Chapter L: 1901–2–3--Second Army Corps District (4)

Religion, Horse Artillery man wishes to change, 585.

Rennie, Captain, V.C., 248.

Resident in Pretoria, 462.

” in Zululand, offer to be, 349.

Restaurant opened at War Office, 573.

Rest-house in Delta, 486.

Retrocession of Transvaal, 454.

Rheims, Colbert born at, 411.

Rhein Pfalz, 522.

Rhyader Range, 597.

Richmond, Lieutenant, 258, 262, 270, 271.

Ridge, Lieutenant, 46.

Righi, 24.

Rimington, Brigadier-General, 521.

Rivenhall, 231.

Robb, Colonel, 568.

Roberts, Lord, 435, 518, 537, 543, 564, 574, 576, 578, 579, 584, 591.

Robinson, Colonel C. W., Aldershot, 527.

Robinson, Sir Hercules, 426, 438, 447 450.

” Sir John, 46.

Rogers, Doctor, 486.

” Major, V.C., 288.

Ronald Campbell, The Hon. Mrs., 416.

Ropes, Mr. John, Historian, 547, 548.

Rorke, Mr., 361.

Rorke’s Drift, 349, 391, 463.

Rose, Sir Hugh, 119, 124, 126, 196, 200, 201, 222.

Rosse, Shakespeare, 407.

Roubi Tewhari, Gordon’s Secretary, 482, 483, 484.

Round robin, 185.

Royal Coronation White cattle, 400.

” Engineers night sentries, 530.

” Kraal, Zulu, 352.

” Scots Fusiliers, 21st, 464.

Rudolph, Mr., 330, 393, 418, 456.

Rugeley, 254.

Rundle, Lieutenant H. M. L., 401, 476.

Russell, Baker, 272.

” Dr William H., 49, 63.

Russell’s Regiment, 273, 274.

Russia, War scare, 412.

Russo-Japanese War, 584.

Rustenberg, 437, 454.

Rustum, Ali Khan, 194, 195.

Rutlam, 147.

Ságar, 119, 124, 136.

St. George’s Chapel, sailors drew Queen’s coffin up to, 576.

St. Helen’s, 16, 406.

St. John River, 457.

St. Paul’s Cathedral, 207.

St. Remo, 538.

St. Thomas’ Hospital, 108.

St. Vincent, Island of, 118.

Salisbury Plain, 561, 582, 595, 596.

” settled I should go to, 578.

Salmond, Major, 529.

Saltmarshe, Lieutenant, Death of, 316, 317.

Saltmarshe, 386.

_Sampson_, H.M.S., 30.

Sanctuary, Mr., mate, 32, 38, 48.

Sandeman, Captain, 464.

Sandhurst, Change in inspection at, 571.

Sandhurst College, 37, 166, 289, 514, 574, 582.

Sandilli, 248, 297, 298, 308, 314, 320, 321.

Sandilli’s Krantz, 300.

Sandy, 101.

San Stefano, 412.

Sardinian Army, 75, 76.

Sarthal, 149.

Saunderson, Colonel E., M.P., 503.

Scarlett, Hon. Sir James Yorke, 222, 243, 526.

School of Cookery, 531.

Schudi Pasha, 476, 477.

Scindia, 164.

Scindia’s Treasury. 126.

Scotland, 473.

Scott, Dr., 416.

Scotter, Sir Charles, 536, 551.

Scutari, 101, 107, 108, 110, 241.

Seagrove, Messrs. W. E., 102.

Seamen Gunners, 12.

Seaton, Lord, 115, 116.

Secretary of General Post Office, 530.

” of State for War, 468, 573.

Sehore, 119, 124, 149.

Seketwayo, 349.

Sekukuni, 342, 393, 403, 452.

Self-Government, Kruger’s aims, 425.

Sentries, 502

Sergeant Smith, 317.

Sevastopol, 25, 32, 33, 50, 51, 55, 100, 110, 117.

Sewell’s Yard, 230.

Seyolo, 308, 311, 312, 313, 315, 316, 318, 321.

Shah Firoz, 193.

Shakespeare, quotation from, 415.

” Sir Richard, 192.

Shamsabad, 175, 187, 190.

Shaporah, 158.

Shephard, John, 66.

Shepstone, Sir Theophilus, 295, 344, 346, 421.

Sherborne, hired lodgings at, 586.

Shorncliffe, 289.

Shotley Magazine Guard, 504.

Sick Report, 595.

Sierra Leone, Company stationed at, 595.

” ” men, 403.

Signal Midshipman, 32.

“Silence and Death,” Colonist’s heroism, 465.

Silidar System, 128.

Silver, Sergeant, 128.

Simferopol, 100.

Simmonds, Able Seaman, 49.

_Simoom_, H.M.S., 266, 267.

