, the
Naval brigade did not reach the 1st division until 1 a.m. on
the 23rd.]

Mounted troops:--
9th Lancers.
One company mounted infantry Northumberland Fusiliers.
One company mounted infantry Loyal North Lancashire.
Half company mounted infantry King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry.
New South Wales Lancers (30 of all ranks).
Rimington's Guides.

Royal Field Artillery:--
Brigade division R.F.A.--Lt.-Colonel F. H. Hall.
18th and 75th Field batteries (15-pr. guns).[149]

Royal Engineers--Lt.-Colonel J. B. Sharpe:--
7th Field company.
8th Railway company.
11th Field company.
30th Fortress company.
Telegraph section.

[Footnote 149: The 62nd Field battery, which formed part of
Colonel Hall's brigade division of artillery, was left on the
line of communication, and did not rejoin until the battle of
Modder River.]

1st (Guards) brigade--Major-General Sir H. E. Colvile:--
3rd battalion Grenadier Guards.
1st battalion Coldstream Guards.[150]
2nd battalion Coldstream Guards.
1st battalion Scots Guards.

[Footnote 150: The 1st battalion Coldstream Guards landed
from Gibraltar on 16th November, and was detained at Orange
River, guarding the railway until the 22nd, when it was
relieved by the 1st battalion Highland Light Infantry and at
once pushed on to Belmont, where it arrived late on the night
of the 22nd.]

9th Infantry brigade--Maj.-Gen. R. S. R. Fetherstonhaugh:--[151]
1st battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.
Half-battalion 1st Loyal North Lancashire.[152]
2nd battalion Northamptonshire.
2nd battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.

[Footnote 151: Two companies of the Royal Munster Fusiliers
also arrived at Belmont from Orange River on the 22nd
November, and were attached to the 9th brigade.]

[Footnote 152: The remainder of this battalion formed part of
the garrison of Kimberley.]

The medical services for the 9th infantry brigade were furnished by
the divisional Field Hospital of the 1st division, and the 3rd brigade
Field Hospital formed the new divisional Field Hospital. Subsequently,
when the 3rd (Highland) brigade joined Lord Methuen's force at Modder
river, its Field Hospital was provided by the 2nd division Field
Hospital and the Bearer