19 officers some of whom were: Majors Duberly, Brown, Etheridge and Harris, Captains Gilroy, Whiteley and Richmond Parry, and Lts.  Corbett, Wahab, Byrne, Vignoles, Wyndham, Scott, St Maur, Clarke, and Richardson.

    The Princess of Wales arrived and docked with 174 invalids.

    The Orotava arrived at Queenstown Saturday and embarked 23 officers and 516 men of the 3/Norfolk Regt., and 26 officers and 627 men of the 4/Cheshire Regt.,

                   

LT.  27/02/00 (Tuesday)

p5e    The Umkuzi from Port Natal and the Pomeranian from Halifax arrived at Cape Town feb, 26.  The Pavonia left Gibralter for Cape Town Feb.  24.  The Simla left Malta Feb.  25 for sa.  The Sicilian left Las Palmas yesterday for Cape Town .

 

LT.  28/02/00 (Wednesday)

p5a    A list of Boer officers captured at Paardeberg.

p5f    The German and the Monteagle arrived at Cape Town on Feb.  26.  The Dictator and the Montfort arrived at Cape Town Feb.  27.

p7a    The Goorkha left Queenstown yesterday with a total of 50 officers and 1,580 men.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    28/02/00 Nothing Noted

 

LT.  01/03/00 (Thursday)

p5b & c    The Austral and the Siberian  arrived at St.  Vincent yesterday

p5d    Dateline Sydney, Feb 28.    The Bushmen’s contingent sailed to-day in the Atlantian and the Maplemore.  The total was 31 officers, 496 men and 570 horses.

 

p7b & c.    Dateline Southampton , Feb.28.    The Ottoman sailed from Southampton at 12:25 p.m. today with 420 remounts and the following: 2 officers, 65 men and 3 horses of the 12th Lancers, 3 men of No.  5 Gen.  Hosp., 3 officers, 3 men and 3 horses classed as details, Maj.  Sadleir-Jackson, Remount officer, 2nd Lts.  G.B. Ollivant and Sir E.B. Lacon, 12the Lancers, and Lt.  Douglas RAMC.

    The Assaye also sailed today with 81 officers and 2,002 men listed as follows:

    Gordon Highlanders, Bt.  Lt.-Col.  H.H. Burney, 2nd Lts.  J.L.G. Burnett, G.N. McLean, J.G. Hay, F.R.F. Sworder and 120 men.

    3/Yorkshire Regt.  Col.  J.  Hoole, Hon.  Lt.-Cols.  J.W. Lodge and W.E.C. Ellis,Capt. & Adj.  C.A.C. King, Capt. & 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 Lts., 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, Capt.  J.P.H.M. Alone, Lts.  W.D.P. Watson, and Yates, Lt. & QM.  Barry and 273 men and 1 horse.

    Princess Christian’s Hospital, Maj.  Mathias, 6 civil surgeons and 32 men.

    6/Royal Fusiliers, Col.  H.N.B. Good, Capt.  R.H.R. Helpman, and Lt.  V.R. Bland-Hunt.

    Reserve of Officers, Capts.  Bald, E.M. Eyre, W.H. Vicars, W.  Fitzpatric, and G.B. Wishart, Lts.  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 L.I., 2nd Lt.  H.N.B. Harrison.

    5/Connaught Rangers, Capt.  H.W. Biddulph and Lts., D.L. Thornton and E.  Keogh-Cullen.

    York & Lancaster Regt., Capt.  R.  B.  Learoyd, Lt.  Gardner and 125 men.

    Yorkshire Regt., Capt.  H.  G.  Holmes.

    4/Liverpool Regt., Capt.  J.  B.  Jobling.

    Royal Irish Fusiliers, 2nd Lts., C.D. Macklem and R.F. Medliecoff, and 140 men.

    2/Royal Berkshire Regt., 2nd Lt.  A.  Chamberlayne.

    2/Royal Scots Fusiliers, 2nd Lt.  E.A. Beck

    1/A & S Highlanders, 2nd Lt.  K.M. Laird.

    3/Wiltshire Regt., Lt.  E.H. Nicholson

    4/H.L.I., Capt.  A.W. Jones.

    Loyal North Lancashire Regt., Lt.  H.A. Robinson.

    3/Suffolk Regt., Lt.  R.W.B. Onslow.

    Army Pay Dept., Majs.  J.M. Sherrard, H.J. Thwaytes, and A.H. Lindop, Capts.  H.D. Harvest, F.H. Moline and R.G. Cooper-King.

    R.E., Capt.  T.  Fraser.

    1/Royal Scots Fusiliers, Lt.  W.L.D. Baillie.

    2/Cameronians, Lt.  S.  Lawrence.

    1/Border Regt., Lt.  P.F.B. Hawes.

    1/South Lancashire Regt., Lt.  A Northern.

    Shropshire L.I., 2nd Lt.  C.A. Howard.

    3/Yorkshire Regt., Civil Surgeon Scott.

    1/Derbyshire Regt., Maj.  C.N. Watts.

    Base Depot Staff, 8 officers and 11 men,

    Devonshire Regt., 190 men.

    1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 160 men.

    Durham L.I. 150 men.

    A.O.C., 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 I.Y. 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 Cos., Lt.-Col.  Chaloner, Capt. & Adj.  Custance, Lt.  E.T. Shorland, Capt.  Graves, Lts.  Sir T.  Fowler, C.S. Awdry, Henderson, and Smith-Bingham, Vet.-Lt.  F.A. Huband, Capt.  Stanley Clarke, Lts.  Lord A.  Thynne, C.M. Thornton, C.  Speke, and L.St.  John Brodrick, Q.M. Sir J.  Dickson-Poynder.

    Maxim-gun Sect., Lt.  S.  Paget and 2nd Lt.  G.  Paget’

    Gloucester Co., Capt.  E.T. Hill, Lts., A.  Graham Clarke, W.  Phayne, C.G.M. Adam, and Hon.  R.  Robertson.

    Glamorgan Co., Capt.  W.H. Wyndham-Quin, M.P., Lts.  J.H. Ensor, J.H. Pritchard Rayner, and J.W.R. Marsh.

    Staff , 11the Regt., Lt.- Col.  W.  Kenyon-Mitford, Maj.  K.R. Balfour, Capts.  F.J. Dalgety, and C.B. Howse, Vet.-Lt.  W.B. Wallis, Lt. & QM R.  Brooke and Lt.  Peacocke.

    Middlesex Co.  Capt.  Firman, Lts.  Crealock, Guthrie, Lewin and Rogers.

    West Kent, Capts.  Hon.  E.J. Mills, and F.B. Mildmay, Lts.  R.B. Pott and E.P. Gundry.

    Fife Co.  Capt.  W.B. Chapell Hodge, Lts.  J.  Gilmour, J.  Simpson, Robert W.  Purvis, and W Burton Stewart.

    Other officers of the I.Y., Capt.  C.H. Simpson, Lts.  J.R. Cook Hurle, G.R. Buxton, J.  Craig, Kindersley, Eyton, Crawford Donnell and Lord Leitrim.

    Other officers, Capts.  A,M, Gamble, and D.S. Brown, Lts.  F.E. Daniell, A.C.H. Kennard, H.W. Reeves, 2nd Lts.  H.  Goodman, and E.F.F. Traill.

 

    At the Royal Albert Docks the Oriental left yesterday for Queenstown after embarking the following:

    R.E. Capt.  Wright, Lts.  Webber, Briggs, Cotton, Sherrard and 109 men.

    3/Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., Lt.  Pike.

    4/Suffolk Regt., Lts.  Black and Ashby.

    Border Regt., Capts.  Stourton , Cosgreave and 130 men.

    Special Service, Col.  Garstin, Capts.  Aubin, and Glynn, Lts.  Swain, Dick-Cunyngham and 6 men.

    I.Y. Maj.  Moore.

    RAMC, Lt.  Douglas.

    Reserve of Officers, Lt.  Aron.

    3/Royal Lancaster Regt., Lt. & QM Batchelor

    ASC, Capt.  Brooke.

    Langman’s Hospital, Drs., Conan Doyle, Langman, O’Callaghan, Gibbs, Scharlieb, Howell, Maj.  Drury, Dressers Hackney, Turle, Bolton, Blasson, Mayes and Civil Surgeon Petchell.

    Royal Warwickshire Regt., 100 men.

    Essex Regt.  100 men.

                   

LT.  02/03/00 (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.

 

LT.  03/03/00 (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 p.m. The officers of the Royal Scots who embarked are: Lt.-Col.  E.J. Grant, Majs.  R.  Dundas, (Hon)Lord Tewkesbury, and Lord Henry Scott, Capts., Viscount Brackley, D.H. Forbes, C.P.R. Wood, Viscount Newport, T.C.E. Goff,  Capt. & Q.M. W.F. Horniblow (Hon)Capt & Adj.  G.H. Davidson, Lts.  E.L. Strutt, A.M.T. Fletcher, E.F. Penn, A.  Douglas-Pennant, and H.F. Collinridge, 2nd Lts.  R.J. Gibson-Craig, Sir S.H. Childs, the Hon.  R Brand and E.J,F.  Johnson.

 

p16a    Dateline Albert Docks, March 1.    Three Cos.  I.Y. embarked here in the Manchester Merchant and sailed this morning for South Africa .  The Cos.  were # 26, # 27, # 48, and 7th Bn. Staff and a machine gun section.  Total of 19 officers, 386 men and 352 horses.  The officers on board were:

    7th Bn.  Staff, Lt.-Col.  Helyar, Maj.  Brown and Capts.  Hardy, P.M. Fowke, & Walford Rowe.

    Dorsets, Capts.  Sir E.  Lees, and Cartwright, Lts., the Hon.  I.  Guest, & Batley.

    Devons, Capt.  Bolitho, Lts., St.  Hill, De Las Casas and de V.  Carey.

    West Somersets, Capt.  Sherston, Lts., Thynne, Gibbs, and Symons.

    Machine Gun Section, Lt.-Col.  Mansel.

                   

 

LT.  05/03/00 (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 Teneriffe 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 to-day.

 

p10b & c.    Dateline Albert Docks, March 4.   

    Five cos.  I.Y. 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, Capt.  Gilliatt, Lts.  Smith, Boranquet, Sir G.  Arthur & G.  Lubbock.

    #44, Capt.  G.B. Richards, Lts., Wilson Erle, Buxton, & Guinness.

    #63, Capt.  A.V. Hume, Lts., Perry, Wadmore, & Swinburne.

    #46, Capt.  R.A. Maude, Lts., Sir J.  Power, Ralledge, H.  F.  Montgomery.

    #54, Capt.  J.F. Humby, Lts.  J.R. Mitchell, F.J. Montgomery.

 

    The Nineveh sailed with a number of Volunteer Cos.  Toatal of 18 officers and 542 men. The officers were:

    Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., Capt.  E.A. Jackson, Lts.  Cowland and G.E.S. Smith

    Border Regt., Capt.  J.  Thompson, Lts.  J.F. Haswell, & E.W. Wakefield.

    North Stafford, Capt.  G.W. Laybourn, Lts.  H.J. Johnson & E.F. Hodson.

    Shropshire L.I., Capt.  W.H. Frow, Lts.  B.  Head & J.F. Cutler.

    Essex, Capt.  J.C. Lawris, Lts.  H.E. Crocker & W.  Bowie.

    and Lt.-Col.  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: Capt.  Elton, RFA, Majs.  Haygate, Gordon, Capts.  Goodwyn, Radcliffe, Leverson, Jervis, Lts.  Holford, Danks, Marsh and Malden.

    The Britannic arrived at Southampton from South Africa on Saturday with 3 officers and 52 men, all invalids.

               

LT.  06/03/00 (Tuesday)

p5c    Dateline Hobart, March 5.    The Tasmanian contingent embarked on the Atlantian to-day.

    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.

 

LT.  07/03/00 (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    07/03/00

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 Col. 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.”

 

LT.  08/03/00 (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 Cos.  of I.Y.: #25, #53, and #59.  The usual RAMC detachment of 1 Civil Surgeon, Milton, 1 Civil Vet.  Surgeon, Lane; R.E., 9 men and 122 remounts for a total of 16 officers, 359 men and 266 horses.  The officers were:

    West Somerset, Capt.  Harris and Lts.  Myburgh, Stanley, Fitzgerald, and Sevits.

    East Kent, Capt.  Marks, Lts.  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 L.I., Lt.-Col.  W.  Long, Majs.  E.H. Llewellyn and J.W.H. Marshall-West; Capts.  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; Lts.  J.H. Christie, W.A.D. Lippert, W.W. Llewellyn, H.G.W. Woodhouse, C.  Brand and O.T. Bentley; 2nd Lts.  P.M.Whale, R.H. Williams, G.W. Thompson, C.H. Thomas, P.E. Bradney, and E.J. FitzG.  King; Capt. & Adj.  M.A. Foster; Lt. & Qm.  H.  Powis; Civil Surgeon A.  Mackenzie; and 390 men.

    3/Somerset L.I. 2nd Lt.  J.C. Reid

    3/Leinster Regt., Lt.-Col.  J.H.G. Smyth; Maj.  F.  Luttman-Johnson; Capts.  W.E.A. Barry, E.P. Smith, C.T. Biddulph, R.H.T. Smyth, H.G. Sheppard, and L.P. Arnott; Lts.  G.  Harding, R.G.T. Curry, R.R. Smyth, and J.W.White Bell; 2nd Lts.  C.E.R. Smyth, L.F.A. Cochrane, and G.B. Scott; Capt. & Adj.  P.E.S. Reeves; Lt. & Qm.  J.W. Gallehawk; Civil Surgeon G.H. Bristow; and 500 men.

    West Yorkshire Regt., 1 officer and 120 men.

    1/Yorkshire Regt., Lt.  W.B. Walker; 2nd Lts.  A.C.D. Pearson, H.V. Bastow, and J.C. Morgan; and 100 men.

    Fife Artillery, Capt.  D.  Burges.

    Dorset Regt., Lts.  C.G. Hay and B.G. Peel; and 100 men.

    Gordon Highlanders, Capts.  G.R. Macnab and Murray.

    Welsh Regt., 2 officers and 100 men.

    3/Suffolk Regt., Lts.  C.A.R. Stower and W.D.B. Halhed.

    3/Manchester Regt., Capt.  W.F. Hobdell.

    Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Capt.  Cowper; 2nd Lt.  J.C. Lamprey; and 100 men.

    R.E., Capt.  P.H. du P.  Casgrain; Capt.  Burnaby, Lt.  Blakeney, 2nd Lt.  Ball and 32 men.

    1/Essex Regt., Capt.  B.A. Warry.

    3/Royal Highlanders, 2nd Lt.  F.L. Moubray.

    Reserve of officers, Capt.  Mowbray.