Sindhara, 168, 177, 174, 180, 193.

Sindwaha, 136.

Sinope, 18.

Sipri Column, 137.

Sirayo, 348, 351, 400, 418, 419, 420.

Sirayo’s son, 374.

Sironj, 162, 187, 190.

Sítápúr, 199.

Sivewrights, 463.

Siwani, 311.

Siward, Shakespeare, 406.

Skene, Mr., 167.

Skreens Park near Chelmsford, hunting at, 569.

Slade, Lieutenant, 379, 415, 419, 455, 457, 464, 575.

Sladen, Mr., 514.

Slater, Mr. Dundas, 560.

Slidell, 207.

Smidt, Boer General, 442, 443.

Smith, Colonel, W. W. R.G.A., 597.

” Dr., 107.

” Lieutenant, 381, 386.

” Percy, Captain, 107, 110.

” Sir Holled, General, 476.

Smith’s Battalion, 489.

Smith-Dorrien, Lieutenant H. S., 466, 471, 476, 586.

Smithfield pig market, 503.

Sobuza’s Kraal, 420, 422.

Somerset, General, 151, 158.

” Light Infantry, 1st, 519.

Soosneer, 128.

Sound, Plymouth, 20.

Southampton, 223.

” Empress leaves, 415.

South Africa, deprived of pay while there with the Empress, 581.

” ” offer to go to, 571.

South America, offer to go to, 581.

Southwell, Paulina, 211, 225, 226.

” Viscount, 202, 203, 205, 210, 237.

Spain, 4.

_Spartan_, H.M.S., 12.

Spectacular parades, 523.

Spider, journey in, 341, 418.

Spithead, 20.

Spy, a, 130.

Staff College, 290, 468.

” ” Graduates kept up drag hounds, 580.

Staff Rides in Essex, 560.

Stafford Northcote, M.P., 436.

Standerton, 443.

Stanhope, Hon. Edward, 410, 512.

Stanley, Private, 108.

” the Explorer, 525, 532.

State Attorney, Transvaal, 454.

Stavodale, Lady Helen, 592.

Steele, Sir Thomas, 97.

Steeplechase course, 243.

Stephenson, Sir Frederick, General, 486.

Stevens, Captain, 316, 317, 386.

Stewart, Sir Herbert, 494.

Stirling Castle, 247, 251.

Stockbridge, 540.

Stondon Place, near Ongar, called at with Lord Roberts, 578.

Stonyhurst, 104.

Stopford, General Sir Fred., 563.

Stormberg, action at, 563.

Stour and Orwell Rivers, confluence of, 504.

Strathcona and Mount Royal, Lord, 568, 569.

Streatfield, Frank, 302, 306, 311, 313, 315.

Stringer, Private, 335, 337.

Strong, Lieutenant, 382.

Stuart-Smith, Captain, 317, 318.

Suakin, 481, 482, 485, 487.

Sudan, 478, 482, 483.

” Bureau, 484.

Suffolk Regiment, 518.

Sujnaur River, 142.

Suleiman, son of Zebehr, 484.

Sully, a great Minister, 411.

Sunbury, 203, 204, 212.

Supplies, 327.

Surgeon General, consulted _re_ visual efficiency of soldiers, 596.

Surveyor-General, 480.

Sutah, 269.

Sutton, Mr., and Lady Susan, 583.

Suzerainty, British, 438.

_Swallow_, H.M.S., 62.

Swazi States, 428.

Swazis, 331, 363, 366, 396.

Swinburne-Henry carbine, 381.

Swiss, Colbert a, 411.

Switzerland Saxon, 212, 214.

Syllabus, garrison instruction of, 289.

Sylvester, John Henry, Dr., 174.

Symonds, Sir William, 21.

Syrian coast, 25.

Tactics, Examiner in, 291.

Tagus River, 2.

Talbot, Lord Edmund, M.P., 548.

” Miss, 589.

Tamai, action at, 485.

Tantia Topi, 126, 127, 129, 134, 135, 136, 145, 147, 148, 150, 152,
158, 165, 182.

Tantia’s Cavalry, 138.

Tapley, Mark, named Colonel Grierson, 584.

Tarkan, Cape, 29.

Tattersall’s, 225.

Taunton Barracks, inspection of, 585.

Tchernaya River, 31, 33, 75.

Tchorgoum, 75.

Tchungwassa, 324.

Telegraph Battalion, 529.

Tel-el-Kebir, 215, 467, 472, 474.

Tell-tale clock, 505.

Temperance League, 468.

Tennyson, Lord, 49.

_Terrible_, H.M.S., 22.

“The Pig,” 119, 137.

Therapia, 20, 99.

Thesiger, General, the Hon. F., 295, 296, 297, 298, 309, 318, 322,
325, 327, 328, 330, 412.

Thionville, 247.

