On March 7th was the action of Poplars Grove with heavy marching; on March 10th the battle of Driefontein.

On the 11th and 12th the infantry covered forty miles, and on the 13th were in Bloemfontein.

All this was accomplished by men on half-rations, with horses which could hardly be urged beyond a walk, in a land where water is scarce and the sun semi-tropical, each infantryman carrying a weight of nearly forty pounds.

There are few more brilliant achievements in the history of British arms.

The tactics were occasionally faulty, and the battle of Paardeberg was a blot upon the operations; but the strategy of the General and the spirit of the soldier were alike admirable..