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=3.=--Wounds at Mafeking: Capt. R. Arbuthnot. Wounds received at Belfast: Lieut. J. C. Harrison.

=7.=--Wounds received at Newcastle: Maj. Hilliard.

=10.=--In action at Welverdiend: Lieut. T. B. Maddocks.

=12.=--In action at Wonderfontein: Lieut. R. J. L. White.

=16.=--In action at Hekpoort: Lieut. H. T. Stanley.

=19.=--From blood poisoning contracted at the Tugela: Lieut. J. T. Lowry.

=24.=--Fever at Barberton: Lieut. L. H. Gilliat.

OCTOBER 1900

=1.=--In action at Kruger's Post: Sec. Lieut. H. W. Cuming.

=4.=--In action near Lindley: Capt. H. Wiltshire.

=6.=--In action near Bultfontein: Lieut. A. H. Thomas.

=9.=--Wounds received at Kaap Muiden: Capt. G. L. Paget. In action at Kaap Muiden: Capt. A. D. Stewart. In action at Dwarsvlei: Sec. Lieut. J. R. Williams-Ellis. Fever at Pretoria: Sec. Lieut. P. A. M'Cutchan.

=13.=--In action at Machadodorp: Capt. H. W. Taylor. In action at Dalmanutha: Lieut. F. W. Wylam and Lieut. P. A. T. Jones. In action at Jagersfontein: Lieut. E. M. Hanbury.

=14.=--In action at Ventersburg Road Station: Lieut. H. K. Attfield.

=16.=--In action near Bethel: Sec. Lieut. A. W. Swanston.

=17.=--Tuberculosis at Pretoria: Capt. E. St. A. Pearse.

=19.=--In action near Bethel: Sec. Lieut. N. Calvert.

=20.=--In action at Weltevreden: Capt. G. E. B. Wood.

=21.=--In action near Frederikstad: Lieut. E. H. Finch.

=25.=--In action at Frederikstad: Capt. W. L. Baillie. In action at Vrede: Lieut. J. C. Browne.

=29.=--Fever at Pretoria: Prince Christian Victor.

=30.=--In action at Ventersburg: Maj. J. Hanwell.

NOVEMBER 1900

=1.=--Wounds received at Syferfontein: Capt. W. B. Chappell-Hodge.

=2.=--In action at Witkop: Capt. Chalmers. Of hepatitis at Wynberg: Capt. J. Loughlin.

=5.=--In action near Bothaville: Lieut.-Col. P. W. J. Le Gallais, Capt. F. Engelbach, and Lieut. W. A. G. Williams, D.S.O.

=9.=--Wounds at Vrede: Sec. Lieut. H. G. W. Woodhouse.

=10.=--Wounds received at Bothaville: Maj. N. C. Welsh.

=12.=--Fever at Standerton: Lieut. H. P. Pigott.

=13.=--Fever at Mooi River: Capt. N. M. Lynch. At Barberton: Capt. L. H. Hawkes. Wounds at Kimberley: Lieut. W. Rolfe.

=16.=--In action at Thabanchu: Sec. Lieut. L. Paxton.

=21.=--Disease at Daniel's Kriel: Capt. M. K. Crozier.

=23.=--In action at Tiger's Kloof: Lieut. A. M. Southey.

=28.=--Disease at Prieska: Capt. H. Masterman.

=29.=--In action at Rhenoster Kop: Lieut.-Col. G. E. Lloyd, D.S.O. Wounds at Krugersdorp: Lieut. H. G. Berghuys.

=30.=--Wounds near Ladybrand: Lieut. W. H. Dobbie.

DECEMBER 1900

=3.=--Fever at Pretoria: Col. L. J. A. Chapman. Fever at Pietermaritzburg: Capt. H. D. Marshall.

=5.=--Concussion of the brain at Germiston: Lieut. H. C. Ingram.

=7.=--Fever at Pretoria: Vet. Lieut. D. C. Barningham.

=9.=--Wounds at Lichtenburg: Lieut. F. Arbuthnot.

=10.=--Fever at Pietermaritzburg: Lieut.-Col. Stoneman.

=11.=--Lightning at Dundee: Lieut. J. F. Thompson-Pegge. In action at Vryheid: Lieut. W. A. D. Lippert.

=12.=--Wounds at Vryheid: Lieut.-Col. J. M. Gawne and Lieut. W. E. S. Woodgate.

=13.=--In action at Nooitgedacht: Lieut.-Col. N. Legge, D.S.O., Capt. J. A. E. MacBean, Capt. A. J. C. Murdoch, Capt. W. Atkins, Lieut. J. C. C. Reid, Capt. H. de C. Moody, Lieut. W. Skene, Lieut. A. C. Campbell. Fever at Springfontein: Lieut. Lord O'Hagan. Fever at Pretoria: C. W. P. Dalyell.

=19.=--Disease at Cape Town: Maj. E. G. Giles.

LIST OF CASUALTIES

As it has been found impossible to mention the number of casualties that occurred during the numerous desultory engagements which followed the occupation of Pretoria, lists of some of the wounded are here appended:--

JULY 1900

At Kruisfontein, on the 1st: Lieut. Horace Cole, Imperial Yeomanry.