Thirteenth Light Dragoons, 100.

Thurlow, Captain, 383.

Tidworth Barracks, 582, 583.

” tactical operations, 580.

_Tiger_, H.M.S., 22.

Tinta’s Kraal, 350, 420.

Tipnor Magazine, 582, 590, 591.

Tittlebat Titmouse, 503.

Todleben, General, 74, 97.

To-morrow “Bukra,” 487.

Tontea, The, 177, 182, 195.

Torbay, 16.

Torres Vedras, 511.

Totnes, 11.

Toulouse, 3.

Townspeople of Utrecht, 345.

Toynbee, Mr., 202.

Tractir Bridge, 76.

Trader, in Zululand, 390.

_Trafalgar_, H.M.S., 26.

Transkei District, 311.

” Fingoes, 312, 313.

Transport officers, 396.

Transvaal, 342, 349, 391, 416, 435, 438, 448, 454, 456.

Travers, Colonel, 198.

Treasury, 467, 580.

” Lords of, 550.

” Scindia’s, 126.

Tremayne, Captain and Brevet-Major, 103, 104, 113, 169.

Tremlett, Major, 379.

Treves, Sir Frederick, operation by, 565.

Triumvirate, 446, 449.

Truce, flag of, 66.

Truro, 3.

Tufnell, Captain, 237.

Tugela River, 463.

” Valley, 418.

Turkey, 18, 107.

Turner, Lieutenant Chamley, 480.

Tutu Bush, 311, 313, 315.

” Plateau, 315, 316.

Tweezle Down, 225.

Udaipúr, 148.

Udloko Regiment, 352, 401.

Uhamu, 359, 361, 365, 378, 392, 420.

Ujjain, 149.

Ulundi, 329, 335, 343, 359, 362, 365, 367, 375, 392, 400, 417,
421, 422, 462.

Umbandeen, 442, 457.

Umbeline, 338, 350, 366, 396, 404, 418.

Umbonambi, 380.

Umcityu Regiment, 374, 382, 400.

Umfundisweeni, 325.

Umjeid Ali, 128.

Umkandampenvu, 382.

Umpanda, 367.

Umpanda’s Prime Minister, 421.

Umquikela, 325, 326.

Umsebe, 350.

Umsinga, 463.

Umtonga, Cetewayo’s half brother, 367, 371.

Umvolosi, 350, 353, 362, 400.

Umvunyana River, 394.

Umzila, 453.

Undi Regiment, 383.

Union Steamship Company’s vessel, 465.

United Service Institute, 253.

Upland, the, 34, 37, 50, 51, 54.

Urinals, night, 553.

Usibebu, 401, 445, 455.

Utrecht, 327, 338, 343, 346, 356, 363, 378, 391, 392, 394, 418, 447.

” Landdrost, 363.

Uys, Mynheer Swart Dirks, 334, 360.

” Piet, 331, 351, 353, 355, 356, 360, 362, 367, 372, 378, 392.

“Vagabond,” 219, 231.

Van Amberg, 24.

Varna, 21, 26.

Vauban, 21.

Vaughan, Archbishop, 547, 560.

” Captain, 364.

_Vengeance_, H.M.S., 30.

Venter’s Drift, 352.

Verner, Colonel Willoughby, 413.

Vernon, John, 241.

_Vesuvius_, H.M.S., 30.

Veterinary Amateur, 173.

Viceroy, 167.

Vickers Company, mechanics sent out by, 580.

_Victoria and Albert_, H.M.S., 30.

Victoria Cross, 47, 196, 375, 389, 399, 419, 542.

” Hill, 97.

” Queen, 409, 428, 467, 469, 538, 563, 574.

” Ridge, 36.

_Victory_, H.M.S., 8.

Villiers, Sir Henry de, 438, 444, 446.

Virgil, 7, 113, 240.

” re-read, 558.

Vivian, Colonel, 104.

Volksraad, 390.

Volunteer Forces, 535.

Volunteers at Durban, 465.

Von Linsingen, 315.

Voyageurs, 493.

Vryheid, 362, 366, 378.

Waddington, Mr., 410.

Waddy’s Company, 13th Light Infantry, 383.

Wadi Haifa, 491, 492.

“Wait-a-bits” nickname, 521.

“Wait for the waggon,” 399.

Wakkerstroom, 343, 363, 430, 431.

Walford, N., Colonel, 543.

Walker, Sir Forestier, General, 591.

Walkinshaw, 335, 370, 391, 405, 416, 434, 442, 480, 489.

Walmer, 481.

Walsh, Archbishop, 561.

Wantage, Lord, 525, 531, 532, 535.

Warden, Prime, Fishmongers’ Company, 547.

“War Fever,” 566.

“War-game,” 296, 325, 339, 340.

War Minister, 423.

War Office, denies my existence, 467.

