Chapter I: Front Matter

SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR

Maj. F. S. Maude
Maj. Hon. A. H. Hamilton
Lord Methuen
Col. Mackinnon, C.I.V.
Capt. C. F. Vandeleur

GENERAL AND STAFF

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SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR

BY

LOUIS CRESWICKE

AUTHOR OF "ROXANE," ETC.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

IN SIX VOLUMES

VOL. V.--FROM THE DISASTER AT KOORN SPRUIT TO LORD ROBERTS'S ENTRY INTO PRETORIA

EDINBURGH: T. C. & E. C. JACK MANCHESTER: KENNETH MACLENNAN, 75 PICCADILLY

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
At the Ballantyne Press

CONTENTS--VOL. V.

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE vii

CHAPTER I

THE DISASTER AT KOORN SPRUIT 1

THE REDDERSBURG MISHAP 16

ESCAPE OF PRISONERS FROM PRETORIA 21

PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION 32

THE BATTLE OF BOSHOP, APRIL 5 38

CHAPTER II

MAFEKING, APRIL 46

AFFAIRS IN RHODESIA 53

CHAPTER III

THE SIEGE OF WEPENER 54

OPERATIONS FOR RELIEF 68

THE TENTACLES AT WORK 82

CHAPTER IV

THE GREAT ADVANCE--

FROM BLOEMFONTEIN, BRANDFORT, AND THE VET TO
WELGELEGEN, MAY 9 87

FROM THABANCHU TO WINBURG AND WELGELEGEN
(GENERAL IAN HAMILTON), MAY 9 95

TOWARDS THE ZAND RIVER TO KROONSTAD, MAY 12 101

CHAPTER V

MAFEKING, MAY 108

WITH COLONEL MAHON'S FORCE 117

ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER 132

THE RELIEF 134

HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED BY THE BRITISH EMPIRE 140

CHAPTER VI

FROM KROONSTAD TO JOHANNESBURG 144

CHAPTER VII

GENERAL RUNDLE'S MARCH TO SENEKAL 154

THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE 156

LORD METHUEN'S MARCH FROM BOSHOP TO KROONSTAD, MAY 29 159

THE BATTLE OF BIDDULPH'S BERG, MAY 28, 29 161

FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN BORDER, MAY 30 169

CHAPTER VIII

GENERAL BULLER'S ADVANCE TO NEWCASTLE 171

CHAPTER IX

THE INTERREGNUM AT PRETORIA 179

FROM JOHANNESBURG TO PRETORIA 184