 Complete the following phrase:  Promoted to commander on 1 January 1898, Limpus was posted to the protected cruiser HMS Terrible when it was commissioned in September 1899 under Captain Percy Scott. The ship was intended for service at the China Station, but was delayed in South Africa following the outbreak of the Second Boer War. Limpus was attached to a naval brigade which accompanied the Ladysmith relief force, taking part in the battles of Colenso December 1899 and 