At Waterval: Capt. Donald M'Lean-Howard, Lord Strathcona's Corps (missing).

At Bakenkop, on the 3rd: Maj. Rae, New Zealand Bushmen (slightly); Lieut. J. C. Collins, Roberts's Horse (dangerously).

At Paardeplatt, on the 19th: Capt. H. I. Nicholl, Mounted Infantry, Bedfordshire Regiment; Lieut. Sir F. Burdett, 17th Lancers.

At Zinkerbosch, on the 21st: Lieut. R. H. Greig, Royal Engineers.

Among officers wounded in action near Kosk's River were: Lieut. A. Eckford, New South Wales Contingent; Lieut. L. Leask, Lieut. R. H. Walsh, Queensland Mounted Infantry; Capt. F. J. Ingolby, Lieut. John Davis, Capt. C. Hall, West Australian Contingent.

At Spitz Kop, on the 22nd: Lieut. C. C. Wilson, Westmoreland and Cumberland Yeomanry, attached to 8th Hussars (severely).

Near Stinkhoutboom, on the 24th: Capt. C. H. M. Doughty, 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Lieut. B. C. Dwyer, 2nd Leicester Regiment; Lieut, A. A. C. Taylor, 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Capt. R. L. Adlereron, Lieut. A. J. C. Murdoch, 1st Cameron Highlanders.

At Rooi Koppies: Capt. Rogers, Volunteer Company Gordon Highlanders.

At Stephanusdrai, on the 29th: Capt. W. R. Marshall, Derbyshire Regiment.

AUGUST 1900

At Paardekop, on the 3rd: Capt. M. S. Wellby, 18th Hussars (died from wounds).

Near Ottoshoop, on the 6th: Lieut. Collins, South Australian Bushmen.

At Derdepoort, on the 9th: Lieut. Howell, Somerset Yeomanry (attached for duty to Transvaal Constabulary).

At Rietfontein: Col. G. J. Younghusband, 3rd Batt. Imperial Yeomanry.

On the 12th: Lieut. F. G. Newton, Queensland Mounted Infantry.

At Zilicats Nek, on the 20th: Capt. Bonham Christie, Reserve of Officers, attached for duty to 1st Mounted Infantry.

On the 25th: Brig.-Gen. M. O. Little (severely).

At Doornhoek, on the 26th: Maj. Robinson, Natal Border Mounted Rifles.

At Jachtfontein, on the 29th: Lieut. L. J. Wyatt, 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment.

At Kwaggasfontein, on the 31st: Capt. J. P. Farrar, Lieut. J. H. Beswick, Capt. A. Rose-Innes, Capt. J. M. Fairweather, Capt. and Adjt. (temp. Maj.) R. H. Price, Capt. J. Donovan, Kaffrarian Rifles.

At Welverdiend: Lieut. G. H. J. S. Smyth, 9th Lancers.

SEPTEMBER 1900

Near Warmbaths, on the 1st: Capt. E. W. Brooke, Army Service Corps.

At Waterval Onder, on the 3rd: Lieut. F. Darling, West Australian Mounted Infantry.

At Boschfontein, on the 11th: Lieut. Lang, 2nd Worcester Regiment.

At Bethlehem, on the 12th: Lieut. Power, 8th Imperial Yeomanry.

At Witpoort, on the 20th: Lieut. the Hon. W. E. Guinness, 12th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry.

At Kail Vlei: Lieut. Clifford, 1st Batt. Imperial Yeomanry

At Zandfontein, on the 25th: Capt. G. M. H. Stirling, Essex Regiment; Lieut. J. Higson, Queensland Bushmen.

At Doornkop, on the 28th: Lieut. Sherrard, R.E. (dangerously).

OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER

Among the wounded in various engagements were: Lieut. Richardson, Natal Mounted Rifles; Capt. E. Molyneux, 12th Bengal Lancers (severely); Lieut. Stubbs; Capt. N. Luxmoore, 1st Devonshire (dangerously); Lieut. S. A. Slater, 57th Co. Imperial Yeomanry; Capt. G. M. H. Stirling, Essex Regiment (slightly); Lieut. J. Higson, Queensland Bushmen (severely); Capt. Lord Loch, Grenadier Guards (severely): Lieut. L. E. L. Parker, R.A.M.C. (slightly); Lieut. Noel Money, 5th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry (slightly); Major C. E. Duff, 8th Hussars; Second Lieut. H. Gilmour, 16th Lancers; Lieut. W. S. Brancker, R.H.A.; Lieut. H. T. Pomfret, Imperial Yeomanry; Lieut. O. Humphrey, Cape Mounted Rifles; Capt. H. M. Trenchard, Royal Scots Fusiliers; Capt. R. E. P. Gabbett, Second Lieut. H. V. Kyrke, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Major A. E. Cavendish, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders; Col. F. G. Blair, Imperial Yeomanry (slightly wounded); Lieut. R. B. B. England, 14th Batt., Lieut. J. Crocker, 3rd Batt., and Capt. P. Davidson, 5th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry; Sec. Lieut. A. Cameron, 1st Gordon Highlanders; Major Broke, R.E.; Lieut. H. J. Hall, Lieut. P. G. Anstruther, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders; Capt. J. W. Yardley, Lieut. E. Paterson, Lieut. J. Harris, 6th Dragoons; Capt. H. Delmé-Radcliffe, Lieut. W. Best, Lieut. F. H. Nangle, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Capt. D. H. A. Dick; Sec. Lieut. A. G. Bruce, Sec. Lieut. J. Elliott, Royal Scots Fusiliers; Capt. H. M. Brown, N.S.W. Bushmen; Lieut. W. Rolfe, Cape Mounted Rifles; Lieut. C. H. Mullins, Marshall's Horse; Capt. D. J. Glasford, 1st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Sec. Lieut. Lord G. R. Grosvenor, 2nd Scots Guards (slightly); Lieut. J. H. Elmsley, Lieut. L. E. W. Turner, Lieut. H. Z. C. Cockburn, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles; Capt. G. H. Reynolds, Capt. T. R. Stannus, Lieut. Viscount Ennismore, Imperial Yeomanry (slightly); Lieut. J. G. Craik, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders (slightly); Surg. Hartley, Lovat's Scouts (slightly); Capt. G. T. Mair, R.H.A. (severely); Lieut.-Col. W. C. Ross, Durham Light Infantry (dangerously); Capt. G. N. Colvile, Oxford Mounted Infantry (severely); Lieut. A. S. Peebles, Suffolk Mounted Infantry (severely); Lieut. C. Percy Smith, Middlesex Mounted Infantry (slightly); Capt. O. Harris, West Riding Mounted Infantry (slightly); Maj. N. C. Welch, Hampshire Mounted Infantry (severely); Lieut. J. D. Lyons, 13th Hussars; Lieut. E. M. Baker, 2nd Manchester Regiment; Lieut. Hawke, R.F.A. (accidentally injured); Maj. A. R. Austen, 2nd Shropshire Light Infantry (slightly); Lieut. H. A. H. Stepney, 2nd Coldstream Guards (slightly); Lieut. W. R. K. Mainwaring, Imperial Yeomanry (severely); Maj. E. E. Hanbury, 2nd Scots Guards (severely); Lieut. Hon. H. Baring (severely), Lieut. C. H. Gresson (slightly), Roberts's Horse; Lieut. F. C. Grey, Imperial Yeomanry (severely); Lieut. Roos, Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry (severely); Capt. Wingfield-Digby, Gloucester Regiment (slightly); Lieut. H. W. T. Elam, R.F.A. (slightly); Lieut. M. Home, Highland Light Infantry (dangerously); Sec. Lieut. Cooke-Collis, Royal Irish Rifles (slightly); Lieut. E. A. B. Clive, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders (severely); Major Taylor, R.H.A.; Sec. Lieut. Moffat, 2nd South Wales Borderers (slightly); Lieut. G. Conder, Veterinary Dept. (slightly); Lieut. J. N. S. Stott, 3rd Norfolk (slightly); Capt. E. G. Elger, 2nd Somerset Light Infantry (slightly); Lieut. E. N. Townsend, Lieut. H. J. L. Oakes (severely), Capt. L. R. Acworth (slightly), 1st West Riding Regiment; Lieut. O. Challis, R.A.M.C. (severely); Lieut. J. E. Montgomerie, Lieut. C. L. Somerville (severely), Capt. G. Crawshaw, Capt. S. C. Godfray, and Lieut. F. G. Tucker, New Zealand Mounted Infantry; Lieut. F. Arbuthnot, Imperial Yeomanry (dangerously); Lieut. E. J. M. Hanley, Queensland Mounted Infantry (severely); Lieut. S. R. Theobald, 9th Lancers (slightly); Capt. C. Warner, 17th Lancers (slightly); Lieut. H. W. Compton, 5th Royal Fusiliers (severely); Capt. Dennison, Dennison's Scouts (slightly); Capt. Bolitho, 27th Co. (slightly), Capt. R. W. Purvis, 20th Co. Imperial Yeomanry (severely); Capt. Stevenson, Kitchener's Horse (severely); Sec. Lieut. L. W. Gordon, 2nd Bedfordshire (slightly); Lieut. A. Friedlander, Brabant's Horse; Maj. E. D. Cropper (dangerously), Lieut. B. Napier, Imperial Yeomanry (since dead); Lieut. D. F. Miller, New South Wales Bushmen (severely); Lieut. G. R. Taylour, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (slightly); Capt. H. Cholmondeley, Brabant's Horse (severely); Lieut. M. B. White (slightly), Capt. C. E. Radclyffe, Rifle Brigade (slightly); Capt. H. H. Harvest R.F.A. (very severely), Lieut. H. E. S. Wynne, R.F.A. (dangerously); Lord F. Blackwood, 9th Lancers (severely); Lieut. C. J. Thackwell, 18th Hussars (severely); Lieut. E. N. Kelly, Nesbitt's Horse.