    R.G.A., Capt.  F.G. Roberts.

    Army Pay Corps, 3 officers and 9 men.

               

LT.  09/03/00 (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 Regt., Capt.  L.J. Oliver.

    2/Somerset L.I., Capt.  A.G. Boyle.

    East Yorkshire Regt., Capt.  H.A.N. Forte, Lts.  W.E. Campion, A.E. Masson, and J.R. Keys.

    4/Derbyshire Regt., Capt.  E.  Burden-Bailey.

    Thorneycroft’s M.I., Capt.  the Hon.  Piers St.  Aubyn.

    1/Loyal North Lancashire Regt., Lts.  H.A. Robinson, W.H. Creak, and Smiley.

    2/King’s Royal Rifles, Lt.  H.F. Foljambe.

    RAMC, Lt.-Col.  R.F. Barrow, Majs.  J.C. Jan and A.  Hosie, Capt.  F.  Smith, Lts.  Offord, Smith and Harrington.

    Civil Surgeons, Mayo, Donald, Hunter, Crawford, Turton, Wood, Page, Wrate, and Brownrigg.

    Civil Vet.  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 Regt.

 

LT.  10/03/00 (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 Teneriffe 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 .

                    

LT. 12/03/00 (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 Regts.  She sailed at 4:30 p.m. from Southampton .  Some of the officers were:

    Staff of the 8th Division, Col.  G.E. Harley, C.B.; Lt.-Cols.  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, C.M.G., Thynne, and Fisher; Lts.  Burgoyne, J.  Lawrence, and Rashleigh; and Mr. Wormaid.

    7the D.G. Capt.  M.F. Gage

    R.G.A., Capts.  G.G. Traherne, H.H. Harvest, C.E. Hill, and W.F.T. Corrie

    Brit.  Counsul-Gen.  at Delagoa Bay, Capt.  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, Lt.-Col.  J.K.M. Witham; Majs.  C.V.E. Laurie and J.  Mackie; Capts.  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; Lts.  H.  Keswick, W.  McCall, Sir W.  Jardine, and J.T. Scriven; 2nd Lts.  H.S. Gladstone, J.B. Neilson, F.W. Dudgeon, W.W.M. Brunton, W.F. Graham, and Stormont-Darling; Capt. & Adj.  F.J. Carruthers, Lt. & Qm.  W.E. Webb, and Civil Surgeon F.E. Taylor.

    4/North Staffordshire Regt, Lt.-Col.  R.  Mirehouse; Major F.R. Twemlow; Capts.  C.  Wedgewood, D.G.O. Saunders-Davies, G.P. Bull, R.N. Fane, F.H. Wedgwood, C.B. Webb, and C.  FitzH.  Bill; Lts.  W.E. Blagg, O.  Hawkshaw, W.M. Levett, B.H. Wedgwood, I.R. Limbert, A.M. Stapylton and F.O. Koebel; 2nd Lts.  C.  Lyon, P.  Lyon, C.  Thomas, R.N. Ryder, C.  Mosley, C.W. Moore, and E.F.S. Henderson (attached); Capt. & Adj.  E.S. Pipe-Wolferstan and Civil Surgeon M.F. Ellis.

           

LT.  13/03/00 (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 Gen.  Hosp., 4 civil surgeons, and 22 nurses.  The staff of the #10 Gen.  Hosp.  consists of 8 officers, 1 Sgt.-Maj.  and 118 men.  The following are listed: Lt.-Col.  W.W. Blake; Majs.  Clements and Freeman; Capts.  Steele, McMunn, Watson, Butter; Lt.  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 Div.  Ammunition Column, Capt.  F.C. Poole, and Lt.  A.C. Russell with 39 men and 14 horses.

    5th Field Co.  R.E., Capts.  B.E. Morony, E.P. Brooker and J.S. Purvis; Lt.  W.S. Douglas; 2nd Lts.  L.J.N. Neville, P.B. O’Connor, and G.F.B. Goldney, with 209 men and 19 horses.

    Capt.  R.A. Vansittart and Mr.  A.A. Grist civil Vet.  Surgeon.

    10th Hussars, 2nd Lt.  the Hon.  A.K. Maxwell.

 

LT.  14/03/00 (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 to-day with 15 officers, 310 men and 241 horses.  The officers are:

    #55 Co.  I.Y. Capt.  Roden; Lts.  Jarvis, Mitchell, Cunningham, and Cunliffe.

    Bearer Co., Field Hosp.  I.Y. , Majs.  G.E. Hale and C.  Stonham; Capts.  H.  Openshaw, W.A. Sheen and A.A. Scot Skirving; Lts.  A.H. Evans and Patrick Green.

    Base Depot, Capt.  H.W. Calverly

    Vet.  Surgeon, Lt.  J.F. Spartan.

 

    The Montrose saild with about 600 on board and the Hilarius embarked the following:

    Dublin Co.  I.Y. Capt.  the Earl of Longford; Lts.  H.C.V. Stuart, Viscount Ennismore, T. R.  A.  Stannus and J.G. Blackbourne, and 116 men including the Hon.  Victor Gibson.

    Pembrokeshire Co.  I.Y., Col.  H.R.L. Howard; Capt.  Richardson; Lts.  Davies-Evans, F.T. Middleton, and B.H. Jones. 

    Yorkshire Co.  I.Y. Capt.  S.W.K. Cradock; Lts.  Watt, C.  Brook, J.W. Brooke, H.A. Lempriere and C.L. Ward-Jackson

    Buckinghamshire Co.  I.Y. Col.  l.  Sandwith; a major, a captain & adj.; Lts.  Marwood Tucker, A.  Gillon and Sir E.  Hulse.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition   14/03/00   

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.”

           

LT.  15/03/00 (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 p.m.  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 Regt.  Lt.-Col.  W.W.Ward, Maj.  E.A. Ogle, Capts.  C.S. Sotte, F.C. Maconehy, E.T. Marshall, J.A. Unett, M.J. Sweetman, and W.H. Young; Lt. & Qm.  F.G. Cunningham; Lts.  Wilson, H.E.P. Thomas, O.C. Wilkinson, II, W.  Stenhouse, B.W. Bogle, and H.R.S. Brown; 2nd Lts.  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 Regt.  2nd Lts.  C.W. Lyon and J.R. Clarke, and 100 men.

    2/Linconshire Regt.  2nd Lts.  R.E. Dawson, E.N. French, and W.J. Dugan and 100 men.

    3/Bedfordshire Regt.  Capts.  E.A. Haggard and B.P. Newbolt, Lt.  H.M.A. Hales and 100 men.  Also 2nd Lt.  L.  Paxton, 2nd Bn.

    Royal Monmouthshire Engineers (Militia) Lt. & Qm.  R.S. Walker and 25 men.

    Royal Anglesey Engineers (Militia) Lt.  J.L. Hampton-Lewis and 25 men.

    Militia gun detachments from Hythe, with 8 men each.  3/East Lancashire Regt.  Lt.  F.S. Bowring; 4/South Staffordshire Regt.  Lt.  L.P. Reeves and 2nd Lt.  L.D. Inglefield; 3/Welsh Regt. Capt.  H.H. Esplin; 6/Lancashire Fus.  Lt.  D.G.M. Dundas; 3/South Wales Borderers, Lt.  W.R.T. Clement; 3/Cameronians, Lt.  W.M. Russell; 6/Middlesex Regt.  Lt.  A.H. Harden; 5/Royal Munster Fus.  Lt.  E.P. Conway; 5/Royal Dublin Fus.  Lt.  L.N. Murphy; 6/Royal Irish Rifles Lt.  W.  Eastwood; Royal Lancaster Regt.  Caot.  G.D. Timmis.

    6/Dragoon Gds.  Lt.  J.V. Hermon.

    Reserve of Officers, Maj.  Burrell; Lts.  Hastie and Mosely.

    Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., Maj.  Walker.

    RAMC, Maj.  J.  E.  Nicholson and 3 men.

    ASC, Bt.  Col.  S.J. Lea, C.B.

    South African L.H. Lt.  Fry.

    Civil Surgeons Renton, Grace and Fremantle.

 

LT.  16/03/00 (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 p.m. with 30 officers, 1 warrant officer, 1,087 men and 3 horses.  The listed officers were:

    2/Scots Guards.  Col.  Inigo Jones; Majs.  F.W. Romilly, D.S.O., E.  Milner and E.E. Hanbury; Capts.  R.B. Finnie, S.H. Godman, A.  Stirling, W.F. Lascelles, the Hon.  C.S. Willoughby, and F.  McDowell (RAMC attached); Lts.  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 Lts.  A.  Brodie, R.S. Tempest, the Hon.  W.A. Trefusis, the Hon.  C.E. Craven, Lord G.R. Grosvenor, G.C.B.; paymaster, Lord Cardones, and the Earl of Granard; Lt. & Adj.  J.C. Heriot-Maitland; and Lt. & Qm.  W.  Jamieson

    16th Brigade Staff, Maj.-Gen.  Barrington Campbell, Capt.  E.F.O. Gascoigac, GG, and Lt. the Hon.  E.C. Gordon-Lennox.

    Chaplain, The Rev.  J.R. Wilson

    Civil Surgeon, J.H. Shelton

 

 

LT.  17/03/00 (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 p.m. with the following :

    Royal Inniskilling Fus., Lt.-Col.  R.L. Payne, D,S.O>

    Royal Lancaster Regt., Capt.  Main, Lts.  A.H. Kennedy and J.  Caddy

    Lancashire Fus., Capt.  J.T. Wood, V.D., Lts.  J.  Milnes and O.  Baron

    Royal Berkshire Regt., Capt.  A.F. Ewen, Lts.  W.P. Alleyne and R.J. Clarke

    Royal West Kent Regt., Capt.  G.  Morphew, Lts.  C.N. Watney, and W.G. Morris

    King’s Royal Rifles, Capt.  W.J.Y. Warren, Lts.  R. fF.  Davies and G.R. Wyld..

    Volunteer Electrical Engineers, Capts.  F.L. Lloyd and A.  Bain, Lts.  A.H. Pott and J.J.F. O’Shaughnessy

    #51 Co.  I.Y., Capt.  Dearae, Lts.  H.W. Ryan, J.G. Kennedy, A.  FitzGibbon and M.  Martin

    #52 Co.  I.Y., Capt.  Fraser, Lts.  C.  Hunt, J.G.B. Lethbridge, C.C. Mahony and Howall

    #68 Co.  I.Y., Capt.  J.E. Mignon, Lts.  L.C. Larksay Vyner, and E.F.H. Evans

    #57 Co.  I.Y., Capt.  Lane-Fox, Lts.  A.  Slater, T.A.S. Shepherd-Cross, and Ricardo

    #58 Co.  I.Y., Capt.  Nelson, Lts.  Johnson Whitehurst, N.S. Bretell, and Kevill Davies

    #59 Co.  I.Y., Capt.  Fisher

    Lt.  Lord Kesteven 14 Bn.  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 Regt., 29 officers and 1,000 men of the Royal West Kent Regt., 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 Regt., and 100 men of the South Wales Borderers.  Long list of named officers here.

    The Ashanti sailed with 393 horses.

 

 

LT.  19/03/00 (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 to-day 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 Regt., 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.

 

LT.  20/03/00 (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 L.I. and the Wiltshire Regts.  were embarked at Queenstown.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition   21/03/00   

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.

 

           

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition , 05/07/99 (Wednesday), Page 1, Col.  1

    The Gaul arrived Cape Town Sunday afternoon with the following: 182 men of the 23rd Field Co.  R.E. Officers listed are Major S.R. Rice, Lts.  E.V. Turner and H.L. Meyrick and 2nd Lt.  R.J.T. Digby-Jones.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition , 02/08/99 (Wednesday).  Page 1, Col.  1

    The Goorkha arrived Sunday with the following from the ASC: Col.  Bridge, C.B., Lt.-Col.  Stanley, Capt.  Foster, Capt.  Ludlow, Capt.  Atkinson, Capt.  Walton, Lt.  Pedlar and Lt.  Richards.

 

Page 1, Col 3.    The mail steamer Dunottar Castle arrived at Cape Town on Tuesday, July 25.  Among the passengers were Major Lord E.  Cecil, D.S.O. and Lady Cecil; Colonel Baden-Powell and Lieut.  the Hon.  A.  Hanbury-Tracey.  Net steaming time 15 days and 19 hours.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition , 09/08/99 (Wednesday).  Page 3, Col. 1.  Dateline Durban,

Aug.  5.

    The steamer Bulawayo brought 5,000 tons of Army Service supplies.  The Clan Matheson has also discharged 480 cases of dynamite and 20 cases of detonators.

 

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition , 16/08/99 (Wednesday).  Page 1, Col.  4.

    The Doune Castle sailed from here last Thursday morning at 7 o’clock with a company of M.I. and the Liverpool Regt.  for Natal.

    Article here on Mark IV cartridges here for South Africa .

Page 2, col.  3 & 4.  Articles on Boer  rifles and poison bullets.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition , 30/08/99 (Wednesday).  Page 2, Col.  3.  Dateline  Durban Aug.  23.

    Article here stating use of Lee-Metford cartridges in the Mauser?????  This is most interesting but I don’t believe it is  possible but interesting that Boers are buying .303 cartridges.

    The Umgeni has arrived with 114 packages of combustibles and gun-powder, sixteen of which are for Delagoa.

 

   

Cape Times Weekly Edition , 06/09/99 (Wednesday).  Page 1, Col.  1.

    Lieutenant-General Sir.  F.W.E.F. Forestier-Walker, K.C.B., C.M.G. is expected to arrive to-day by the Norham Castle.  He succeeded General Butler.

 

Page 4, Col.  4.  Dateline Durban, September 1.  Col.  Knox, C.B. arrived to-day by the Hawarden to take command of the batteries of R.A.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition .  20/09/99, (Wednesday).  Page 1, Col.  3.  Among the passengers who arrived from England on the Briton Sept.  12, were: Major Heyman, R.A., Capt.  C.H. Villiers, RHG, Col.  W.  Manning, Maj.  Young and Lt.  G.R. Frith, all R.E.

