 Complete the following phrase:  On 19 September 1899, he was promoted to lieutet-colonel and assumed command of the 7th Dragoon Guards. The regiment embarked the SS Armenian in Southampton on 8 February 1900, and departed for service in South Africa, with Lowe in command of the men on the ship. From 1900 to 1902, he led the regiment in the Second Boer War, being present at the capture of Pretoria and the 