INDEX

Africander Bond, origin and nature of, i. 115

Alice, Mount, iii. 94

Aliwal North occupied, iv. 170

Almond's Nek, battle of, vi. 29

Armoured train, ii. 59, 121, 125

Arundel, _see_ Colesberg

Baden-Powell, Colonel, at Mafeking, ii. 55;
his clever ruses and energy, iii. 32;
remarkable letter to the Boers, 38;
private letter home, 39;
his "Manual on Scouting," 53;
despatch to Colonel Nicholson, iv. 91;
correspondence with Snyman, v. 47;
receives a message from the Queen, 49;
sends a message to Lord Roberts, 51;
attacked by Eloff, 110;
relief, 131, 134;
further operations, vi. 40;
arrives at Pretoria, 40;
at Rustenburg, 70;
guerilla war, 125.
_See_ Mafeking

Balloon, range of country visible from Mount Alice, iii. 98

Barberton, vi. 108

Barton, Maj.-General, at Colenso, ii. 190

Bastion Hill, capture of, iii. 101

Basutoland, i. 12

Beacon Hill, fight at, ii. 132

Beaconsfield, i. 44

Bechuanaland, i. 114

Belfast attacked, vi. 93

Belmont, engagement near, ii. 81;
battle of, 86;
casualties, 92;
colonial forces at, iii. 60

Bethlehem, battle of, vi. 42

Bethulie, saving the bridge at, iv. 171;
capturing the station, 173

Biddulph's Berg, battle of, v. 161-68

Bloemfontein, i. 11;
conference, 182;
surrender of, iv. 107-11;
fever, 177;
army at, 185;
preparations for the advance northwards, v. 32;
life in, 38;
on the eve of the great advance, 87

Bloomplaats, battle of, i. 12

Boer brutality outside Kimberley, iii. 43;
at Spion Kop, 115

Boers, origin and early history of, i. 1;
their character, 15

Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial, i. 51

Boshof, battle of, v. 38;
casualties, 45

Botha, General, conference at Kroonstadt, iv. 180;
conference with General Buller near Majuba, vi. 27;
great activity along Delagoa line, 55;
guerilla tactics, 142;
conference with Kitchener, 150

Brabant, General, and the relief of Wepener, v. 64-68, 75-81;
further operations, vi. 38, 42;
guerilla war, 125

Brandfort occupied, v. 91

British South Africa Company, origin of, i. 122

Bronker's Spruit, massacre of, i. 71

Buller, General, ii. 6;
arrives at the Cape, 73;
at Pietermaritzburg, 139;
Colenso, 188;
his despatch, 199;
his second advance, iii. 92;
his force, 92;
at Spearman's Farm, 96;
his plan, 97;
at Spion Kop, 115 and appendix;
Vaal Krantz, 117;
plans for another attempt, iv. 121;
forces as reorganised, 123 (_see_ Pieters Hill, Ladysmith, &c.);
advance to Newcastle, v. 171;
his forces, 171, vi. 27;
routing the Boers from Laing's Nek, vi. 27;
conference with Botha, 27;
Majuba, 29;
to Standerton, 32;
arrives in Pretoria, 56;
Lydenburg campaign, 93;
clearing the country from Volksrust to Belfast, 88;
returns home, 122

Buluwayo, i. 120, 124

Bushmen's corps, iii. 158

Cæsar's Camp, attack on, iii. 81;
casualties, 90

Campbell-Bannerman, his views on the war, iii. 15

Canadian contingents, iii. 138-148

Cape Colony, early history of, i. 2;
invaded by the Boers, ii. 76;
loyalty of, 156;
volunteers, 159, iii. 161;
invaded by De Wet, vi. 134;
the call to arms, 138

Cape Town, enthusiasm at, ii. 156;
the call to arms, vi. 138

Carrington, General, his force arrives at Beira, v. 53;
plans, 127;
in the Western Transvaal, vi. 70

Cetchwayo, i. 30, 34, 57

Chamberlain, Mr., i. 148;
and the Jameson Raid, 174;
speech, Feb. 5, 1900, iv. 11

Chelmsford, Lord, i. 40 _et seq._

Chermside, General, operations in Free State, v. 71, 78

Chieveley, armoured train disaster at, ii. 121, 153, 187; iii. 93;
army returns to, iv. 121

Christian, Prince, vi. 123

Christmas day in the field, iii. 15

Churchill, Mr. Winston, ii. 36, 73;
captured, 122;
story of his escape, iii. 11;
his letter to Mr. de Sousa quoted, 97;
marvellous escape near Dewetsdorp, v. 72

Clements, General, vi. 42 _et passim_;
guerilla war, 134

Clery, Sir C. F., his force, iii. 92

Clery, General, details of his force, ii. 160;
general order at Colenso, 189

City Imperial Volunteers, iii. 171

Coke, Major-General, iii. appendix

Colenso evacuated, ii. 54;
advance towards from Estcourt, 141;
bridge destroyed, 144-45;
battle of, 154;
casualties, 197

Colesberg, ii. 73, 85;
operations near, iii. 52;
disaster to the Suffolks, 175;
remarkable operations, 176;
the Australians at, iv. 164

Colley, Sir George, i. 70, 78 _et seq._

Colonies, the, response of, ii. 2, iii. 136

Colvile, General, and the Lindley affair, v. 161-168

Congreve, Captain, his account of battle of Colenso, ii. 200

Conventions: Sand River, i. 12;
of 1881, 106 and appendix;
of 1884, 110 and appendix

