Thanks Terry Regards ........ John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terence Whelan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 10:57 AM Subject: [BOER-WAR] Re:- Finding Soldiers > 7th (Queens Own) Hussars sailed on 30th Nov.1901 on the Manchester Merchant on arrival they were brigaded with the2nd.(Queens Bays) Dragoon Guards under a Col Lawley. The Brigade was to operate in the Winburg district and spent some time Nth of the Orange River Colony. at the end of February they took part in Gen. Elliots drive when Steyn and De Wet broke the line near Vrede and with the help of the New Zealanders drove them back capturing hundreds of prisoners and ammunition,horses and cattle. in March the Brigade was moved to Springs in the Transvaal and on 1st April were involved in severe fighting and outnumbered they made an orderly retreat to Leeuwkop taking heavy casualties they then received the support of the 7th Hussars and their guns the Bays losses were 2 Sqd Leaders 10 Ncos and 5 officers and 59 men wounded > Terry > > > ==== BOER-WAR Mailing List ==== > Boer War Reading > http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/BoerWarReading.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >