White had resolved to await relief by General Redvers Buller’s army assembling to the south of the Tugela. Reinforcements were arriving from England and there were ample supplies of food, ammunition and forage for the animals inside Ladysmith. He did not expect to be shut up in Ladysmith for more than a month, or perhaps two at the most. White had brought with him two trusted staff officers, Colonel Ian Hamilton and Lieutenant Colonel Sir Henry Rawlinson. Already present in Natal was Major General Archibald Hunter, sent from India to be Chief of Staff to General Sir Redvers Buller. As Buller had not yet arrived in South Africa, Hunter was ordered to attach himself to White for the time being. Also in this picture is Major David Henderson, Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for
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