 

Page 8, Col.  1.   The Goth with a battalion if the 1/Manchester Regiment on board arrived at Table Bay late Thursday night.  The following officers were listed: Lieut.-Col.  A.E.R. Curran is in cimmand and Maj.  Simpson is second in command.  The following boarded at Southampton : Maj.  F.W.C. Jones, RAMC,  Lt.  G.B.C.R. Crisp, RAMC, 2nd Lts.  W.B. Eddowes and E.N. Fisher, Lt. & Qm.  Banker, 1st M.R. and 4 men.  From Gibralter: Lt.-Col.  A.E.R. Curran, Majs.  A.E. Sampson and J.E. Watson; Capts.  C.C. Melvill, R.D. Vizard, A.W. Marden, R.J. Bridgford,  and A.  Menzies; Lts.  A.G. Tillard, J.E.F. Crichton, C.G. Danks, R.N. Hardcastle, H.  Hunt-Grubbe, F.C.S. Dunlop, and A.V. Roe; 2/Lts.  D.M. Cogbill, H.  Fisher, F.T. Deakin, and L.  Creagh; Capt. & Adj.  W.P.E. Newbigging, 1/M.R, Bandmaster E.T. Quiner, Col.-Sgt.  and Sgt. Maj.  J.T. Haddon, Qm.  Sgt.  C.  Pike, 1/ M.R.  and 952 men.

                   

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition , 04/10/99 (Wednesday).  Page 1, Col.  5.  Quoted.

    Among the passengers, who arrived on Sept.  26, at Cape Town by the U.R.M.S. Scot were the Right Hon.  the Earl of Ava, Colonel Frank Rhodes, D.S.O., Major Panzara, Commander W.L. Grant, Messrs.  E.P. Mathers, Carl Hanau, A.  Hirsch (Algoa Bay), and Mr.  and Mrs.  C.H. Wessels.

 

London Times , 21/03/00 (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   21/03/00   

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 , 22/03/00 (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, Mar.20.  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. –   Capt.  W.J. Orr

    1/Suffolk – 2nd Lts.  Nicholson and Batt.

    1st Essex  –  Lts.  Hobkirk and Moffit.  2nd Lt.  Saunders

    R.A.M.C.  – Capt.  Addams Williams

    Remount Officer  – Capt.  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 , 23/03/00 (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 , 24/03/99 (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 Teneriffe 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- Col.  Winter, & Lt.-Col.  Walker.  Northumberland Fusiliers, Col.  Fitzgerald & Col.  Friend.  Highland L.I., Maj.  McClintoek, Capt.  Noyes.  The Buffs, Capt.  Gregson.  Northampton Regt., Capts.  R.A. Blacker & Huntsman.  Seaforth Highlanders, Lt.  Hall.  Black Watch, 2nd Lt.  Drummond.  C.G., 2nd Lt.  Roundell.  Also one officer from the Cape Mtd.  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 26/03/00 (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 - Lt.-Col.  F.F. Ditmas and Capt.  Streatfeild.

    Durham R.A. Militia - Capts.  J.  Gowand and Murphy, Lts.  R.G.M. Johnson, F.e. Belcombe, and B.T. Haslewood and 154 men.

    Edinburgh R.A. Militia - Maj.  J.E. Lee, Capt.  C.W. Brown-Coustable, Lts.  H.F. Locock, G.W. Lee, and A.G. Thomas and about 154 men.

    Border Regt. - 140 men.

    1st Gloucestershire Regt. - Capt.  H.E. Platt.

    King’s Royal Rifles - Major Salmon, Lt.  Lynes, and 2nd Lts.  B.  Seymour, R.H. Seymour, Rose, Brown and Abadie and 420 men.

    Durham L.I. - Lts.  Lang and Scott, 2nd Lt.  Hamilton Grace, and 100 men.

    Highland L.I. - 2nd Lts.  Gibson and Stevenson and 100 men.

    1st Royal Highlanders - Capt.  Wilson-Farquharson

    2nd Seaforth Highlanders - 2nd Lt.  Clive and 100 men

    Reserve of Officers - Lt.  Radcliffe

    North Lancashire Regt. - Lt.  Berkeley

    Royal Irish Rifles - A company

    Rifle Brigade - Lt.  Aspinall, 2nd Lts.  Verney, Lindsay, and Bassett and 220 men.

    No.  11 General Hospital - Majs.  H.  Carr and E.J. Lawless, Capt.  C.T. Vanhill, Lts.  H.P.W. Barrow, J.R. Tomory, A.H. MacDougall and Clay, Lt. & Qm.  E.  Houghton, Civil Surgeons A.  Gilmour, E.  Goddard, J.  Hibbert, W.  Steel, J.  Whelan, Rowell, Bodington, and Atkinson and 110 men.

    Royal Garrison Artillery - Lts.  W.G. Haig and J.  de L.  Pollard-Lowsley, 2nd Lts.  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. - Lts.  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. - Capts.  G.G. O’N Ray, and A.S.C. Holbrook.

    I.Y. - Capt.  Pirie

    4/ Somerset L.I. - Lt.  W.E. Long

    16th Lancers - 2nd Lt.  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 - Capts.  H.  Wiltshire and E.J. Webley-Parry-Pryse, Lt.  G.S. Clive

    1/East Kent Regt. - 2nd Lt.  Trusman

    10th Hussars - Lt.  Sir J.  Milbanke

 

    The America sailed after the Umbria with 6 officers , 153 men and 274 horses.  They were:

    Somerset L.I. - Maj.  Lloyd, Lts.  Barry and Bally and 100 men.

    Yorkshire L.I. - Capt.  Ryder

    R.A. - 50 men with remounts

    R.A.M.C. - 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 Regt. - Capt.  D.  Plomer and 269 men (drafts).

    1/York and Lancaster Regt. - 2nd Lts.  H.V.R. Hodson, H.G. Ruel and L.  Corbyn .

    1/Devonshire Regt. - Lt.  H.  Gardiner and 2nd Lt.  W.R. Daniell and 168 men (drafts).

    3/Devonshire Regt. - 2nd Lts.  J.C. Pearce and M.T. Frost.

    1/Dorsetshire Regt. - Lt.  A.E.H. Fell

    4/East Surrey Regt. - Lt.  H.  Neild

    1/Derbyshire Regt. - Capt.  T.H.M. Hall-Green

    3/East Yorkshire Regt. - Capt.  A.  Windham

    2/Royal Fusiliers - 2nd Lt.  W.P. Hill.

    2/Gordon Highlanders - 2nd Lt.  F.  Gordon and 110 men (drafts).

    3/Royal Highlanders - Maj. & Hon.  Lt.-Col.  Scott.

    2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers. - 2nd Lt.  F.H.P. Goodwin and 100 men (drafts).

    1/West Yorkshire Regt. - Lt.  F.H. Peliew

    Royal Irish Fusiliers - Capt.  C.C. Mayne, Lts.  W.A. Cole Hamilton, H.G. Woolf and 100 men (drafts).

    Leicester Regt - 247 men (drafts).

    Manchester Regt. - 227 men (drafts).

    R.A.M.C. - Maj.  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 Regt. - Maj.  H.A. Raitt.

    I.Y. - Col.  St.  Quinton

    Post Office - Mr.  J.  Greer

    Chaplains - The Rev.  A.G. Pentreath, and the Rev, F.  Knapp

    Royal Horse Guards. - Lt.  R.A.W. Delacombe and 2nd Lt.  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 , 27/03/00, (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 p.m. 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 , 28/03/00 (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 Regt. , 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 Fus. & Cheshire Regt.  Det. No 11 Gen.  Hosp. & deyails

    Devon, Royal Albert Dock, Mar.  29.  Volunteers  – 1/Northumberland Vol.  Art., Sections of Vol.  Eng.  Corps, Devon & Somerset, Lanark, Aberdeen, Gloucester, Vol.  Cos.  Royal Fus., Dorsetshire Regt.  Det.  No.  11 Gen Hosp. & details.

    Delphis, Royal Albert Dock, Mar.31, Yeomanry – No.  69 Co.  Sussex, No.  73 Co.  Paget’s , 3rd Bn.  Machine Gun Section & Details.

    Goth, Southampton , Mar.31, Queenstown, Apr.  2, Militia  – 4/Gloucestershire Regt.(St Helena), No 6 Co.  RGA(eastern Div.), Det.  No.  11 Gen.  Hospital & details.

    Winifredian, Southampton , Apr.  1, Queenstown, Apr.  3, Drafts  – R.E., 1/Yorks. Regt., 2/Dorset.  Regt., 2/Middlesex Regt., Royal Munster Fus., Det.  No.  11 Gen.  Hospital, Remounts & Details.

    Galeka, Southampton , Apr.  4.  Yeomanry  – #50 Co.  Hants., #60 Co.  Belfast(3), #61 Co. Irish -Dublin, (2), #65 Co. , Leicester (2), #67 Co., Sharpshooters(1), #70 Co., Sharpshooters (2), #71 Co., Sharpshooters (3), #75 Co., Sharpshooters(4), 17th Bn.  Staff Hospitals(Naas), Hospital Staff(Naas), Veterinary Staff(Naas), Servants(Naas), 18th Bn.  Staff(London), Hospital Staff(London), Veterinary Staff(London), Servants(London).

    British Princess, Royal Albert Dock, April 4.  Drafts  – 2/Royal Warwickshire Regt., 2/Lancashire Fus., 2/Royal Highlanders, remounts, Det.  RAMC & details.

    Montcalm, Liverpool, Apr.  5., Yeomanry & remounts.

    Persia, Southampton , Apr.  5, Drafts – 2/West Yorkshire Regt., 1/Royal Irish Regt., 2/Gloucestershire Regt., remounts, Det.  RAMC, Details.

    Manchester Corporation, Tilbury Dock, Apr.  13.  Drafts  – remounts, Det.  RAMC & Details.

    Narrung, Royal Albert Dock, Apr.  15.  Drafts  – remounts, Det.  RAMC & Details.

    Dilwara, Southampton ,Apr.  15.  1/Leinster Regt., Drafts, Det.  RAMC & Details.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    28/03/00

p4    Dateline Lobatsi, Mar. 14.    Action at Lobatsi. Several casualties including: Allen, Mowbray, Loggy, Chapman, Hewett, Young, Wardley, Tyler.

 

London Times , 29/03/00 (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 , 30/03/00 (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 to-day with 12 officers and 203 men.  They were:

    1/West India Regt., Maj.  H.A. Hill

    2/Royal Scottish Fusiliers, Capts.  G.J. Ferguson and Buchanan, 2nd Lt.  H.C. Crichton and 100 men.

    2/Cheshire Regt., Lt.  A.S. Ash and 100 men.

    Northampton Regt., Lts.  R.W. Rawlins and J.  Wood Martin.

    R.F.A. 2nd Lt.  C.  Groves

    3/East Kent Regt., 2nd Lt.  J.E. Thomson

    2/Norfolk Regt., 2nd Lts.  P.C. Bernard and F.G. Hawksley

    A.S.C., Capt.  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 , 31/03/00 (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 to-day with 20 officers and 600 men of the 4/Gloucester Regt., under Lt.-Col.  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.

 

           

London Times , 02/04/00 (Monday)

p5e    The Tintagel Castle arrived at Cape Town on Saturday.  The Oriental arrived at Durban on Saturday.  The Umbria and the America have arrived at St.  Vincent .

 

p7a & b    The Goth sailed from Southampton on Saturday with passengers and some troops.

She emnarked 8 officers and 172 men at Southampton and will take on 19 officers and 395 men at Queenstown.  The officers were: For St Helena - Maj.  H.W. Austin, RAMC and 13 men (11 RAMC).  For Cape Town  - Maj.  A.B. Shute, Capts.  J.  Bruce and K.  Hughes, Lts.  W.  Matthews, W.  Edmeades, and T.  Goff, RGA.  and 172 men of #6 Co.  East Div.  R.A. and a few details.  Civilian Surgeon G.E. Lockyer, in medical charge.

    The Rippingham Grange sailed from Southampton on Saturday with 3 officers, 2 civilian surgeons, 3 men and 850 remounts.  The officers were: Lt.-Col.  Yeates Brown, Maj.  A.  Gould and Capt.  Streeter.  Civilian Surgeons were J.H. Bell and H.W. Phelan.

    The Carisbrooke Castle also sailed from Southampton on Saturday with passengers for the Cape including 14 I.Y. as private passengers.  She listed 13 officers and 43 men as troops aboard. Officers named for embarking in the Carisbrooke Castle were: All I.Y. 3rd Bn.  Staff, Lt. & Qm.  Pickering; 14th Bn.  Staff, Col.  A.M. Brookfield, Maj.  Sir Archibald Lamb, Capt. & Adj.  the Hon.  H.E.V. Dunscombe, Lt. & Qm.  H.T. Pomfret, & Capt.  A.  Vidler.; 15th Bn.  Staff, Vet.- Lt.  H.C. Taylor & Lt.  T.E. Topping; 19th Bn.  Staff, Col.  H.  Paget, C.B., Maj.  G.  Bagot, Capt.  McLachlen, and Lt. & Qm.  Shaw.

    The Winifredian sailed  Sunday night at 7 p.m.  with 30 officers, 704 men and 167 horses.  She will embark 3 officers, 300 men and 290 horses at Queenstown.  Those named were:

    1/Essex Regt., Lt.-Col.  C. Wood

    2/Royal Highlanders, 2nd Lt.  R.G. Webber.

    West Riding Regt., Capt.  K.  Macleod.

    3/Hants.  Regt.  Lt.  F.W. Earle.

    4/Rifle Brigade, Capt.  E.A. Dawson and Lt.  G.P.A. Cox.

    3/Royal Irish Regt., Capt.  G.H.P. Colley.

    1/Northumberland Fus., Capt.  C.E. Fishbourne & 2nd Lt.  J.W. Nelson.

    4/Vol.  Bn.  East Surrey Regt.  Capt.  C.E. Ferry

    4/Lincolnshire Regt., Capt.  E.K. Cordeaux.

    2/North Staffordshire Regt., 2nd Lt.  H.S. Richards.

    Reserve of Officers, Capts.  H.  Lawless & Maitland.

    2/Derbyshire Regt., Capt.  C.R. Atkins.

    3/East Yorks.  Regt., 2nd Lt.  Hill.

    3/Scottish Fus., Capt.  Vaughan & 2nd Lt.  Thornburn

    Civil Surgeons, J.F. Dixon, A.  Balfour, A.E. Ash, W.  Ashford, G.P. Parnell, J.H. Wilkinson, C.H. Polston, J.W. Pridmore, J.C.G. Macnab, and A.R. Laing.

    Chaplain the Rev.  S.F.H. Rogers and the Rev.  F.Edwards.

 

Dateline Albert Dock, Mar.  31.

    The Delphic sailed this afternoon for the Cape with 8 officers and 225 men.  They were:

    The Sussex Co., Lts.  William Wynn, Ashby and Cory.

    No.  73 Co., Capt.  Scott and Lts.  Leslie and Webber.

    Machine Gun Sect.  Lt.  Donnisthorpe.

    15th Bn.  Staff., Capt.  Hopkinson.

 

           

London Times 03/04/00 (Tuesday)

p5d    The Sunda arrived at Cape Town on Apr.  1.  The Atlantian, from Sydney, arrived at Table Bay on Mar.  31.  The Antillian and the Roslin Castled arrived at Natal on April.  2.  The Glengyle has arrived at St.  Vincent .