War training, improvement, 537.

Warren, Captain, 311.

Waterkloof, 315.

Waterloo, 172.

” Place, 13.

Watson, Mrs., 480.

Weedon, rifle from, 553.

Weenen, 231.

Wei-hai-wei, 559.

Welch, Stephen, 77.

Wellington, 115.

” College, 292.

” Duke of, 25, 172, 435.

Wesselstroom, 334, 344, 363, 393, 447.

West Coast, 287.

Western, Great, 109.

West Meon, Hants, 540.

Westminster, Catholic Bishop of, 538.

” Dean of, 538, 575.

Weston, ride to, 462.

“Westward Ho,” 210.

Wetherall, G. Adjutant-General, 103.

Wheeler, Sir Hugh, 127.

White, General, my predecessor, 503.

” Major, 162.

” Maurice, called on with Lord Roberts, 578.

” Messrs. T., & Co., 240, 253, 292, 293.

” Sir George, made Field-Marshal, 598.

” Umvolosi, 348, 366, 400.

White’s lanterns, 335.

Wight, Isle of, 9.

Wilayati, 127, 138, 139, 140.

Wilkes, Captain, 207.

Wilkinson, Messrs., 120.

William the Conqueror, 239.

Williams, Mr. Powell, M.P., 533.

” Lieutenant, 373, 392.

Wilson’s (Captain) Company, 350.

Wimbledon, 237.

Winchester, 4.

” Bishop of, 240.

Windsor, commanded to, 469.

Wingate, Lieutenant, 476, 498.

Witham, 232.

” Mr., 548.

W. Napier, General, 293.

Wodehouse, Lieutenant-General J. H., 476.

Wolff, Sir Drummond, 411.

Wolseley, Lord, 255, 257, 258, 259, 272, 273, 280, 281, 284, 294,
295, 399, 401, 402, 410, 413, 426, 432, 447, 470,
471, 472, 490, 491, 494, 495, 496, 497, 498, 501,
506, 507, 508, 511, 512, 514, 523, 529, 542, 546,
548, 555, 560, 571, 575, 576.

Wood, Benjamin, M.P., 4.

” C. M., Lieutenant, at Wei-hai-wei and Andover, 562, 582.

” Charles Page, 508.

” Cornet, 103.

” Evelyn, Brigadier-General, 402, 403, 409, 413, 430, 434, 439,
442, 452, 468, 470, 480, 482, 491,
500, 521, 543.

” ” Colonel, 310, 322, 331, 343, 347, 352, 391.

” ” Fitz-G., 285.

” ” Lieutenant-Colonel, 264, 277, 285.

” General, 307.

” Lady, 382, 416, 423, 439, 498, 501, 537, 538.

” Matthew, Lord Mayor, 287.

” Messrs., 114.

” Midshipman, 38, 41, 42, 55, 71, 75.

” Rev. Sir John Page, 96.

” Sir Francis, 221.

” ” William Page, 107.

Wood’s Column, 304.

” Irregulars, 366, 367, 378, 387, 388, 391, 401, 402, 403, 418.

” Regiment, 261, 273, 274, 276, 277.

Woodford and Walthamstow, accident to grocer’s van while motoring
near, 578.

Woodgate, Captain E. R. P., 327, 336, 338, 345, 346, 347, 350, 360,
382.

” Lieutenant, 270, 271, 274, 276, 290.

Woolmer Forest, 244, 532.

Woolwich, 3.

” Artillery centralised at, 566.

” Government lighter kept waiting, 587.

Woolwich, Royal Military Academy, 395, 574.

” and Sandhurst, inspect academies, 574.

Woronzow Road, 37, 39, 50, 77.

Wortley Stuart, Major, 475.

Wren and Gurney, Captain Wood studied with, for India Civil Service,
587.

Wrench, Hon. F., 241, 502.

Wrey, Captain Bourchier, Commander of H.M.S. _Brisk_, 563.

Wynne, Sir Watkin, Colonel, 590.

” Major, 476, 477, 489, 493.

Wynne’s Egyptian Battalion, 492.

Yaos, raising battalion of, 559.

Yeomanry, Bucks, 249 men on parade, 561.

Yeomanry characteristics, 582.

Youatt, on the Horse, 174.

Young, Daniel, 41.

Zabanga, 422.

Zagazig, 479.

Zanyorkwee, Ravine, 313.

” River, 314.

Zanzibar, 465.

Zebehr, 484, 488.

Zirapur, 149.

Zobell, Herr, 202, 222.

Zouaves, 20, 79.

Zulu Campaign, 328, 353, 371.

Zululand, 348, 401, 405, 420, 428, 460.

Zulus, 298, 330, 331, 352.

Zunguin Mountain, 350, 351, 360, 362, 373, 374, 378, 388.

” Nek, 371, 372.

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