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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MARCH OF LORD CHELMSFORD’S 
COLUMN TO ULUNDI, IN JUNE AND JULY 1819 . 
BY 
LT.-COL. J. T. B. BROWN, C.B., R.A. 
In February 1879, as soon as tbe news of Isandblwana arrived in 
England, large reinforcements were at once sent to Natal ; and I 
arrived, among others, at Durban on the 22nd March, and was soon 
ordered to join Colonel Wood's column on the frontier of the 
Transvaal. I arrived at Utrecht on April 14th, and as there was 
no immediate advance contemplated, I was kept here a short time in 
temporary command; and by the new arrangements of the troops 
I was appointed to command the Artillery 2nd Division, and I joined 
General Newdigate's head-quarters at Landman's Drift early in May. 
The division was then assembling, and eventually consisted of— 
The K.D.G.’s and 17tli Lancers, under General Marshall, 
N/5 RA., 7-pr. M.L.R. guns, under Lt.-Col. Harness, 
N/6 R.A., 9-pr. M.L.R. guns, under Major Le Grice, 
Half 0/6 R.A., an ammunition column, under Capt. Alexander. 
(The artillery of General Wood’s column, also 
under my command, consisted of— 
10/7 R.A., 4 Gatlings, under Major Owen, 
11/7 R.A., 4 7-pr. M.L.R. guns, under Major Tremlett). 
A company of Royal Engineers. 
1st Bde. *1 6 comp. 21st Regt., 6 comp. 58th Regt., and 
(Col. Glynn, cb., a battalion Natal Native Contingent, under 
24th Regt.) J Major Bengough, 77th Regt. 
2nd Bde. h 
7 companies 1/24 Regt., 
(Col Collingwood, V n n , 
OT 4. T> + \ 6 „ 94 u 
21st Regt.) J 
Some local corps of mounted men, Bettington’s Horse, and 
Shepstone’s Basutos. 
The artillery carried 150 rounds a gun and 50 rockets per battery. 
I had 50 rounds per gun in 2 ox-wagons, as a 1st reserve with the 
column, and the Ordnance Store Department had a further supply of 
50 rounds a gun near at hand as we advanced. 
