The Great Boer War By Arthur Conan Doyle












 -  The storming party consisted of
some hundreds of picked volunteers from the Heidelberg (Transvaal)
and Harrismith (Free State) contingents, led - Page 256
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The Storming Party Consisted Of Some Hundreds Of Picked Volunteers From The Heidelberg (Transvaal) And Harrismith (Free State) Contingents, Led By De Villiers.

They were supported by several thousand riflemen, who might secure their success or cover their retreat.

Eighteen heavy guns had been trained upon the long ridge, one end of which has been called Caesar's Camp and the other Waggon Hill. This hill, three miles long, lay to the south of the town, and the Boers had early recognised it as being the most vulnerable point, for it was against it that their attack of November 9th had been directed. Now, after two months, they were about to renew the attempt with greater resolution against less robust opponents. At twelve o'clock our scouts heard the sounds of the chanting of hymns in the Boer camps. At two in the morning crowds of barefooted men were clustering round the base of the ridge, and threading their way, rifle in hand, among the mimosa-bushes and scattered boulders which cover the slope of the hill. Some working parties were moving guns into position, and the noise of their labour helped to drown the sound of the Boer advance. Both at Caesar's Camp, the east end of the ridge, and at Waggon Hill, the west end (the points being, I repeat, three miles apart), the attack came as a complete surprise. The outposts were shot or driven in, and the stormers were on the ridge almost as soon as their presence was detected.

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