    The following R.N. officers from the Powerful who were landed in South Africa, have left the Cape for England: Lt.  R.F. White, Maj.  A.G.B. Urmston, RMLI, Surgeon C.M. Beadnell, Gunner William Sims, Midshipmen G.E. Lewin & T.C. Armstrong in the Pindari; Midshipman E.G. Chichester in the Orotava and Lt.  A.W. Heneage in the German.

 

p7b    Dateline Albert Docks, April 2.    The British Princess sailed at 2:30 this afternoon with 16 officers, 398 men and 350 remounts.  The troops were drafts for the 2/Lancashire Fus., 2/Royla Highlanders, and 2/Warwick Regt.  The officers were:

    Lancashire Fusiliers, Maj.  Amber, Capt.  Radcliffe, & 2nd Lt.  C.R.J. Hopkinson.

    2/Royal Highlanders, Lt.  Innes, 2nd Lts.  D.  Campbell, A.E. Parker, & J.  Mackenzie.

    3/Yorks. L.I., Maj.  Hayes Sadler

    RGA, Capt.  Parry.

    1/Bengal Inf., Lt.  MacTavish

    Reserve of Officers, Lt.  Ferguson Davis.

    4/Bedford, Lt.  Talbot

    2/Northampton, 2nd Lt.  R.B. de B.  Hodge.

    5/D.G., 2nd Lt.  M.A. Black

    Civil Surgeon, C.H. Ralston

    Civil Vet.  Surg.  C.J. Carrick

 

    The Goth left Queenstown yesterday afternoon for Gibralter, St, Helena and Cape Town . She embarked 19 officers and 395 men of the 4th Gloucestershire who are for duty at St.  Helena.

    The sailing of the Galeka and the Persia from Southampton has been delayed until Friday.

   

           

London Times 04/04/00 (Wednesday)

p5c & d    Dateline Cape Town April 2.      The transport Chicago is leaving for Beira with a portion of the Bushmen’s Corps and horses and mules.  She also takes plant (Plate?) for the Rhodesian Railway.  A large stock of supplies and provisions is also going to Beira.

    The Nile and the British Prince arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Maplemore, from Sydney and Western Australia, with part of the Australian Contingent , and the Duke of Portland from Brisbane, with the third Queensland Contingent arrived at Table Bay April 2.  The Woolwich, from Melbourne, arrived at Natal, April 2.  The Kildonan Castle and the Pavonia have arrived at East London.  The Gaika arrived at St.  Helena yesterday and left in the evening for South Africa .

    Dateline Buenos Ayres, April 2.      The Kildona left last night for Cape Town with 720 horses, and the Surrey will leave to-morrow with 1000 horses.

 

p10c & d    Dateline Albert Docks, April 3.    The Devon sailed this afternoon for the Cape with 17 officers and 516 men and 179 horses.  The officers listed were:

    R.A.  Maj.  Harvey Scott, Capt.  J.  Wreford, Lts.  H.S. Bell, W.C. M’Carthy, R.  Wilson and W.  Dotchin.

    Royal Fusiliers, Capt.  W.S. Friedberger, and Lts.  E.  Reilly and A.  Tyle.

    R.E., Lts.  E.S. Paton, J.  Lang, R.A. Duthie, and E.S. Ricketts.

    Dorset Regt., Lts.  R.  Lano and M.J. Wheatley.

    Civil Surgeon F.B. Mudd.

 

    The Winifredian arrived at Queenstown yesterday morning and embarked 6 officers and 328 men and 300 remounts, bringing a total of 38 officers, 1,005 men and 497 remounts for the Cape.  She sailed at 7 p.m.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition   04/04/00

p1    Dateline Lobatsi Mar. 16.    Here mention of Lt. Tyler being killed by a shell yesterday.

 

p13    Dateline 15 Feb. 1900. Here a summary of events and discussion of local loyalties to date along the Plumer line.

 

London Times 05/04/00 (Thursday)

p5c    Dateline Cape Town April 3.    The Milwaukee, with Gen Cronje, Col.  Schiel and 1,000 Boer prisoners on board sailed for St Helena this evening.  The Niobe is escorting.

    The Tagus arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Kildonan Castle and the Trojan arrived at Natal April 3.

 

p7c    The Canada with about 500 refugees arrived ar Southampton yesterday morning from the Cape.

 

London Times 06/04/00 (Friday)

p5c    Dateline Cape Town, April 4.    The Atlantian and the Euryalus, with the Australian Bushmen, are sailing for Beira.

 

p5e    The Britannic and the Avoca(hospital ship) arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Cephalonia, from Table Bay, has arrived at East London.  The Sunda, from London and Table Bay, arrived at Algoa Bay April 4.  The hospital ship Nubia, for Southampton , left Table Bay on Wednesday with sick and wounded.

 

           

London Times , 07/04/00 (Saturday)

p7b    The Bavarian arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Umbria left St.  Vincent on Apr.  5.  The Rakaia left Teneriffe on Apr.  5.

 

p12c & d    The Galeka sailed from Southampton last night with 63 officers and 1,019 men and 53 horses for service in Rhodesia.  She will call at Teneriffe and then sail directly to Beira.  Those named are:

    Imperial Yeomanry  – Lt.-Cols.  R.K. Parke, and St.  L.  Moore; Major S.J. De Burgh; Captains, R.L. Moore, C.  Barton, Sir Savile Crossley, A.  Nicholson, W.A. Peake, T.A. Hill, T.A. Martin, M.B.C.W. Warden, and H.C. Carden; Lieutenants, H.I. Fuller, D.  Marriott, W.C. Newton, Sir A.H. Armstrong, C.C. Macdowell, C.  Langford, H.I. Curley, C.I. Dyke, The Earl of Fingall, R.  Lamb, Sir R.  Nelson-Rycroft, Harvey Dales, R.B. Muir, ?.  A.  Belville, Sir F.F.C. Fowke, C.E. Challiner, J.H. Coles, L.E. Pilkington, J.H. Torrance, W.N. Clark, H.  Andrew, Sir W.F. Miller, N.  Hotchkiss, M.A. Peach, I.W.A. Parr, F.W.J. Jones, H.C. Harvey, J.  Browne, J. Corbet Warde, P.  Gabbett, O.N. Seagrave, H.C. Ca;dwell, T.S. Mulland, and J.A.G. Hamilton; Vet.  Officer F.  Gregory; Dr.  Whyte.

    Rhodesia Field Force  – Majors G.  Wright, A.  Paria, G.E. Giles, Lt.  A.G. Lindsay; Civil Vet.  Surgeon S.  Stockman; Surgeon H.N. Pelly; Capt.  J.  Hasler; Lt.  A.  Smith-Dorrien; Civil Vet.  Surgeon E.C. Norgate.

    40 Maxim guns for the use of Colonial Troops have been despatched to Southampton for loading in the Scot, due to sail today.

 

p13c    A telegram from Cape Town announced that the Mexican and the Winkfield collided 80 miles from Cape Town .  The Mexican was abandoned sinking.  The Winkfield had sailed from Albert Docks on Mar.  13.  with 15 officers, 310 men and 241 horses.  The Mexican was carrying passengers.

 

London Times 09/04/00 (Monday)

p5e    The Montrose and the Winkfield arrived at Cape Town April 6.  The British Prince has arrived at Algoa Bay.  The Urmston Grange, from Table Bay, has arrived at Port Elizabeth.  The Avondale Castle arrived at Natal April 6.  The Delphic passed Teneriffe April 6.  The Winifredian has arrived at Las Palmas .

    Dateline Buenos Ayres, April 8.  The Iona left here yesterday with 902 horses and the Mary Park left to-day with 810 horses, both for Cape Town .

    Dateline Cape Town April 7.  The Bavarian has arrived here.  She reported speaking with the disabled Mount Lebanon in mid ocean.

 

p7 a & b    The Persia sailed from Southampton on Saturday with 31 officers, 472 men and 190 horses.  Those named were:

    2/West Yorkshire Regt., Capt.  B.  Metcalfe Smith.

    3/York & Lancaster Regt., Lt.  R.D.C. Harley.

    1/Royal Irish Regt., 2nd Lts.  J.L. Cotter & G.A. O’Callaghan.

    1/Sussex Regt., Lts.  E.F. Villers & F.W.B. Willett.

    2/Gloucestershire Regt., Capt.  J.W. Wingfield Digby

    5/Middlesex Regt., Lt.  F.E. Hodder.

    RFA, 2nd Lt.  P.  Sheppard.

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon, J.A. Russell

    2/Welsh Regt., Capt.  W.  Charleton.

    1/East Kent Regt., Capt.  A.G. Trollope.

    2/East Kent Regt., Maj.  G.V. Dawglish, Lt.  H.  Engelback, 2nd Lts.  F.M. Ransford, P.C. Harland & F.W. Tomlinson.

    3/Duke of Cornwall’s L.I., 2nd Lts.  E.E. Barrow & J.E.S. Trelawny.

    RAMC, Lt. & Qm.  William Clarke.

    AOD, Capt.  McCheane & Lt.  E.  Robertson

    Army Pay Dept., Lt.-Col.  G.H. Moore-Lane, & Capt.  H.  Vowell.

    Civil Surgeons, H.K. Ramsden, J.W. Thomson, & W.B. Bennett.

    Chaplains, The Rev.  E.S. Goudge, & the Rev.  J.J.M. Cowper.

    6/Royal Fus., 2nd Lt.  Waley.

 

    Later Saturday the mail steamer Scott sailed with 39 Vickers-Maxim guns and other munitions.  She carried, as ordinary passengers the following officers;

    Staff, Capt.  A.G. Ferguson.

    South Wales Borderers, Capt.  H.G. Casson.

    Worcestershire Regt., Capt.  A.F. Custanee.

    Warwickshire Regt., Maj.  G.R. Powell.

    RFA, Capt.  C.J.N. Morris

    C.G., Capt.  R.J. Marker

    Post office Corps - 8 men

    Nursing sisters - 2

 

    The Pembroke Castle arrived at Plymouth at 6 o’clock yesterday morning with 216 sick and wounded from South Africa .  Of the total only 78 were wounded.  Those named were:

    Welsh Regt., Maj.  Ball.

    East Kent Regt., Capt.  Marriott.

    A & S Highlanders, Lts.  Cuningham and Muir

    1/Essex Regt., Lt.  Thomson

    RFA, Lt.  Boyd

    2/Seaforth Highlanders, Lt.  Waterhouse.

 

    The Greek arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with 16 officers and 160 men, sick and wounded.

    The Majestic brought to Southampton last evening 40 officers and 310 men, sick and wounded.

 

London Times , 10/04/00 (Tuesday)

p5b & c    Dateline East London, April 5.    The third contingent of New Zealanders will sail for Beira to-morrow on the Ujina.

    The Braemar Castle arrived at Cape Town April 8.  The Aurania has arrived at Cape Town .  The British Princess, for Cape Town , has passed Las Palmas .  Correction - The hospital ship  Nubia left Cape Town for Southampton with sick and wounded on Apr.  7 , not Apr.  4.

    Dateline Sydney, April 9.    The Armenian has arrived here.

 

p12b    "Gen.  the Hon.  Sir Percy Feilding has been selected for appointment as colonel of the Suffolk Regt.”  My note.

 

London Times 11/04/00 (Wednesday)

p4e & f    Note here article on Army Medical Dept., location of field hospitals, No.  of beds, etc.  My note.

 

p5d    The Briton and the Gaika arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Sunda arrived at Natal on April 7.  The Urmston Grange left Algoa Bay April 9, for East London.

 

p12b    From the London Gazette, Tuesday, April 10.  "The Suffolk Regt. - Gen.  the Hon.  Sir P.R.B. Feilding, K.C.B., to be Colonel, vice Gen.  J.M. Percival, C.B., deceased.” My note.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    11/04/00

p2 & 3    Dateline Gaberones, Mar. 24.  Snyman’s attack on the 15th and shelled Lobatsi on the 17th , then returned to Mafeking.

    Dateline Mar. 28.  Col. Plumer’s forces to recon. within 12 miles of Zeerust on 27th

 

p4    Dateline Maritzburg, Apr. 5.  Here a list of Boer casualties from Boer List #31, dated 18 Jan. 1900.

 

p12    Here parts of a letter from a wounded soldier taking part of the thwarted attack on the Boer Fort at Crocodile Pools.

 

p 13    Here story of the collision of the Mexican and Winkfield about 80 miles N.W Robben Island.

 

London Times 12/04/00 (Thursday).

p3d    Dateline Sydney, April 11.    The Manchester Port and Manhattan have arrived here.

 

    The Custodian arrived at Cape Town on Tuesday.  The Dunera arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Hilarius arrived at Table Bay April 10.  The Aurania, from Table Bay, has arrived at Algoa Bay.  The Avoca, from Table Bay, arrived at Natal April 10.  The Urmston Grange and the Nile, from Table Bay, arrived at Natal April 11.

 

    Dateline Buenos Ayres, April 11.     The Bellona left here to-day for Cape Town with 612 horses.

           

London Times , 13/04/00 (Friday)

p3d    Dateline Cape Town , April 12.    The Lake Erie will soon sail with Boer Prisoners for St.  Helena.

    The Glenmorven, from Fiume, and the Monterey, from Halifax (Carrying Lord Strathcona’s Canadian Contingent) have arrived at Table Bay.  The Britannic, from Algoa Bay,  arrived at Table Bay , April 11.  The Formosa, for Beira, left Lorenzo Marques, April 11.  The Hawarden Castle and the Yorkshire have arrived at East London.  The Galeka arrived at Teneriffe at 6 a.m. and left at noon for Cape Town .

 

p5b    The following invalid officers have left for England on the Orotava, March 31.

    2/East Surrey Regt., Maj.  H.L. Smith, Maj.  H.P. Treeby.

    Royal Navy, Mr.  Chichester.

    18th Hussars, Capt.  Hon.  H.S. Davey.

    16th Lancers, Capt.  A.G. Dallas.

    1/Liverpool Regt., Lt.  G.H. Brush.

    1/Suffolk Regt., Maj.  E.A. Kemble.

    1/Sussex Regt., Lt.  R.C. Griffin

    1/Essex Regt., Lt.  A.P. Churchill.

    2/South Yorkshire Regt., 2nd Lt.  A.C.G. Luther.

    1/Highland Light Inf., 2nd Lt.  W.N. Fraser

    2/Seaforth Highlanders, Capt.  E.A. Cowans.

    1/Gordon Highlanders, 2nd Lt.  W.B.J. Mitford.

    ASC, Capt.  S.L. Reynolds, RAMC, Maj.  F.A. Harris.

    And 203 sick and wounded men.

