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It was against
such abuses that the extra severity of the British was aimed.
CHAPTER 29.
THE ADVANCE TO KOMATIPOORT.
The time had now come for the great combined movement which was to
sweep the main Boer army off the line of the Delagoa railway, cut
its source of supplies, and follow it into that remote and
mountainous Lydenburg district which had always been proclaimed as
the last refuge of the burghers. Before entering upon this most
difficult of all his advances Lord Roberts waited until the cavalry
and mounted infantry were well mounted again. Then, when all was
ready, the first step in this last stage of the regular campaign
was taken by General Buller, who moved his army of Natal veterans
off the railway line and advanced to a position from which he could
threaten the flank and rear of Botha if he held his ground against
Lord Roberts. Buller's cavalry had been reinforced by the arrival
of Strathcona's Horse, a fine body of Canadian troopers, whose
services had been presented to the nation by the public-spirited
nobleman whose name they bore.


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