Buller's first objective was the Relief of Ladysmith, to which end he moved his army up from Cape Town via Pietermaritzburg to Frere, just south of the Tugela River, the north of which the Boers had placed their defensive line.
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He was wounded during the campaign and was mentioned in dispatches for his services in the engagements at Jarbinbah and Kumasi.
6th Infantry Brigade commanded by General Geoffrey Barton
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On the 14th of February Coke's brigade joined Barton's and Wynne's infantry brigades (the 6th and 11th brigades) along with the artillery in occupying Hussar Hill which had been captured by the South African Light Horse.