    For duty are: Maj.  Burnside, RAMC., Chaplain Rev.  Ree, 4 lady nurses and 8 officer’s servants

 

    The Austral left for England April 5 with the following invalid officers: Col.  Henderson, Staff in charge.

    5th DG.  Lt.  Hon.  R.L. Pomeroy.

    18th Hussars, Lt.  A.C. McLachlan.

    1/East Lancashire Regt., 2nd Lt.  Bonnyman.

    2/Royal Irish Rifles, Maj.  Seton, Capt.  Bell.

    RHA., Maj.  Brecks, Lt.  Thompson

    2/South Wales Borderers, Capt.  Van Straubenzee.

    2/ Duke of Cornwall’s Light Inf., 2nd Lt.  Grigg.

    RAMC, Maj.  Moleworth

    And 177 sick and wounded men.

 

London Times , 14/04/00, (Saturday)

p3c    Dateline Cape Town April 13.    The transport Mount Lebanon, with horses on board, has arrived here.  She broke her shaft in mid-ocean and was towed 2,000 miles by the Empress, a Tyne collier.

 

London Times , 16/04/00 (Monday)

p3c & d     The Bavarian, from Algoa Bay, arrived in, and departed from Natal, April 12.  The British Prince, from Algoa Bay arrived at Natal , April 13, and the Hawarden Castle arrived April 14 at Natal.  The Dunera and Custodian have arrived at Algoa Bay.  The Persia arrived at Las Palmas .

 

p8a & b    General Sir George White arrived at Southampton on Saturday in the Dunvegan Castle.

    The Canada sailed from Southampton on Saturday with 74 officers, 30 nurses, 1,434 men and 23 horses.  Officers listed were:

    Imperial Yeomanry  – Lt.-Col.  R.B. Covin, C.O., Maj.  H.A. Anderson, Capts.  R.  Golightly, D.S.O., H.  Barlow, Viscount Maitland (Adj.), T.  Walcot (Medical officer), E.  Chadwick, H.C. Colvin, B.H. Piercey, S.R. Crosfield, H.  Bonham; Lts.  Sir J.R.G. Sinclair, L.F.A. Barlow, L.D. Passy, E.  Cristie, Hon.  L.  Amilles-Lado, J.H. Patterson, C.J. Fauval, J.H. Crane, P.T. Bell, W.L. Thursby, H.B. Magniac, W.  McKie, E.A. Digby, R.  Wynne(Qm.), D.C. Barningham (Vet.  Surg.), G.  Moore, J.W.S. Dalrymple-Clark, T.M. Greer, F.  Sowler, A.A. Hopkinson, R.H. Cawley, C.R. Pilkington, E.D. Johnson, F.A.B. McRae, H.W.F. Musgrove, G.J. Codrington, A.F. Watt, J.B.H. Goodden, T.M. Broadbent, C.  Sawrey-Cookson, H.G. McKenzie-Rew, Lord Zouche, L.  Pelly, O.B. Rickards, A.E.G. Batt (Vet.  Surg.)  F.  Ewart, B.  Jones, F.  Gore, and F.  Madan.

    Welsh Hospital  – Maj.  Cockerill, RAMC, Prof.  Jones, Messrs.  Roberts, Evans, Davies, Carter (Qm.),A.W. Hughes (Secretary); Dressers, A.C. Oliver, R.H. Hughes, E.L. Jenkins, J.H. Jenkins, Eames, Stephens; Nurses Lloyd (Matron), A.  Williams, B.  Williams, Lewis, Sage, Martin, Jones, Owen, Pughe, Lloyd.

    A.O.D.  – Capt.  McCann (C.G.O.)

    I.Y. Staff XX Bn.  – Mr.  J.  Steele,

    Army Nursing Service Reserve, Nursing Sisters, M.  Goodline, C.L. Agg,, M.C. Fraser, F. Macdonald, M.  Patterson, A.N. Martin, M.G. Denton, A.D. Hook, E.E. Cockburn, H.L. Henderson, E.A. Handcock, A.V. Latham, C.L. Travis, J.  Overbeek, M.T. Enright, M.A. Cain, G.A. Boys.

    Chaplain  – Rev.  Rockliff

    R.A.  – Capt.  Baker.

    Civil Surgeons  – Messrs.  Fortes-Leslie, Corby, Pamsay, Smith, Worth.

 

    The Gaul sailed Saturday with a Vol.  Co.  of Cameron Highlanders.

 

       

London Times , 17/04/00 (Tuesday)

p3c    The Umbria and the America arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Ashanti arrived at Table Bay April 12.  The Algeria left Table Bay for Durban, April 14.

 

p4a    Dateline Albert Docks, April 16.    The Narrung sailed to-day with 23 officers, 199 men and 191 horses.  The following are the named officers:

    A.O.C.  – Maj.  A Samut

    Remount officer  – Capt.  Jackson

    17th Lancers – Lt.  Hon.  W.R. Wyndham

    8th Hussars  – 2nd Lts.  Lord Hindlip, T.  Morris, N.L. Calvert, R.  Anketell-Jones.

    6th Dragoons  – 2nd Lts.  A.W. Swanston, C.R. Terrott, A.E. Gibbs

    Civil Vet.  Surg.  – J.G. Stanley-Clarke

    Civil Surgeons  – H.  Browning, A.M.G. Walker, J.G. Martin, H.A. Scott, H.H. Hollick, H.C.W. Wood, H.G. Brown, J.W. Miller, J.C. Ramsay.

    Royal Malta Militia  – Lt.-Col.  R.P. Samut.

 

    The Doune Castle arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning with 101 invalid officers and men.

 

London Times , 18/04/00 (Wednesday)

p3 a , b & c    Dateline Beira, April 14.    The Atlantian, the Maplemore, and the Euryalus have arrived here with Australian Bushmen under command of Lt.-Col.  Airey.  There were 1,100 men and their mounts, about 1,200 mules and transport vehicles.

    The Palatina and the Bulawayo, with railway material, are also in the harbour.   

 

    Dateline St.  Helena, April 16.    The Milwaukee landed Boer prisoners to-day at St. Helena.

 

    The Jamaican arrived at Natal April 16 and left yesterday for Table Bay.  The Columbian, for Beira, left Table Bay April 16.

 

    Dateline Buenos Ayres, April 17.     The Nyanza left to-day for Cape Town with 860 horses and the Induna follows this week with 950 horses.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    18/04/00

p1    Dateline Gaberones, 01 April.    Yesterday morning Col. Plumer with 270 mounted and a few dismounted men and 1 Maxim, arrived at Ramathlabama where they left the dismounted men and the Maxim. The column followed the railway line south to within 6 miles of Mafeking. Here they encountered the enemy and a running battle was fought back to Ramathlabama where the Maxim came into play.  Here a list of the killed, wounded and missing, etc.

 

London Times , 19/04/00 (Thursday)

p3b    The Glengyle arrived at Cape Town , April 17.  The Oriel arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Pavonia, from Algoa Bay, the Custodian and Lindula, from Table Bay, the Muttra, from Bombay, the orient, from Natal and the Cephalonia have arrived at East London.  The Siberian and the Uganda have arrived at Algoa Bay.  The Formosa, from Beira, arrived at Lorenzo Marques, April 17.  The Delphic arrived at St.  Helena, April 17 and left for New Zealand ports via the Cape.

 

p8b & c    The Dilwara sailed from Southampton yesterday with 52 officers, 1 warrant officer, 1,323 men and 5 horses.  Of the total,  28 officers and 1,049 men were of the 1/Leinster Regt.  The officers listed were:

    1/Leinster Regt.  – Lt.-Col.  H.  Martin; Majors A.T.G. Foulerton, W.  Seton, T.H. Savert; Captains S.R.L. White, H.N.C. Dickinson, T.F.W. Ricketts, J.  Craske, R.F. Legge, G.L.P.P. O’Shea; Lieutenants J.D. Mather, B.J. Jones, C.R. Macdonald, J.D. Waddell, H.C. Leincester, C.E. Martin, P.  McCausland, R.M. Raynsford; 2nd Lieutenants J.F. Scobell, W.  Wandby, O.M. Denison, R.A.H. Orpen-Palmer, T.H. Butler-Kearney, N.S. Brooke; Capt. & Adj. T.R. Dugan, Lt. & Qm.  G.  Garrett.

    2/Lincolnshire Regt.  – Capt.  C.  Gaitskell, Lt.  F.G. Springs, 2nd Lts.  C.R.B. Aked, R.D. Warren.

    R.A.  – Capt.  C.B. Simonds

    A.O.D.  – Capt.  P.G. Davies, Lts.  W.A. Phillips, F.H. Quennell

    Scots Guards  – Capt.  A.  Stirling

    3/Leinster Regt.  – Lt.  V.  Shortt.

    Chaplains  – The Revs.  D.  Lane, W.R. Paterson, Dowding

    4/K.R.R.C.  – Lts.  A.H. Catheart, R.L.C. Hobson

    4/Rifle Brig.  – Lt.  B.G.R. Oldfield

    I.Y.  – Lt.  H.  de Ferville, Dr.  Laffan, Civil Surgeons, W.H. Hunter, W.H. Odlum, T.C. Caldwell, J.J. O’Reilly.

    2/Royal Lancaster Regt.  – Capt.  Lethbridge

    A.S.C.  – 2nd Lt.  Cutbill

   

    To Cape Town for Mauritius, R.G.A.  – 2nd Lts.  C.A. Johnstone Smith, F.E. Koeled.

 

    For the Rambler  – Sub-Lt.  C.L. Young.  For the Doris  – The Rev.  W.M. Tod, Chief Boatswain B.W. Mahoney.

 

    The Dictator arrived at Southampton last evening with 2 officers and 109 invalids .

 

London Times 20/04/00 (Friday)

p3c    The Urmston Grange, from Natal, has arrived at East London.  The Formosa, for Beira, left Lorenzo Marques, April 18.  The Templemore arrived at Table Bay April 18.

 

       

London Times, 21/04/00 (Saturday)

p7c & d    The following have arrived at Table Bay by April 19: From London, the Louisiana, the Venetia, the Rydal Hall and the Siberian; from Cardiff and Gibralter, the Mombasa; from St.  John, N.B., the Menantic; and also the Montenegro and the Surrey.

    The following have arrived at Natal: The Columbian, from Table Bay, the Dunera , from Algoa Bay, the Lindula, from East London, and the Mohawk, all on April 18; the Algeria, from Table Bay, on April 19; the Pavonia, from Algoa Bay and East London, on April 20.

    The Canada, for Table Bay, has arrived at Las Palmas .  The Gaul arrived at Teneriffe April 19 and left for Table Bay Yesterday.

 

London Times , 23/04/00 (Monday)

p5e    Dateline St.  Helena, April 12.    The Lake Erie has arrived with 394 Boer prisoners including 34 officers.  The Goth has brought 400 Militia. 

    The Narrung has arrived at Las Palmas and the hospital ship, Princess of Wales has arrived at St.  Vincent.

 

p10d    A detachment of troops from Northumberland Vol.  Art., the Vol.  Service Co.  of the East Yorkshire Regt.  and the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital left Southampton in the Pembroke Castle, Saturday for South Africa .

 

London Times , 24/04/00 (Tuesday)

p5d    Dateline Sydney, April 23.    The New South Wales portion of the Imperial Bushmen, consisting of 750 officers and men with 800 horses, embarked in the Armenian this afternoon.

    The Winifredian arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Custodian, from East London, arrived at Natal, April 20.

 

p10c    The Gascon arrived at Southampton yesterday with invalids, 13 officers and 149 men.  The German also arrived at Southampton yesterday and she carried 21 officers and 162 men as invalids.  The hospital ship Maine also arrived at Southampton yesterday with 12 officers and 151 men on board.

 

           

London Times , 25/04/00 (Wednesday)

p5d    The Delphic, the British Princess and the Rippington Grange arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Rakaia arrived at Cape Town on Monday.  The Duke of Portland, from Table Bay, arrived ar Beira on the 19th.  At Table Bat, the City of Lucknow, with 851 horses, arrived yesterday; the Urmston Grange, from East London, on Monday; and the Jamaican, from Natal, on the 21st.  The Induna, for Table Bay, left Buenos Ayres on the 21st with 950 horses.  The Cavour, Table Bay for London, has arrived at St.  Vincent and the hospital ship Princess of Wales, Southampton for sa, has left St.  Vincent .

 

p10b    Dateline Albert Docks, April 24.    The Ulstermore (6,411 tons)sailed to-day with 12 officers, 494 men and 386 horses.  The troops were from: Cameron Highlanders (100), 1/Sussex Regt.(100), A.S.C.(100), R.A.M.C.(74), St.  John’s Ambulance Corps (117), and R.A. (3).  The officers listed were:

    2/Gordon Highlanders  – Capt.  A.L.H. Buchanan

    1/Gordon Highlanders  – 2nd Lt.  A.L. Davis

    4/Norfolk Regt.  – Capt.  H.G. Ferguson, D.S.O.

    6/Middlesex Regt.  – Capt.  G.W.B. Tattersall

    1/Cameron Highlanders  – Lt.-Col.  Patton-Bethune

    R.F.A.  – Lt.  R.W. St.  L.  Gethin

    R.A.M.C.  – Capt.  G.  McLoughlin, D.S.O.

    Civil Surgeons  – A.S. Arthur, Forde, Dogdson

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – W.H. Nichol

    Chaplain  – Rev.  Moloney

 

London Times , 26/04/00 (Thursday)

p5d    The Persic arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Formosa arrived at lorenzo Marques on Tuesday from Beira.  The British Prince, from Natal, arrived at Table Bay on Tuesday.  The Queensland, from Table Bay , arrived at Algoa Bay on Tuesday.  The Kelvingrove and the Horatius, both for East London, left Table Bay on Tuesday.  The Umbria arrived at Algoa Bay .  The Lismore Castle left Cape Town on Saturday for Southampton with invalids.  The hospital ship Nubia arrived at Las Palmas on Tuesday and left later that day.  She is expected at Southampton next Tuesday.  She carries 12 officers and 282 men invalided home.

 

p10a & b    Dateline Albert Docks, April 25.    The Sicilian sailed to-day with 11 officers, 507 men and 297 horses.  The officers listed were:

    2/West Surrey Regt  – Maj.Dawson

    Royal Scottish Fusiliers  – Capt.  Shortt

    R.A.  – Capt.  Robertson and some men

    2/South Staffordshire Regt.  – Lt.  Ritchie

    Northumberland Fusiliers  – 2nd Lt.  Henderson Wood and 200 men

    2/Welsh Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Davies and 100 men

    2/North Staffordshire Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Gifford Carnegy and 100 men

    Civil Surgeons  – Miller, Thomas and Dright

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – Pollard

    A.S.C.  – 100 men

    R.A.M.C.  – some men

 

    Here is a column on horse loss figures to date in shipping.  Averages 5.49% but varies within wide limits.

