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On July 9th the Boers again attacked, but were again pushed
back to the eastward.
It is probable that all these demonstrations of the enemy upon the
right of Lord Roberts's extended position were really feints in
order to cover the far-reaching plans which Botha had in his mind.
The disposition of the Boer forces at this time appears to have
been as follows: Botha with his army occupied a position along
Delagoa railway line, further east than Diamond Hill, whence he
detached the bodies which attacked Hutton upon the extreme right of
the British position to the south-east of Pretoria. To the north of
Pretoria a second force was acting under Grobler, while a third
under De la Rey had been despatched secretly across to the left
wing of the British, north-west of Pretoria. While Botha engaged
the attention of Lord Roberts by energetic demonstrations on his
right, Grobler and De la Rey were to make a sudden attack upon his
centre and his left, each point being twelve or fifteen miles from
the other.


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