 Artillery support was provided by the 18th and 75th Batteries, Royal Artillery.Divisional troops included four companies of Royal Engineers, among other support units.The Boer force at Belmont was led by Orange Free State Commandant Jacobus Prinsloo, who had arrived there with 1,500 men on the 20 November to reinforce an original force of 500 men under T. Van der Merwe.