 

    Dateline Albert Docks, April 25.      The Austral arrived this morning with 200 sick and wounded, 11 were officers.

 

           

London Times .  27/04/00 (Friday)

p3c    Dateline Hobart, April 26.    100 Tasmanians have sailed in the Manhattan for South Africa .  The Manhattan will call at Adelaide and Fremantle for contingents from those places.

    Dateline , Melbourne, April 26.    The Victorian contingent will sail for South Africa in the transport Victorian.

 

    The Sunda left Cape Town for London via St.  Vincent on Wednesday.  The Formosa left Lorenzo Marques for Beira on Wednesday.  The Umbria, from Algoa Bay , has arrived at East London .  The Bavarian, for St.  Helena, the Urmston Grange, for Algoa Bay , and the Tagus for Natal, have left Table Bay , and the Algeria, from Natal, arrived here Wednesday.  The Uganda, from East London , has arrived at Natal.  The Dilwara, from Southampton , and the Ottoman, from Table Bay and Algoa Bay , have arrived at St.  Vincent .

 

p5b & c    Dateline Albert Docks , April 26.  Two ships sailed from here today, the Englishman and the Montfort,  carrying a total of 27 officers, 895 men and 634 horses.  The Englishman carries the following:

    R.A.  – Capt.  W.P. Napier, 2nd Lt.  Vickey and 116 men.

    R.E.  – Capt.  D.H. Ridout, 2nd Lt.  P.G. Hogg and 31 men.

    2/South Lancashire Regt.  – Capt.  G.C. Ashworth

    Border Regt.  – Capt.  J.  Norman

    1/South Lancashire Regt.  – 2nd Lts.  A.  Davidson, E.W. Milman, W.V. Hume and 98 men.

    Hampshire Regt.  – 2nd Lts.  N.E. Baxter, F.C. Moore, J.O. Hooker, C.R. Seymour, E.P. Blencowe and 166 men.

    Civil Surgeons  – Sutherland, Aldred Goodwin.

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – Symes.

    A RAMC detachment.

 

    The Montfort carries the following:

    1/South Staffordshire Regt.  – Capt.  Sears

    4/Durham L.I.  – Capt.  Shaw

    R.A.  – 2nd Lts.  Wadlow, Budgeon, and 111 men.

    3/Worcester Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Gibbs and 100 men

    2/East Kent Regt.  – 2nd Lts.  Lynch, Norman, and 100 men.

    82 men P.O. Corps.

    70 men A.S.C.

    14 men R.E.

 

Mention here of (Col.c)Compton’s Horse - Alwyne Compton

 

 

London Times , 28/04/00 (Saturday)

p7b    The Kildonan Castle left Cape Town on Thursday evening for Southampton with invalids. The Dilwara, for South Africa , has left St.  Vincent .

 

p14a & b    The Britannic has left Cape Town for England with the following sick and wounded:

    2/Life Guards  – Capt.  R.T. Ellison, Lt.  C.  Champion-de-Crispigny.

    Royal Scots Greys  – 2nd Lt.  W.  Long

    R.G.A.  – 2nd Lt.  H.C. Reeves

    1/Suffolk Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Smith

    1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers  – 2nd Lt.  C.  Ridings

    1/ Loyal North Lancashire Regt.  – Lt.  F.J. Bowen

    2/Royal Irish Fusiliers  – Lt.  W.  Haire-Foster

    4/Royal Lancashire Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  J.T. Lodwick

    Sick  – 160 men

    Wounded  – 36 men

 

    The Lismore Castle left for England on April 21 with the following:

    Col.  Brodie, Medical Staff Corps, in charge.

    R.N.  – Midshipmen Bolder and Hodson

    R.F.A.  – Lt.  Col.  J.A. Coxhead, Lt.  T.M. Archdale

    2/West Surrey Regt.  – Capt.  H.F. Warden

    2/Royal Lancaster Regt.  – Maj.  C.G. Barton

    2/Royal Fusiliers  – 2nd Lt.  E.C.Packe

    1/Welsh Fusiliers  – 2nd Lt.  A.R.H. Rycroft

    1/Border Regt.  – Lt.  C.L. Macnab   

    1/Durham L.I.  – Capt.  O.B. Harter

    1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers  – Lt.  Bell

    A.S.C.  – Capt.  J.A.R. Purvis

    Medical Staff Corps  – Maj.  Culling, Capt.  Stadden, Lt.  Selby

    Imp.  L.H.  – Lt.  Shore

    Sick  – 93 men

    Wounded  – 47

 

    The Cheshire sailed from East Langton Dock, Liverpool for South Africa yesterday and is scheduled to stop at Queenstown.  Those listed are:

    South Wales Borderers – 2nd Lts.  Morgan-Owen, Moffatt, and 100 men

    Royal Lancaster Regt.  – Capt.  Paton

    2/Bedfordshire Regt.  – Capt.  Maguire and 100 men

    2/East Yorkshire Regt.  – Capt.  McClintock and 100 men

    RAMC  – small detachment

    Rifle Brigade  – Capts.  Steward, Lowndes

    Kings Royal Rifles  – Capt.  Clark

    Civil Surgeon  – J.H. Willitt

 

    The Hellopes embarked 150 horses at Liverpool.  She will call at Southampton for more horses before sailing for the Cape.  On board were Vet.  Surgeon Anderson and 2 shoeing smiths.

 

London Times 30/04/00 (Monday)

p7d    The Ravenshoe, from London, the Montcalm, from Liverpool and the Masconomo, from St.  John, N.S. have arrived at Table Bay by 28 April.  The Kelvingrove, from Table Bay , arrived at East London , April 26.

 

p9a & b        Dateline Tilbury, April 28.  The Orotavia sailed from here this morning with 39 officers and 1,354 men ( and several stowaways).  The officers listed were:

    Royal Dublin Fusiliers  – Maj.  G.A. Shadforth, 2nd Lt.  E.  St.  G.  Smith

    2/Royal Irish Rifles  – Maj.  L.R. Molyneux-Steel, Capts.  W.  Garston, McCannon, 2nd Lts.  R.  Stewart, F.  Bristow.

    R.A. Capt.  C.C. Robertson, 2nd Lts.  C.A.H. Campbell, R.E. Harman

    3/Yorkshire  – 2nd Lts.  W.E. Franlish, T.  Whalley, H.  Hawley

    3/West Riding  – 2nd Lts.  A.C. Adams, A.W. Newton

    3/Royal Lancashire  – Lt.  Tayner

    6/Royal Warwickshire  – 2nd Lts.  Hill, Sullivan, Emerson, Shelley

    3/Norfolk  – 2nd Lt.  Miller

    3/Royal Scots  – 2nd Lt.  Trueman

    East Kent  – Capt.  the Earl of Kingston

    6/Middlesex  – Capt.  Mainwaring

    3/Royal West Surrey  – 2nd Lt.  J.N. Versturine

    R.A.M.C.  – Maj.  E.A. Burnside

    Civil Surgeons  – E.A. Wraith, N.B. Harman, W.J. Harding, A.  Pearling

    Chaplains  – The Revs.  A.W.B. Watson, A.  Boddington, W.  Forrest, F.M. Hayward, R.M.L. Lee, & Turpin

 

    The Cheshire arrived at Queenstown on Saturday afternoon from Liverpool, having on board drafts numbering 463 officers and men.  Yesterday she embarked drafts of the following:

    1/West Riding Regt.

    2/Wiltshire

    1/East Lancashire

    1/K.O.S.B.

    1/York and Lancaster, 1/Oxford L.I.

    Royal Munster Fusiliers

    For a total of 18 officers and 984 men.

 

    The Dunvegan Castle, which left Southampton on Saturday, took out 4 - 6 in.  howitzer siege train guns and 6,000 rounds of lyddite shell for South Africa .

   

       

London Times , 01/05/00 (Tuesday)

p5b    Dateline Beira, April 23(?  28) The Columbian, with the Canadian 12-pounder battery, has arrived.  The officers of the Queensland Contingent gave a luncheon on board the Duke of Portland .

    The Devon arrived at Cape Town on Saturday.  The Columbian, from Table Bay , arrived at Natal April 29.  The Ulstermore has arrived at Las Palmas .

    Dateline Cape Town, April 30.  The Nile has arrived at Cape Town from Natal with 25 officers and 252 men invalided home.  The Aurania leaves Cape Town to-day with 400 sick and wounded.

    Dateline Brisbane, April 30.  Owing to the extent of the damage to the Manchester Port on April 28, the departure of the contingent will be delayed for about 10 days.

 

p7a    Dateline Albert Docks , April 30.    The Assaye arrived this morning with 19 officers and 296 men and a few others.  The officers named were:

    R.A.  – Maj.  Curtis

    5/D.G.  – Capt.  Derbyshire

    East Surrey  – Lts.  Tyler, Hersford, Alexander

    6/D.G.  – Lt.  Wheeler

    1/Yorkshire  – Lt.  Tomlin

    1/West Riding  – Lt.  Carmichael

    F.R.H.  – Lt.  Wauchope

    I.Y.  – Lt.  Piper

    Seaforth Highlanders  – Lt.  Wilson

    R.O.D.  – Col.  Law

    D.C.L.I.  – Maj.  Teale

    2/Northampton  – Capt.  Freeland

    Canadian  – Capt.  Peltier

    A.P. Depot  – Capt.  Magee

    Surgeon Warwick, Assistant Surgeon Gillespie and Staff Sergeant-Major Gully.

 

London Times , 02/05/00 (Wednesday)

p5b    Dateline St.  Helena, May 1.    The Bavarian arrived here to-day with 1,099 Boer prisoners.

    Dateline Melbourne, May 1.    The Bushmen embarked for South Africa to-day in the Victorian.  The South Australian contingent sailed from Adelaide on board the Manhattan.

    The Ulstermore, for Table Bay , has left Las Palmas , April 30.  The British Princess arrived at Natal, May 1.

 

p6a    The hospital ship Nubia arrived at Southampton yesterday with the following listed:

    Staff  – Col.  Beckett

    19/Hussars  – Lts.  St.  Quintin, Fanshawe

    R.F.A.  – Maj.  Fowle, Lt.  Kirke, 2nd Lt.  Goff.

    2/Lancaster Regt.  – Capt.  Palmes

    2/Royal Fusiliers  – Lt.  Macartney

    2/Devonshire Regt.  – Capt.  Masterson

    2/Scottish Rifles  – Capt.  R.  Wanless O’Gowan

    1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers  – Maj.  Davidson, Capt.  Foot, Lt.  Pott

    2/East Surrey Regt.  – Col.  Harris, Lt.  Poreh

    2/Middlesex Regt.  – Maj.  Scott-Moncrieff

    K.R.R.C.  – Maj.  Kays, Lt.  Wyndham

    1/Royal Irish Fusiliers  – Maj.  Davison

    2/Rifle Brigade  – Capt.  Paley

    1/Dublin Fusiliers  – Lt.  McLeod

    Natal Mounted Rifles  – Lt.  Stiebel

    Imp.  Light Horse.  – Lt.  Hare

    R.A.M.C.  – Maj.  Kerin, Lts.  Martin, Sloan

 

    The Monteagle also landed a number of wounded at Southampton yesterday.  (no names)

 

p12a    LG for May 1.  Note Irish Guards, Capt. & Bt.  Major C.F.S. Vandeleur, D.S.O. from Scots Guards and also to special service in South Africa .

 

London Times 03/05/00 (Thursday)

p5c    Dateline Beira, April 28.    The Monowal arrived here on Thursday with 242 officers and men of the New Zealand Mounted Infantry.

 

p10f    Note here on Bt.  Maj.  Vandeleur.

 

London Times , 04/05/00 (Friday)

p5d    The Persia arrived at Cape Town on Wednesday.  The Goth and the Canada arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Woolloomooloo arrived at Cape Town from London May 3.  The formosa left Lorenzo Marques May 2 for Beira.  The Sicilian, London for Table Bay is at Las Palmas , May 2, and will be repaired after striking the dock there.  The Montfort and the Orotava, London for Table Bay, have arrived at Las Palmas .

    Dateline Buenos Ayres, May 3.    The Angola sails to-night for Cape Town with 950 horses.

 

p6a & b    The Kildonan Castle left Cape Town April 25 for England with the following sick and wounded listed:

    Maj.  Adye, Staff, in charge.

    R.A. – Staff  – Capt.  Russell

    2/ Grenadier Guards  – Capt.  Tryon

    1/Scots Guards  – Capt.  Bell

    2/Royal Lancaster Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Hausburg

    1/Yorkshire Regt.  – Capt.  Pearson

    2/Hampshire Regt.  – Lt.  French

    1/Oxfordshire L.I.  – 2nd Lt.  Fuller

    1/Loyal North Lancashire Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Case

    2/Wiltshire Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Thornton

    1/Highland Light Inf.  – 2nd Lt.  Martin

    A.S.C.  – Capt.  Studdart

    4/Royal Lancaster Regt.  – Capt.  Churchill

    Imperial Light Horse  – Lt.  Spencer

    F.A.  – Lt.  Stobart

    1/C.G.  – Capt.  Fielding ( Feilding ), Lt.  Matheson

    2/C.G.  – Maj.  Monck

    1/Suffolk Regt. – 2nd Lt.  Butler

    1/West Riding Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Wilson

    2/Royal Highlanders  – Lt.  Harvey

    1/Essex Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Woolhouse

    2/Shropshire L.I.  – Lt.  Atchinson

    1/Manchester Regt.  – Capt.  Gorges

    2/Gordon Highlanders  – Lt.  Forbes

    Canadian Inf.  – Lt.  Wilkie

    3/North Staffordshire Regt.  – Lt.  Prior

    Sick laying down, 45; sick convalescent, 206; wounded laying down, 29; wounded convalescent, 21.

    For duty on voyage  – Civil Surgeon Phillips.

 

    The Braemar Castle left Cape Town for England April 27 with the following listed:

    Capt.  Taylor, Yorkshire L.I., in charge.

    9/Lancers  – Lt.  Kincaid Smith

    R.E.  – Lt.  Sandkey

    1/Suffolk Regt.  – Lt.  Allen

    R.A.M.C.  – Lt.  Scarlett, Civil Surgeon Barnes

    16/Lancers  – Lt.  Neave

    2/Norfolk Regt.  – Capt.  Peebles

    2/Yorkshire L.I.  – 2nd Lt.  Walker

    Sick and wounded men  – Sick laying down, 79; sick convalescent, 141; wounded laying down, 25; wounded convalescent, 3.  From Natal  – sick laying down, 5; sick convalescent, 40; wounded convalescent, 3.

