This corps was embodied in October 1899, the strength being 373.
Throughout the war they did much good work. During 1900 they were
chiefly employed on the western railway and west of the line. A
section was for some months operating under Sir C Warren and other leaders
against the Griqualand rebels. The corps assisted in garrisoning
various important posts. Some were in Jacobsdal when that town was
attacked on 25th October 1900 (see Cape Town
Highlanders), and some were in the relieving force. In his
telegram of 31st August 1900 Lord Roberts deals with an attack on Kraarpan
station, in which he remarks: "Sergeant Southrood, Cape Garrison Artillery,
behaved with great gallantry".
In 1901 detachments of this corps garrisoned, along with the Cape Town
Highlanders and various locally raised troops, the towns in the extreme west
of Cape Colony and sundry posts right up to the border of German South-West
Africa, which were successfully held against repeated attacks.
A detachment was part of the little garrison of Ookiep.
Lieutenant J C Campbell of the CGA was, when serving with an armoured
train, unfortunately killed in an accident north of Pretoria on 8th May
1902.
The Mentions gained by the corps were:
LORD ROBERTS' DESPATCH: 2nd April 1901.—Driver Rodger.
LORD KITCHENER'S DESPATCH: 23rd June 1902. —
Lieutenant Colonel T E Lawton; Captain
J Sampson; Company Sergeant Major W G Duncan; Sergeants W Lewis, RGA, F C
Honey, A V Carruthers, W Vye.
