Note 264 — XVI.

These squadrons, when preparing to move from Dundee to Helpmakaar, got orders on the 20th to move to Chaka's Kraal, on the north coast. The destination was altered to Stanger and, on 21st, to Otimati, for which latter place the troops marched from Stanger on the 22nd, having by then been joined by C Battery, N.F.A. (Major Currie); Durban Reserves (Chief Leader N. Chiazzari); and the Indian Stretcher-bearers (Sergt.-Major M.K. Gandhi). The column was placed under the command of Lieut.-Col. W. Arnott.