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only, at the following places:-- On September 17th at Aligarh. " " 18th at Jhansi. " " 19th at Hoshangabad. " " 20th at Deolali. Embarkation took place immediately on arrival, the transport _Sutlej_ taking five companies, head-quarters, band and drums, under Major C.W. Park; and the transport _City of London_ taking three companies under Major M.C. Curry. On the latter vessel sailed also Sir George White's Staff and the Staff of the Indian Infantry Brigade. The _Sutlej_ sailed at noon on September 21st, and it was reported that the ship was under sealed orders, and that her destination was Delagoa Bay. The days on board were occupied in keeping the men fit with physical drill, free gymnastics, etc., and with instruction in first-aid to the wounded and the use of the field-dressing and the method of adjusting it. On September 28th Agalega Island was sighted, and on the 30th the ship was off the east coast of Madagascar. On the 2nd October the S.S. _Purnea_ with the 60th Rifles on board was spoken, and communication by flag signal established, both vessels inquiring for news. The _Sutlej_ was the last to leave port, but had nothing new to communicate. At 7 a.m. on October 5th, in rough and foggy weather, the _Sutlej_ arrived off the coast of Africa, and the fog lifting about midday, she ran down the coastline for two hours, and arrived outside the bar at Durban. The ships conveying the 60th Rifles and the 53rd Battery arrived an hour later. The _Sutlej_ waited till 2 p.m. to enter the harbour, and arrived alongside the quay at 4 p.m., when disembarkation commenced at once in torrents of rain and heavy wind squalls. A deputation of the Durban "West of England" Association met the Regiment on arrival and presented an address. The first news received on landing was that war had not yet been declared, but that it was inevitable, that President Kruger had seized half a million of money on its way from Johannesburg to the Cape, and that orders had been given by him to shoot any one crossing the frontier. This may or may not have been true; a good deal of _perfectly reliable_ information was being circulated about this time. On the night of October 5th-6th the Regiment left in three trains for Ladysmith. The rain and cold caused some inconvenience to the men, as they were packed into open trucks, and obtained neither shelter nor sleep. They were new to the game then, but
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