In this way, while Hart with the Durhams and the 1st Rifle Brigade held the Boers in front, the main body of the army was rapidly swung round on to their left flank.

By the morning of the 27th all were in place for the new attack.
Opposite the point where the troops had been massed were three Boer hills; one, the nearest, may for convenience sake be called Barton's Hill.

As the army had formerly been situated the assault upon this hill would have been a matter of extreme difficulty; but now, with the heavy guns restored to their commanding position, from which they could sweep its sides and summits, it had recovered its initial advantage.

In the morning sunlight Barton's Fusiliers crossed the river, and advanced to the attack under a screaming canopy of shells.

Up they went and up, darting and crouching, until their gleaming bayonets sparkled upon the summit.