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I do n't know whether Dundonald 's brigade will have anything to do with it ; but if he does , Brookfield will certainly like to make a good show . So until that is over I wo n't do anything about the horses . '' On the day appointed the garrison turned out to receive the general and the troops who had struggled so long and gallantly to effect their rescue , and the Devons , Gloucesters , Rifles , Leicesters , Manchesters , Liverpools , sappers , artillerymen , and the Naval Brigade marched out from their camps and lined the road as far as the railway-station , where the remnant of the cavalry brigade were drawn up . At eleven o'clock Sir George White , Sir Archibald Hunter , and Colonel Duff and his staff rode up and took their place in the front of the shattered tower of the town-hall . Here , too , Captain Lambton and many other officers took their place . Not far from these were a score of civilians who had not shared in the general exodus that had been going on from the day on which the town was relieved , but had delayed their departure in order to witness the historical scene . At last the head of the column was seen approaching .