 

    The American hospital ship Maine left Southampton yesterday for Durban, where she will embark her full complement of invalids and return at once to England.  She is outfitted for 170 cot accommodations.  The medical staff is Maj.  James Meek, R.A.M.C., 4 American Surgeons,  3 sergeants, R.A.M.C., 7 male nurses, 11 men St.  John Ambulance Brigade, and 14 orderlies.

 

p7f    Note Mention of Bt.  Maj.  Vandeleur, I.G.

 

London Times 05/05/00 (Saturday) No military shipping mentioned.

 

London Times , 07/05/00 (Monday)

p7e    The Algeria, from Algoa Bay , arrived at Natal May 5.  The Englishman has arrived at St.  Vincent .  The Sicilian is undergoing repairs at Las Palmas .  The Orotava and Montfort were at Las Palmas , May 4.

 

p12b    The Nile, left for England May 1, with the following sick and wounded named:

    Lt.-Col.  Mapleton, RAMC, in charge.

    Royal F.A.  – Lt.-Col.  Montgomery

    2/Royal West Surrey Regt.  – Lt.  McNamara

    2/Royal Scots Fusiliers  – Capt.  Hull

    2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers  – Capt.  Higginson

    ASC  – Maj.  Ludlow

    1/Durham L.I.  – Lt. & Qm.  Liebrecht

    Chaplain  – Rev.  Pennington

    RGA  – Capt.  Fitzgibbon

    1/Leicestershire Regt.  – Capt.  Cox

    1/KRRC  – Lts.  Jelf, Sterling, 2nd Lt.  Dalyrymple

    RAMC  – Maj.  Reilly

    Middlesex Regt.  – Lt. & Qm.  Piens

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – Mr.  Sharpe

    Men sick convalescent, 199; men wounded convalescent, 52.

 

    The Oreana, with 178 invalids, arrived at Southampton on Saturday morning.  The following were named:

    1/Devon Regt.  – Lt.-Col.  Park

    RFA  – Lt.-Col.  Blewitt, Maj.  Walker, Capt.  Douglas

    5/DG  – Capt.  Holden

    1/Leicestershire Regt.  – Capt.  Drew

    KRRC  – Capt.  Beaumont

    2/Royal Fusiliers  – Capt.  Hill.

    Of the total, all but 13 were convalescent.  Five deaths took place during  the voyage.  they were:

    2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers  – Lt.  T.B. Ely

    1/Leincestershire Regt.  – Pte.  Durrands

    2/Somerset L.I.  – Pte.  W.  Stanton

    19/Hussars  – Pte.  E.  Reilly

    1/Devonshire Regt.  – Pte.  Mitchell

 

           

London Times 08/05/00 (Tuesday)

p5c    The Maplemore arrived at Table Bay yesterday.  The Roslin Castle and the City of Vienna have arrived at East London .  The Gymeric, from Otago, arrived at Natal, May 5, and left May 6 for Beira with a detachment of New Zealanders.

 

London Times , 09/05/00 (Wednesday)

p7d    The Columbian arrived at Table Bay May 8 from Natal.  The Maori, from New Zealand, arrived at Beira May 8 and later left for London.

    Dateline Perth, May 8.  The Manhattan with some of the West Australian, Tasmanian and South Australian contingents of the Imperial Bushmen, sailed from here to-night.

    Note here a Capt.  Pereira at Wei-Hai-Wei and wounded, May 7.

 

p13a & b    The Pindari left Southampton yesterday for South Africa with 14 officers, 400 men and 377 horses.  The officers listed were:

    Gordon Highlanders  – Capt.  Greenhill-Gardyne

    2/Cheshire Regt.  – 2nd Lts.  Ramsay, F.  Berkeley, and E.A. Jackson

    1/Highland L.I.  – 2nd Lt.  Craigie-Halkett

    3/South Waled Borderers  – 2nd Lt.  Crosleigh

    3/Highland L.I.  – Capt.  Anderson

    1/Royal Dragoons  – 2nd Lts.  Sir Ralph Gore, the Hon.  W.C.W. Egerton, H.  Ripley, and H.  Lambert.

    Acting Chaplain  – The Rev.  H.  Molesworth

    Civil Surgeon  – J.  Thomson

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – E.E. Wells.

 

    2nd Lt.  Allen, 1/Suffolk Regt, and 2nd Lt.  Thornton, 2/Wiltshire Regt., also sailed for home in the Kildonan Castle on April 25.  2nd Lt.  Butler, 1/Suffolk Regt.  also saild for home in the Braemar Castle on April 27.

 

    The Cymrie left Cape Town on April 18 and arrived at Southampton yesterday with 13 officers and 220 men.  2 deaths during the voyage, Dr.  Biles and Sergeant Taylor of the I.Y.

    The officers listed were:

    1/Essex Regt.  – Lt.-Col.  Tudway

    13/Hussars  – Lt.  Spencer

    RFA  – Capt.  Erlice (?)

    1/Welsh Regt.  – Lt.  F.A. Jones

    1/Argyll & Southerland Highlanders  – Capt.  Kirk, Lts.  Thorpe and Macdonald

    3/Norfolk Regt.  – Maj.  Wellesley, Capt.  Trevor

    6/Lancashire Fusiliers  – Capt.  Ezra

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition   09/05/00

p1    Dateline Mafeking, Apr. 14.  Here a short account of Plumer’s cattle running attempt.

 

Supp.  Picture here of officers of S.R.V.   No names.

   

London Times , 10/05/00 (Thursday)

p7c    The Narrung arrived at Cape Town May 8 and later sailed for Port Elizabeth.  The Galeka arrived at Beira on May 4.  The Waimate, from New Zealand arrived at Beira April 28.  The Formosa arrived at Lorenzo Marques and sailed for Beira May 8.  The Pavonia left Cape Town on Tuesday with invalids for Southampton .  The Persia arrived at Natal on May 7, and the City if Vienna on May 9.

 

p12a    The Mahratta left Southampton yesterday afternoon with the following:

    1/Hampshire Regt.  – Capt.  Hicks (in command)

    1/Gloucestershire Regt.  – Lts.  Menzies and Johnson and 200 men for St.  Helena as guards over Boer prisoners.

    Liverpool Regt.  – Capt.  Hudson.

    Balloon Repairing Factory  – 2nd Lt.  E.M.S. Charles and 29 men.

    R.E.  – Lt.  Savage, 2 warrant officers and 40 men.

    16/Lancers  – 2nd Lts.  Adams, Gilliat, Bellville, and Martyn.

    Chaplains  – Mr.  Clifford and Dr.  Fraser.

    Civil Surgeon  – Mr.  D.J. Pierson

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – Mr.  G.N. Waugh

    60 man cavalry draft

    299 horses.

 

London Times .  11/05/00 (Friday)

p5c    The Dilwara arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Induna, from Buenos Ayres, with 950 horses, left Table Bay May 9 for Algoa Bay.  The Cheshire arrived at Las Palmas May 4 and left for Table Bay.

 

p10c    The Aurania left for England May 2 with sick and wounded.  Listed are:

    Maj.  Llewellyn, 4/Somersetshire L.I., in charge

    RFA  – 2nd Lt.  Cameron

    RE  – Lt.  Forster

    KOSB  – Capt.  Thellusson

    2/Hampshire Regt.  – Capt.  Shaw

    1/Welsh Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Lloyd

    1/KRRC  – Capt.  Northley

    2/Royal Irish Rifles  – Lt.  Stevens

    2/Gordon Highlanders  – 2nd Lt.  Arbuthnot Leslie

    Remount Dept.  – Maj.  O’Neal

    I.Y.  – Lts.  Mitchell and Whitaker

    3/East Lancashire Regt.  – Capt.  Trevor-Battye

    Rifle Brigade  – Qm.  Mr.  Stone

    RAMC  – Qm.  Mr.  Lines

    Men sick, laying down - 121; men sick convalescent - 201; men wounded laying down - 54; men wounded convalescent - 38.

    Also from Natal  – sick convalescent- 115; wounded convalescent - 38.

    For duty on voyage  – Civil Surgeon Edwards and Chaplain Rev.  Mr.  Daintree.

 

    The Servia, with invalids from South Africa arrived at Southampton yesterday morning with the following named:

    Lt.-Col.  W.  Tylden RFA, in charge

    RHA  – Capt.  W.  Gillman

    1/Leicester Regt.  – Lt.  B.  de W.  Weldon

    1/Oxfordshire Regt.  – Capt.  H.L. Ruck-Keene

    2/Seaforth Highlanders  – Capt.  J.P. Grant

    2/King’s Shropshire L.I.  – Lt.  H.M. Smith

    The Servia brought 150 men.

 

London Times 12/05/00 (Saturday)

p7e    Dateline East London, May 11.    The Craigellachie, with Government stores, has been wrecked off Port Alfred.  The Capt.  and crew were rescued by the Ifafa and are on the way to Port Natal.

 

p9d    Dateline Albert Docks , May 11.    The Assaye sailed this afternoon with 97 officers and 1,265 men.  Among others, she carries 50 Canadians of Strathcona’s Horse, who arrived at Liverpool yesterday afternoon in the steamship Vancouver.

    The Mahratta arrived at Queenstown from Southampton yesterday evening with 12 officers, 131 men and 299 remounts.  She embarked, at Queenstown, 3 officers and 200 men .  Officers listed were: Lts.  Sir J.  Campbell and Sir G.  Prescott of the Life Guards.  Capt.  Hicks, Hampshire Regt.  is in command.

 

London Times , 14/05/00 (Monday)   

p7d    The Antillian left Table Bay May 12 for Natal, The Carinthia left New Orleans May 11 with 1,450 mules for Cape Town .

 

p9b    The Cephalonia left for England May 4 with Maj.  Vaughan Lee, Royal Horse Guards in charge.  The following sick and wounded officers were listed:

    RFA  – Capt.  Lewis

    1/Northumberland Fusiliers  – Lt.  Armstrong

    1/Yorkshire Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Pearson

    2/Duke of Cornwall’s L.I.  – Capt.  Mander

    Royal Irish Fusiliers  – Lt.  Stoney

    RAMC  – Capt.  Lewis

    I.Y.  – Maj.  Balfour

    6/Lancashire Fusiliers  – Capt.  Gildea

    1/Royal Scots  – Lt.  Smith

    2/Royal Fusiliers  – 2nd Lt.  Rayner

    2/East Lancashire Regt.  – Lt.  Rutter

    2/North Staffordshire Regt.  – Capt.  Saunders

    2/Rifle Brigade  – 2nd Lt.  Wood

    AOC  – Maj.  Smyth

    3/KOSB  – Capt.  Greig

    Robert’s Horse  – Lt.  Barley

    Sick laying down, 102; Sick convalescent, 259; wounded laying down, 26; wounded convalescent, 21.  From Natal, sick laying down 4; sick convalescent, 6.

    For duty on voyage  – Civil Surgeon Hunter

 

London Times , 15/05/00 (Tuesday)

p6b    The Kildonan Castle, with near 300 invalids from South Africa arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon.  The following were listed:

    Maj.  Adye, Staff, in charge.

    R.A. – Staff  – Capt.  Russell

    3/ Grenadier Guards  – Capt.  Tryon

    1/Scots Guards  – Capt.  Bell

    2/Royal Lancaster Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Hausburg

    1/Yorkshire Regt.  – Capt.  Pearson

    2/Hampshire Regt.  – Lt.  French

    1/Oxfordshire L.I.  – 2nd Lt.  Fuller

    1/Loyal North Lancashire Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Case

    2/Wiltshire Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Thornton

    1/Highland Light Inf.  – 2nd Lt.  Martin

    A.S.C.  – Capt.  Studdart

    4/Royal Lancaster Regt.  – Capt.  Churchill

    Imperial Light Horse  – Lt.  Spencer

    F.A.  – Lt.  Stobart

    1/C.G.  – Capt.  Fielding ( Feilding ), Lt.  Matheson

    2/C.G.  – Maj.  Monck

    1/Suffolk Regt. – 2nd Lt.  Butler

    1/West Riding Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Wilson

    2/Royal Highlanders  – Lt.  Harvey

    1/Essex Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Woolhouse

    2/Shropshire L.I.  – Lt.  Atchinson

    1/Manchester Regt.  – Capt.  Gorges

    2/Gordon Highlanders  – Lt.  Forbes

    Canadian Inf.  – Lt.  Wilkie

    3/North Staffordshire Regt.  – Lt.  Prior

    For duty on voyage  – Civil Surgeon Phillips.

 

London Times , 16/05/00 (Wednesday)

p7c    Dateline Beira, May 9.    The Gymeric has arrived here.  She lost 22 horses on the voyage.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    16/05/00 Nothing Noted

 

London Times , 17/05/00 (Thursday)

p5b    Dateline Beira, May 4.    The Galeka arrived here yesterday with 1,100 men, including I.Y. Sharpshooters under Col.  Parke and Col. brought by the Leitrim.

    Dateline Beira, May 5.    700 New Zealand troops arrived in the transports Wannatta(?  Manhattan), Maori, and Monowai.

    Dateline Beira, May 10.    The Hurona has arrived here with horses from New Orleans and the Jeanara with cattle from Buenos Ayres.  60% of the cattle died on the voyage.  The Canadian Artillery, with a battery of 15-pounders, has arrived.

 

p5d    The Ulstermore arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Celtic Princess, from London, arrived at Table Bay, May 15.  The hospital ship Princess of Wales, from Southampton arrived at Table Bay, May 11.  The Dilwara arrived at Durban yesterday.  The Mahratta has arrived at Las Palmas .  The Manila, for Beira, left Table Bay yesterday.

 

p10c & d    The Monteagle left Southampton yesterday with 20 officers, 462 men, and 304 horses.  The troops consist of 209 men of the Inniskilling Fusiliers, 130 men of the St.  John Ambulance Brigade and some small drafts.

    The hospital ship Oceana left yesterday for South Africa .

    The Tagus left Cape Town for England on May 10 with invalids, Maj.  Scott, Leicester Regt.  in charge.  Listed were:

    2/South Wales Borderers  – Capt.  Jones

    2/Royal Highlanders  – 2nd Lt.  Gordon

    Kimberley Mounted Corps  – Lt.  Richards

    3/South Wales Borderers  – Lt.  Wheen (?Gwynne)

    Sick convalescent  – 75

    From Natal —

    5/Lancers  – Capt.  Parker

    18/Hussars  – Maj.  Marling

    19/Hussars  – Lt.  Binny

    Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers  – Lt.  Manley and 2nd Lt.  Steward

    2/Dorchester Regt.  – Lt.  Godman

    1/Manchester Regt.  – Lt.  Deakin

    South Africa Light Horse  – Lt.  Robinson

    Sick convalescent – 167; Sick laying down – 6; Wounded convalescent – 60

    For duty on voyage  – Civil Surgeon Cooke and Rev.  Mr.  Fagan.

