"The Second Boer War, 1899-1902" Colonel Templer and Captain Gardiner DAAG Steam Road Transport sailed from Southampton on 5 December 1899 by SS Denton Grange with 43 trucks and spare parts of the type shown on the photograph. About Christmas Day SS Denton Grange ran ashore at Las Palmas and arrived at Freer on 9 February 1900. The Steam Road Transport made a bad start in South Africa and had difficulty at first as they couldn't be depended upon. They overcame their difficulties and Lord Kitchener spoke in favourable terms of the steam lorries sent to South Africa.