CHAPTER VII

.--THE BATTLE OF STORMBERG. Nov. 2-Dec. 10, 1899.

Mistakes of the Boer Generals--British withdraw from Naauwpoort and Stormberg--General Gatacre takes command--Advance of the Boers--Omnibus Horses for the Artillery--Conditions of successful attack--Gatacre moves upon Stormberg--The forces detrain at Molteno--The wrong road taken--The column surprised--The fight--Fatigue of the British troops--A gun abandoned--Order to retreat given--The dead and wounded left--Narrow escape of the armoured train--The return to Molteno--British losses--Disastrous results--The Boers seize Colesberg--British re-occupy Naauwpoort--Arrival of General French 110-129

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