Cronje, General, i. 70;
treachery, 106;
and the Jameson Raid, 166, 172-73;
invests Mafeking, ii. 55 _et passim_;
leaves Mafeking in disgust, iii. 32;
his position at Majesfontein, iv. 31;
his position turned, 30-79;
flight, 40;
Paardeberg, 54;
trapped, 62;
surrenders, 70;
a prisoner, 74

Dalgety, Captain, the hero of Wepener, v. 54

De Aar, ii. 77 _et passim_

Deaths in action and from disease, January to June 1900, v. 195 _et passim_

Delarey, the guerilla war, vi. 125

De Wet attempts to relieve Cronje at Paardeberg, iv. 66;
conference at Kroonstadt, 100;
his great activity, vi. 21;
chased in the Eastern Transvaal, 70;
near Bethlehem, 45;
guerilla war, 125;
invades Cape Colony, 134

Diamonds discovered, i. 30;
effects, 132;
statistics, 135

Diamond Hill, battle of, vi. 12;
casualties, 18

Dick-Cunyngham, Colonel, death of, iii. 89, 90

Doornkop, _see_ Jameson Raid

Doornkop, battle of, v. 147;
casualties, 148

Douglas, the relief of and exodus from, iii. 66

Driefontein, fight at, iv. 101;
casualties, 104

Dundee, ii. 7 (_see_ Glencoe);
retreat from, 32, 37;
occupied by Boers, 38, 98;
wounded sent to Estcourt, 120;
occupied by the British, v. 174

Dundonald, Lord, ii. 151;
at Colenso, 190, 194; iii. 94, 100 _et passim_;
Ladysmith, iv. 153;
advance to Newcastle, v. 176

Durban, military occupation of, i. 10;
bank seized, ii. 70

Dutch disloyalty at the Cape, ii. 76, 143 _et passim_

Elandslaagte, ii. 14;
battle, 20;
casualties, 27

Elands River, operations at, vi. 70

Election, General, October 1900, vi. 127

Elliot, Captain, fate of, i. 73

Eloff, Commandant, attack on Mafeking, v. 109

Enslin, _see_ Graspan

Estcourt, ii. 116, 117;
the situation at, 119, 126, 131, 139, 143

Europe and the war, vi. 128

Farms, Dutch, description of, iii. 74

Fever at Bloemfontein, iv. 177

Fitzpatrick's "Transvaal from Within," i. 178

Force, total in the field, Dec. 1899, iii. 15

Forestier-Walker, General, ii. 79 _et passim_

Fort Wylie, _see_ Colenso

Franchise question, the, i. 141, 146, 179; ii. 5

French, General, at Elandslaagte, ii. 21;
Lombard's Kop, 43;
gets out of Ladysmith, 114;
his force, 159;
operations in Colesberg district, iii. 52, 174;
his famous ride to Kimberley, iv. 30;
back again on the track of Cronje, 49;
at Paardeberg, 65;
movements in Free State, v. 73 _et seq._;
moves northward towards Pretoria, 91, 96;
fighting near the Zand River, 104;
casualties, 105;
Doornkop, 147;
advance to Pretoria, 187;
battle of Diamond Hill, vi. 12;
capture of Middelburg, 54;
Lydenburg campaign, 93;
guerilla war, 125

Frere, ii. 139;
great activity at the camp, 151;
life in camp, 152

Frere, Sir Bartle, i. 33, 37 _et seq._

Gatacre, General, details of his force, ii. 160;
operations, 160;
Stormberg, 163;
operations, 18th Dec. to 20th Jan., iii. 47-52;
occupies Burgersdorp, iv. 169;
oath administered to rebels, 170;
at Reddersburg, v. 17;
recalled to England, 34

Geneva Convention, iv. 22

German tactics adopted by the Boers, iii. 3

Germany in South Africa, i. 114

Gladstone, Mr., his policy, i. 66

Glencoe, troops at, ii. 3, 7, 11;
battle of, 14;
casualties, 18;
occupied by the British, v. 174

Gold discovered, i. 30, 116;
the goldfields, 127, 137

Graspan, battle of, ii. 92;
casualties, 96

Griqualand, i. 11

Griqualand West, i. 132

Grondwet, the, i. 26

Guerilla war, vi. 125

Haldane, Captain, and Lieutenant Mesurier escape from Pretoria, v. 21

Hamilton, General Ian, ii. 5, 22;
at Lombard's Kop, 41;
composition of his division for advance on Pretoria, v. 35;
moves north from Bloemfontein, 74, 95;
crosses the Zand River, 102;
casualties, 104;
Doornkop, 148;
advance to Pretoria, 187;
battle of Diamond Hill, vi. 12;
capture of Middelburg, 54;
approaches Heidelberg, 34, 42;
Lydenburg campaign, 93

Harrismith occupied, vi. 112

Hart, Major-General, at Colenso, ii. 190;
his force, iii. 92, 94;
at Spion Kop, 100 _et seq._;
Vaal Krantz, 117;
at Pieters Hill, iv. 138

Heilbron occupied by Colvile, v. 156;
Highlanders captured near, vi. 6

Heliograph, humours of the, ii. 151

Highland Brigade at Koodoesberg, iii. 186;
at Paardeberg, iv. 56;
march to Heilbron, v. 156

