Rundle with the 8th Division and Brabant's Colonial Division remained in rear of the right flank to confront any force which might turn it.

At Bloemfontein were Kelly-Kenny's Division (the 6th) and Chermside's (the 3rd), with a force of cavalry and guns.

Methuen, working from Kimberley towards Boshof, formed the extreme left wing of the main advance, though distant a hundred miles from it.

With excellent judgment Lord Roberts saw that it was on our right flank that danger was to be feared, and here it was that every precaution had been taken to meet it.
The objective of the first day's march was the little town of Brandfort, ten miles north of Karee.

The head of the main column faced it, while the left arm swept round and drove the Boer force from their position.
Tucker's Division upon the right encountered some opposition, but overbore it with artillery.