On 12 February 1900 General Buller decided on a new approach to relieve Ladysmith.
He would concentrate his efforts on a ring of hills east of Colenso and south of the Tugela River with the objective of taking Hlangwane.
The attack of Colonel Dundonald’s cavalry and three brigades of infantry on Hussar’s Hill in the early hours of the morning of 14 February forced the Boers to retreat.