Highlanders' devotion to their dress, iii. 77

Hildyard, Major-General, at Colenso, ii. 190; iii. 104, 117

Hlangwane Hill, ii. 194;
taken, iv. 128

Hollanders, Sir Bartle Frere's opinion of, i. 77

Hospitals question, the, vi. 144

Hunter, General, brilliant exploit at Ladysmith, ii. 146;
scheme to relieve Mafeking, v. 117;
occupies Christiana, 132;
moves to Johannesburg, vi. 35;
surrender of Prinsloo, 42

Imperial Yeomanry, iii. 167;
distinguish themselves at Boshof, v. 39, 41

India contingents, iii. 159

Ingogo, engagement, i. 85

Irish troops, matchless bravery of, iv. 140-144

Isandlwana, battle of, i. 40

Jacobsdaal, iii. 72, 73;
entered by Lord Roberts, iv. 47

Jameson, Dr., i. 122.
_See_ Jameson Raid

Jameson Raid, i. 149;
report to War Office, 157;
after Doornkop, 172;
fate of raiders and reformers, 177

Johannesburg (_see_ Gold, Jameson Raid, Reform Movement, &c.);
the mines threatened, v. 145;
Germiston occupied by Roberts, 149;
yields, 151;
entered by the British, 152;
the road to Pretoria, 185

Joubert, General, i. 70, 73, 79, 109; ii. 10, 14;
opinions on causes of the war (_see_ Ladysmith, 40);
conference at Kroonstadt, iv. 180;
death, 191;
remarks, 191

Karee, battle of, iv. 192;
casualties, 193

Karee Siding, incident at, iv. 189

Kekewich, Colonel, defends Kimberley, ii. 66 _et passim_;
his plan for defence of Kimberley, iv. 15

Kelly-Kenny, General, leaves England, iii. 14;
his part in the great turning movement, iv. 34-79

Kharki dress adopted, iii. 17

Kimberley (_see_ Diamonds), i. 133; ii. 3, 6;
description of, 64;
the garrison, 65;
early incidents of the siege, 66;
the opposing forces, 110;
engagement at, Nov. 4, iii. 39;
opposing forces, 41;
bombardment, 41;
humours, 41;
another engagement, Nov. 17, 42;
hopes of the besieged, 42;
strong reconnaissance, 25th Nov., 44;
again, 28th, 45;
death of Colonel Scott-Innes, 45;
further details of the siege, Nov.-Feb., iv. 14-30;
relief, 30, 36-79;
casualties, 63

Kimberley, Lord, i. 48, 100

Kipling, Mr. Rudyard, poem, in facsimile, ii. 203

Kitchener, Lord, leaves for the Cape, iii. 14;
his part in the great turning movement, iv. 32-79;
detects the flight of Cronje, 40, 51;
his organising genius, 42-44, 179;
at Paardeberg, 62;
guarding the communications, vi. 19;
in the Western Transvaal, 75;
succeeds Lord Roberts, 133;
conference with Botha, 151;
proclamation, 136

Knox, General, and the guerilla war, vi. 132 _et seq._

Komati Poort, vi. 110

Koodoesberg, battle of, iii. 186;
casualties, 189

Koorn Spruit, disaster at, v. 1;
casualties, 13

Kroonstadt, Lord Roberts enters, v. 106

Kruger, Mr., his father, i. 12;
becomes Commandant-General, 28, 108;
becomes President, 109;
visits England, 109;
his character, &c., 110;
and the Uitlanders, 138;
closes the drifts, 148;
Jameson Raid, 155;
Bloemfontein Conference, 183;
telegram to _New York World_, ii. 3;
proclamation, 4;
despatch to Lord Roberts, Feb. 3, 1900;
despatch, iv. 96;
at Poplar Grove, 100;
at Kroonstadt with Steyn, 180;
leaves South Africa, vi. 124

Kruger, Mrs., i. 178

Krugersdorp, i. 70.
_See_ Jameson Raid

Krugersdorp-Potchefstroom railroad, protecting the, vi. 66

Kuruman, story of, iii. 25;
gallant defence of, 215

Ladysmith, ii. 3;
the position at, 38;
Lombard's Kop, 41;
invested, 50;
the opposing forces, 110;
early days of the siege, 112, 126;
the siege, 136;
hospital fired on, 137, 140;
surprises at, 145;
communication established by heliograph, 151;
composition of the relief force, 152;
Christmas at, iii. 79;
activities, 80;
attack on Wagon Hill, 81;
privations, 125;
great sufferings, iv. 129;
relief, 153;
effect at home, 155;
formal entry, 156

Laing's Nek, i. 77;
routing the Boers from, vi. 27.

