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35 Two days later, on 25 November 1899, it was General De la Rey’s turn to try and stop the British march to Kimberley. 34 After a brief but intense battle, the Boers, unaccustomed to artillery bombardment, had had enough and they fled from the ridge by 10:00, allowing the British to continue their march to Kimberley the next day. General Prinsloo, with approximately 2 000 Boer soldiers under his command, took up position in the ridges east of Belmont station (see Figure 1). 33 The opening battle of Methuen’s campaign occurred at Belmont on 23 November 1899. 32 Two smaller contingents, 4 300 men under Lieutenant General Gatacre, and 5 000 men under Major General French, would reinforce British forces in the vicinity of Colesberg and Stormberg respectively, to stall the Boer advance on these two fronts. He would send Lieutenant General Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, with 15 000 men to relieve Kimberley, while he himself would take 21 600 men to rescue General White in Ladysmith. Kimberley, the second largest city in the Cape Colony, was surrounded by Boer forces, while General White and his 14 500 men were trapped in Ladysmith, on the Natal front. The changed military situation forced him to rethink his strategy. The importance of this change in tactics was not fully appreciated by Methuen. After this battle, the Boers realised that domination of the high ground was not working in their favour, and they decided to engage the British from an entrenched position along the Modder River. The Boers also followed conventional doctrine: dominate the high ground. 36 During the battles of Graspan and Enslin, Methuen used the conventional tactics of the time, a heavy artillery bombardment of the enemy position followed by a frontal infantry attack to dislodge the enemy from their positions. The attacking British soldiers suffered under the hot African sun, but once again Methuen used his overwhelming force to win an easy battle by attacking the Boer positions in the koppies and forcing them to retreat.
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He positioned his 2 000 Boer troops in the koppies on both sides of the railway line between the two small railway stations of Graspan and Enslin. was surrounded by Boer forces, while General White and his 14 500 men were trapped in Ladysmith, on the Natal front.
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