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The advance of Hildyard's Division was retarded, not by opposition, but by the duty which fell upon it of repairing the railway along which it advanced, and it did not reach Newcastle until May 27. On the 23rd Lytteltonand most of the cavalry were ordered up from Ladysmith. As soon as Buller reached Newcastle he sent on Dundonald to reconnoitre the Laing's Nek position.
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