Languages, i. 116

Leyds, Dr., i. 117

Lindley, capture of the Yeomanry at, v. 161-68

Lobengula, i. 120, 121-23

Lombard's Kop, battle of, ii. 41;
casualties, 45;
General Hunter's night attack on, 146

Lydenburg Campaign, the, vi. 93

Lyttelton, Major-General, at Colenso, ii. 190;
crosses the Tugela, iii. 95;
at Spion Kop, 100 _et seq._;
at Vaal Krantz, 117 and appendix;
succeeds General Buller, vi. 122

MacDonald, General Hector, arrives at Modder, iii. 76;
his career, Majuba, Omdurman, 76;
at Koodoesberg, 186;
wounded at Paardeberg, iv. 56;
occupies Harrismith, vi. 112

Mafeking, becomes British, i. 116;
Dr. Jameson at, 151; ii. 3, 6;
besieged, 55;
the garrison, 56;
armoured train attacked, 57, 59;
night sortie, 63;
heavy fighting, 63;
the opposing forces, 110;
further incidents, iii. 19;
_Daily Chronicle_ correspondent shot, 20;
the _Mafeking Mail_, 21;
the opposing forces in November, 25;
no surrender thought of, 31;
another sortie, 33;
dynamite mines, 33;
_Punch_ in Mafeking, 34;
sniping, 34;
humours of the siege, 36;
Lady Sarah Wilson, 36;
Baden-Powell's remarkable letter to the Boers, 38;
attack on Game Tree fort, iv. 80;
Cronje again, 83;
siege life, 84-94;
a magnificent defence, 93;
must hold out till May, 113;
events in February, 112;
in March, 194;
during April, v. 46;
May, in extremities, 109;
great attack by Eloff, 109;
casualties, 115;
relief (and casualties), 131, 134;
extraordinary enthusiasm throughout the Empire, 140

Mahon, Colonel, his dash for Mafeking, v. 117, 131, 134

Majesfontein, battle of, ii. 172;
casualties, 184

Majuba day at Paardeberg, iv. 69;
Buller's victory at, vi. 29

Majuba Hill, battle of, i. 86

Matabeleland, i. 113, 120

Matabele War, i. 122

Methuen, General, at De Aar, ii. 83, 86
(_see_ Belmont, Graspan, Modder River, &c.);
details of his force, 160 and 171;
Majesfontein, 172;
at Boshof, v. 38;
at Kroonstadt, 159;
guarding the communications, vi. 19;
further operations, 39;
protecting Krugersdorp railway, 66;
at Rustenburg, &c., 70;
guerilla war, 131

Middelburg, capture of, vi. 54

Militia, permitted to volunteer, iii. 3

Milner, Sir Alfred, i. 125, 182;
Sir Alfred issues proclamation, Oct. 11th, 1899, ii. 5;
again Oct. 28th, and letter to Mr. Chamberlain, 70;
telegram to the same, Nov., 155;
proclamation, Nov., 156;
congratulates Colonial troops, iii. 58;
appointed Governor of the Transvaal, &c., vi. 144

Modder River, battle of, ii. 97;
casualties, 107;
town occupied, 169;
situation at, iii. 73;
demonstration against Boer left, 76;
locusts, 77

Molteno, ii. 165

Monte Christo Hill taken, iv. 126

Naauwpoort. _See_ Colesberg

Natal Volunteers, iii. 166

Natal, early history, i. 7

Natal's splendid loyalty, ii. 71

Naval Brigade, at Ladysmith, ii. 44, 75, 83;
at Graspan, 95-96, 113, 141;
at Colenso, 190;
on Mount Alice, iii. 98

Newcastle, abandoned, 6, 8, 9

New Republic, origin of, i. 115

New South Wales contingents, iii. 148

New Zealand contingents, iii. 151

Nicholson's Nek, disaster at, ii. 45;
casualties, 45

Nitral's Nek, disaster at, vi. 57;
casualties, 61

Oliver, General, curious controversy with General Gatacre, iii. 50

Orange Free State, origin of, i. 10;
early history, 24;
sides with the Transvaal, ii. 4;
measures for control of, v. 37;
complicated movements in, before the advance to Pretoria, 70

Osfontein, battle of, iv. 97;
Kruger and Steyn try to rally the Boers, 100

Paardeberg, battle of, iv. 54;
casualties, 60, 67, 79;
feat by Canadians, 69;
the surrender and after, 71-79

Paget, General, vi. 42 _et passim_, 125, 132

Parliament, vote of censure, iv. 1;
M.P.'s at the front, 13

Peers at the front, iv. 13

Pieter's Hill, battle of, iv. 134;
casualties, 149

Pilcher's, Colonel, expedition to Sunnyside and Douglas, iii. 61;
itinerary, 67;
further adventures, 68

Pitsani, i. 150, 156 _et seq._

Plumer, Colonel, in Rhodesia, ii. 61;
his force, 110;
account of operations, iii. 27;
guarding the drift, 35;
operations for relief of Mafeking, iv. 204;
further efforts (April), v. 49, 53;
co-operates with Mahon and relieves Mafeking, 124, 131, 134;
the guerilla war, vi. 132

Pole-Carew, General, ii. 177;
operations in Free State, v. 73, 75, 77, 84;
battle of Diamond Hill, vi. 12;
capture of Middelburg, 65;
Lydenburg campaign, 93

Potchefstroom, i. 96, 106

Potgeiter's Drift, iii. 95;
pontoon captured, 95

Pretoria, siege of, i. 95;
British resident in, 108;
changed to diplomatic agent, 110;
fortifications, 179;
Mr. Kruger leaves, v. 179;
forts fired on, 180;
prisoners liberated, some removed, 181;
occupied by the British, 184;
escape of prisoners, v. 21;
list of officers imprisoned at, vi. 10;
affairs in and around, 54;
plot, 62;
further events, 81;
the Cordua plot, 85

Pretorius, i. 6, 12

Prieska occupied, iii. 78

Prinsloo, his surrender, vi. 42

Queensland contingents, iii. 153

Raad. _See_ Volksraad.

