OPERATIONS ROUND COLESBERG UP TO THE 16th DECEMBER.[185]
Schoeman at Norval's Pont Nov. 1st.
A Boer force seized the passage of the Orange river at Norval's Pont on the 1st November.[186] It consisted of the Philippolis and Edenburg commandos, with a detachment from the Bethulie district and some burghers from the Transvaal, and was commanded