 

London Times , 18/05/00 (Friday)

p5d    The Orotava has arrived at Table Bay .  The Pindari has passed St.  Vincent .  The Simla left Natal yesterday woth sick and wounded for England.

    Dateline Cape Town , May 17.    The Canada sails to-day for England with wounded officers and men.Colonel and Mrs.  Neeld are also on board.

 

p11a & b    Dateline Albert Docks , May 17.    The Cavour saild this afternoon with 12 officers, 292 men and 215 horses.  The troops were drafts of the R.A., Royal Scots, 2/Yorkshire L.I. and 3/Devonshire Regts.  The officers listed were:

    Royal Scots  – Capt.  H.E.P. Nash, commanding

    14th Hussars  – Capt.  W.  Prevost

    R.F.A.  – 2nd Lts.  P.W.H. Bourchier, V.  Assex, O.F. Stanley  and Bedwell.

    8th Hussars – 2nd Lt.  E.G. Wood

    2/Yorkshire L.I.  – 2nd Lt.  J.C.H. Ackroyd

    M.S. Corps  – Surgeon Capt.  Pollock

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – J.W. Balfour

    Chaplain  – The Rev.  S.P.H. Statham

 

    The Manchester Merchant will sail from Tilbury with drafts and remounts to-morrow.

 

    The Pavonia  left Cape Town for England May 8, with Lt.-Col.  Pickwoad, R.A., in charge.  Listed were the following sick and wounded:

    10th Hussars  – Capt.  Lord Gorge Scott

    2/Somersetshire L.I.  – Capt.  Chandler

    Royal Irish Regt.  – Lt.  Mansergh

    RAMC  – Lt.  Safford

    3/South Lancashire Regt.  – Capt.  Vaughan

    1/Northumberland Fusiliers  – Maj.  James

    2/Berkshire Regt.  – Lt.  Bathurst

    1/Leinster Regt.  – Capt.  Harvest

    I.Y.  – Lts.  Middleman and Broadbent

    Sick laying down, 82; sick convalescent, 168; wounded laying down, 14; wounded convalescent, 5.

    For duty on the voyage  – Lt.  Carlyon, RAMC, and Rev.  Canon Orford.

 

    The Braemar Castle, with sick and wounded from South Africa,  arrived at Plymouth yesterday afternoon.  The following were listed:

    Capt.  Taylor, Yorkshire L.I., in charge.

    9/Lancers  – Lt.  Kincaid Smith

    R.E.  – Lt.  Sankey

    1/Suffolk Regt.  – Lt.  Allen

    R.A.M.C.  – Lt.  Scarlett, Civil Surgeon Barnes

    16/Lancers  – Lt.  Neave

    2/Norfolk Regt.  – Capt.  Peebles

    2/Yorkshire L.I.  – 2nd Lt.  Walker

   

    There were 310 men beside the officers listed.  About 30 of the men were from the Canadian Contingent

           

           

London Times 19/05/00 (Saturday)

p7c    The Cheshire arrived at Cape Town yesterday.  The Umbria, from Lorenzo Marques, arrived at Natal yesterday.  The Manchester Port, with the Queensland Bushmen’s Contingent,  left Brisbane yesterday for South Africa .

    Dateline Buenos Ayres, May 18.      The Surrey, with 960 horses, sails tomorrow.  The Beacon Grange, with 640 horses, sails Sunday for Cape Town .

p12c & d    Dateline Tilbury, May 18.    The Manchester Mrechant sailed this morning with 15 officers, 183 men ans 368 horses.  She will call at Gibralter to pick up additional troops.  The officers listed were:

    3/Derbyshire Regt.  – Capt.  G.H.B. Fletcher

    3/Yorkshire Regt.  – Capt.  R.C. Aspinall

    2/Seaforth Highlanders  – 2nd Lt.  R.  Laing

    13th Hussars  – 2nd Lts.  Gubbins and Lambert

    1/Suffolk Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Taylor

    3/Bedford Regt.  – Capt.  Dayrell

    2/Cameron Highlanders  – 2nd Lts.  Smith, McConaghey, and Erskine(for Gibralter).

    Army Pay Dept.  – Capt.  J,G,T Bruce

    R.F.A.  – 2nd Lt.  L.  S.  Biddulph

    Reserve of Officers  – Maj.  Bright-Smith

    Civil Surgeon  – J.C. Barrett

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – Crawford

 

    Major W.H. Rycroft, 11th Hussars and Capt.  Thompson, Seaforth Highlanders will join the ship at Gibralter.

 

p14d    Note.  London Gazette, Friday, May 18.    "Lieut.-Col.  J.F. Burn-Murdoch, 1st Dragoons, to be a Brigadier-General on the Staff to command the 1st Cavalry Brigade, Natal, Field Force, South Africa , with the local rank of Brigadier-General whilst so employed.”

 

           

London Times 21/05/00 (Monday)

p8a    Dateline New York, May 19.  The Corinthia, from New Orleans for Cape Town with 1,450 miles, ran ashore at Point Gravois, on the south coast of Hayti.  The Valencia has gone to Kingston for aid.

    From St.  Vincent, May 20.  The Pinemore, Table Bay for London, has put back to St.  Vincent for repair of two blades of propeller broken.  Expect 3 days delay.

 

p12f    The American left for England May 12 with Lt.-Col.  McDonnell, RFA, in charge and the following listed sick and wounded:

    3rd Hussars  – Lt.  Madden

    9th Lancers  – Lt.  Brooke

    18th Hussars  – Lt.  Cawston

    RHA   - Capt.  Ruck-Keene

    2/Royal Warwickshire Regt.  – Lt.  Harvey

    2/Norfolk Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Lyon

    2/Bedfordshire Regt.  – Lt.  Wetherall

    2/Northamptonshire Regt. – Lt.  Skinner

    I.Y.  – Maj.  Martindale Vale, & Lt.  Peacock

    RAMC  – Qm.  Mr.  Dear

    Sick laying down, 38;  sick convalescent, 225; wounded laying down, 26; wounded convalescent, 19 .  From Natal  – Sick laying down, 3; sick convalescent, 4.

    For duty on voyage  – Civil Surgeons Hutchins and Murray; Chaplain, Rev.  Letcher; Qm Mr.  Ryder, 2/Worcestershire Regt.; Qm.  Mr.  Byrne, 4/Durham L.I.

 

    The Orient left for England May 15 with Capt.  Packman, 2/East Surrey Regt., in charge , and the following sick and wounded:

    RHA  – Capt.  Monkhouse

    2/West Yorkshire Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Ross

    1/York & Lancaster Regt.  – Lt.  Gardner

    ASC  – Capt.  Black

    I.Y.  – Lt.  Rayner

    Victoria Mtd.  Rifles  – Capt.  Jenkins

    RFA  – Capt.  Becke & Lt.  Wheeler

    1/Gloucestershire Regt.  – Lt.  Ruck

    2/Dublin Fusiliers  – Lt.  Britton

    AOC  – Capt.  Tracey

    4/Royal Lancaster Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Simmons Lynn

    From Natal  – Sick lying down, 7; sick convalescent, 196; wounded lying down, 2; wounded convalescent, 11.

    For duty on voyage  – Civil Surgeon Blakiston

 

p13a    The hospital ship Lismore Castle docked at Royal Albert Docks late yesterday afternoon, having on board 16 officers and 200 men, invalids, in charge of Col.  Brodie, Medical Staff Corps. She left Durban April 18.  Officers listed were:

    Royal Navy  – Midshipmen Bolder and Hodson

    RFA  – Lt.-Col.  J.A. Coxhead and Lt.  T.M. Archdale.

    2/West Surrey Regt.  – Capt.  H.F. Warden

    2/Royal Lancaster Regt.  – Maj.  C.G. Barton

    2/Royal Fusiliers  – 2nd Lt.  E.C.Packe

    1/Welsh Fusiliers  – 2nd Lt.  A.R.H. Rycroft

    1/Border Regt.  – Lt.  C.L. Macnab   

    1/Durham L.I.  – Capt.  O.B. Harter

    1/Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers  – Lt.  Bell

    A.S.C.  – Capt.  J.A.R. Purvis

    Medical Staff Corps  – Maj.  Culling, Capt.  Stadden, Lt.  Selby

    Imp.  L.H.  – Lt.  Shore

 

London Times 22/05/00 (Tuesday)

p7c    The Montfort arrived at ct, May 19.  The Hortensius, from Southampton , arrived at Table Bay on Sunday and left for Algoa Bay .  The Cheshire left Table Bay on Saturday for Durban.  The hospital ship Simla left Table Bay yesterday for Southampton .  The Orcana, Southampton for Table Bay , has arrived at Las Palmas .

    Dateline New York, May 21.        Her Majesty’s cruiser Prosperpine has gone to the assistance of the mule transport Carinthia, stranded on the coast of Hayti on the night of May 15.

 

p13b & c    Dateline Albert Docks , May 21.    The Ottoman sailed with 6 officers, 101 men and 415 horses.  The officers named were:

    ASC  –   Capt.  E.M.J. Munns, Lt. & Qm W.F. Cox

    10th Hussars  – 2nd Lts.  W.A.H. Bass and G.C.H. Potter

    Civil Surgeon  – Mr.  A.C. McLean

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – Mr.  A.C. Fountain

 

    The Maori King sails from here tomorrow.

 

p13e    The Nile arrived at Southampton yesterday morning bringing 16 officers and 251 invalids, of whom 52 are wounded.  Lt.-Col.  Mapleton, RAMC., in charge.

    Royal F.A.  – Lt.-Col.  Montgomery

    2/Royal West Surrey Regt.  – Lt.  McNamara

    2/Royal Scots Fusiliers  – Capt.  Hull

    2/Royal Dublin Fusiliers  – Capt.  Higginson

    ASC  – Maj.  Ludlow

    1/Durham L.I.  – Lt. & Qm.  Liebrecht

    Chaplain  – Rev.  Pennington

    RGA  – Capt.  Fitzgibbon

    1/Leicestershire Regt.  – Capt.  Cox

    1/KRRC  – Lts.  Jelf, Sterling, 2nd Lt.  Dalyrymple

    RAMC  – Maj.  Reilly

    Middlesex Regt.  – Lt. & Qm.  Piens

    Civil Vet.  Surgeon  – Mr.  Sharpe

 

        

London Times 23/05/00 (Wednesday) No shipping information this issue.

 

Cape Times Weekly Edition    23/05/00

p15    No Dateline . " The Troops at Mariandellas camp are New South Wales men and South Australians, under Lieutenant-Colonel Airey. At Bamboo Creek there is a large camp, where the men wait entrainment on the broad gauge.”

 

London Times 24/05/00 (Thursday)

p7e    The Cheshire has arrived at Natal and the Ranee at Algoa Bay .  The Manchester Port left Sydney May 22 , with a detachment of the Bushmen’s Corps, for Beira.  The Manila sailed from Lorenzo Marques for Beira yesterday.

    Dateline New York, May 23.        A telegram from Kingston, Jamaica, states that the Corinthia is fast on the rocky bottom and cannot be floated.  The mules on board have been landed.

 

p9a & b    The Britannic left Southampton yesterday with 56 officers and 1,038 men for Cape Town. The officers listed were:

    Staff  – Col.  W.F. Cavaye, commanding

    RHG  – Capt.  G.J. FitzGerald

    5/DG  – 2nd Lt.  J.  Norwood

    GG  – Capt.  G.D. White, 2nd Lts.  Lord H.C. Seymour, C.  Le D.  Leslie-Melville, V.  Vivian, and B.N. Brooke.

    CG  – Bt.-Maj.  G.  Fremantle, Lt. & Adj.  the Hon.  G.A.C. Crichton, Lts.  E.T.H. Hanbury-Tracy, C.J.C. Grant, and H.A. Herbert-Stepney.

    Durham L.I.  – Bt.- Lt.-Col.  H.S. FitzGerald

    Lancashire Fusiliers  – Lt.-Col.  Sir R.  Colleton, 2nd Lts.  E.  Barlow and R.S. Allen.

    RAMC  – Maj.  M.L. Hearn

    AOD  – Maj.  R.W.M. Jackson and Capt.  Bernard.

    RE  – Capts.  T.A.H. Bigge, D.H.C. Colnaghi, Lts.  H.W. Gordon, R.A. Gillam, R.P.T. Hawkesley and R.F. Knox.

    Royal Welsh Fusiliers  – Capt.  C.H.M. Doughty.

    Royal West Surrey  – Capt.  C.  Parsons and 2nd Lt.  Watson.

    RFA  – Lt.  C.W. Scott.

    Royal Lancaster Regt.  – Lts.  W.E.S. Woodgate, E.  von Broekdorff, and H.K. Clough.

    Reserve of Officers  – Lt.  Cave-Brown-Cave

    Bechuanaland Rifles  – Lt.  H.H. Cowie

    Liverpool Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  W.J.P. England.

    1/Devonshire Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  C.E. Edward Collins.

    2/Northumberland Fusiliers  – 2nd Lt.  R.S.J. Willans.

    1/A & S Highlanders  – 2nd Lt.  J.A.L. Campbell.

    Royal West Kent Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  H.D. Belgrave.

    Assistant Civil Engineer  – Assistant-Surveyor T.H. Webb.

    Civil Surgeons  – D.  Harris and H.  Dingle.

    Post Office Corps  – 2nd Lts.  Moffatt and Woolley.

    Acting Chaplains  – The Revs.  H.D. Burton, W.H. Turpin, W.T.R. Crookham, F.H. Powell, S.  Rawlinson, and J.F. Sweetman.

    Royal Navy Reserve  – Lt.  R.  Graves.

    Royal Navy  – Sub.  Lt.  H.  Boyle, Midshipman H.T. England, Naval Cadets R.N. Suter and D.  Stuart.

    Dateline Albert Docks , May 23.      The Maori King is scheduled to sail from here on the night tide with 500 horses for South Africa .

    The Aurania arrived at Southampton on Tuesday evening with 610 patients.

    Lt.-Col.  E.H.  Llewellyn, 4/Somersetshire L.I., in charge

    RFA  – 2nd Lt.  Cameron

    RE  – Lt.  Forster

    KOSB  – Capt.  Thellusson

    2/Hampshire Regt.  – Capt.  Shaw

    1/Welsh Regt.  – 2nd Lt.  Lloyd

    1/KRRC  – Capt.  Northley

    2/Royal Irish Rifles  – Lt.  Stevens

    2/Gordon Highlanders  – 2nd Lt.  Arbuthnot Leslie

    Remount Dept.  – Maj.  O’Neal

    I.Y.  – Lts.  Mitchell and Whitaker

    3/East Lancashire Regt.  – Capt.  Trevor-Battye

    Rifle Brigade  – Qm.  Mr.  Stone

    RAMC