sentences:  On 6 April 1900, Dunraven's Sharpshooters started for South Africa.Lord Dunraven at the last moment decided to accompany the force and was posted as a supernumerary captain on the battalion staff.He was gazetted on 17 April 1900 to be Captain (Supernumerary) of the 18th Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry, with the temporary rank of Captain in the Army, from 18 April 1900, which he relinquished in July 1901.