Letter Sergeant Major Cordon, Aldershot, describing his feelings on leaving the Battalion; lack of numbers in the 3rd Battalion and 4th Battalion; disbandment of the militia battalions; bad conditions at Harrismith; shortage of rations and clothing; good health of officers and men; surrender of 3000 Boers outside Fouriesburg; movement of the Battalion to Harrismith, Ficksburg; Hammonia and Fouriesburg; the health of Major Melville; General Rundle's praise for the mounted infantry. 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment. 1900 Oct 13