Railways in South Africa, i. 129;
Transvaal monopoly, 143; ii. 168

Reddersburg, mishap at, v. 16;
casualties, 20

Reform movement, the, i. 148 _et seq._

Reitfontein, battle of, ii. 36;
casualties, 38

Rensburg. _See_ Colesberg

Reverses, reason for, iii. 1;
criticism, 7

Rhodes, Mr. Cecil, i. 116;
his early career, 118;
and General Gordon, 118;
premier, 119;
and Rhodesia, 120;
his connection with the Jameson Raid, 150;
goes to Kimberley, ii. 65;
his devotion to the cause of the town, iii. 44;
his various activities, iv. 14-30;
heliograph message to Roberts, 28

Rhodesia, i. 118;
uncivilised, 119;
civilised, 124;
operations in, ii. 61, 110;
Northern, state of affairs in November, iii. 26;
Southern, state of affairs in, 31

Roberts, Lieutenant, his death at Colenso, ii. 193;
burial, iii. 8

Roberts, Lord, i. 101;
leaves England, iii. 7;
arrives, 131;
and the Colonial troops, 133;
correspondence with Kruger, 134;
arrives at the Modder, 185;
his despatch regarding Spion Kop, appendix;
his message to Rhodes, iv. 28;
his great plan to relieve Kimberley, 30;
his force as reorganised, 38;
issues "Notes for Guidance," 43;
enters Jacobsdaal, 47;
Proclamation, 48;
Paardeberg, 62;
receives Cronje's submission, 70;
march to Bloemfontein, 108-11;
characteristics, 178;
plans and changes, 185;
letter to Kruger, 192;
preparations for advance to Pretoria, v. 32;
distribution of force for subjection of Free State, 68;
his plan for advance northward, 89;
forces, 89;
advance begins, 91;
enters Kroonstadt, 106;
enters Johannesburg, 152;
enters Pretoria, 157;
issues a General Order, vi. 3;
plot in Pretoria, 62;
Lydenburg campaign, 93;
proclamation, 105;
appointed Commander-in-Chief, 121;
leaves for England, 133

Robinson, Sir Hercules and the Jameson Raid, i. 170, 172, 174

Roodeval, militia captured, vi. 8

Rorke's Drift, i. 42

Rosebery, Lord, his attack on the Government, iv. 3

Rundle, General, operations in Free State, v. 71, 77, 84;
march to Senekal, 154;
the Lindley affair, 161-68;
movements in East Orange State, vi. 37, 42

Rustenburg occupied by Baden-Powell, vi. 40;
siege of, 70

St. Helena, stranding of the _Esmore_, ii. 158

Salisbury, Lord, i. 45;
reply to criticisms, iv. 3;
reply to Kruger's despatch, 97;
letter from the Envoys to, vi. 86

Sanna's Post, _see_ Koorn Spruit

Schreiner, Mr., ii. 5

Scott, Captain Percy, R.N., ii. 53, 75, 141, 151

Scott-Chisholme, Colonel, tribute to, ii. 27

Scott-Turner, Colonel, death of, iii. 45, 46.
_See_ Kimberley

Shepstone, Sir T., i. 31, 33, 37

Smith-Dorrien, General, and the guerilla war, vi. 126

South African Republic, name taken, i. 109.
_See_ Transvaal

South and West Australian Contingents, iii. 154

Spion Kop, engagement at, iii. 95, 96, 98, 100 _et seq._;
casualties, 116 and appendix

Springfield, concentration at, iii. 94

Staff appointments (Chart), ii. _front._; iii. 199; iv. 213; v. 193

Steyn, Mr., becomes President, i. 182;
issues proclamation October 1899, ii. 4;
leaves Bloemfontein for Kroonstadt, iv. 106;
leaves Kroonstadt for Lindley, v. 106;
still keeps the field after Kruger's flight, vi. 54;
guerilla war, 129

Stormberg, ii. 73, 84;
reverse to General Gatacre's force at, 163;
casualties, 167;
explanations, 166-68;
reconnaissance at, iv. 167

Strathcona's Horse, iii. 146

Sunnyside, action at, iii. 62

Swartz Kop, iii. 95, 101, 120

Swaziland, i. 145

Symons, General, ii. 8;
at Glencoe, 14-20;
death and career, 34

Talana Hill, _see_ Glencoe

Tasmania contingents, iii. 157

Thabanchu occupied, v. 83

Thorneycroft, Colonel, iii. 114 _et passim_, and appendix

_Times'_ report on Nicholson's Nek, ii. 47;
the remarkable letter to, i. 186;
another letter to, vi. 127

_Toronto Globe_, description of Colonel Pilcher's raid, iii. 64

Transport in the field, iii. 93

Transvaal, origin and early history of (_see_ Appendix), i. _et seq._ 4, 23;
nature of, 14;
dissensions, 29;
annexed, 1876, 34;
rebellion, 69;
retrocession and its effects, 100;
gold discovered, 127;
of to-day, i. 136;
corruption, 142;
Jameson raid, 150;
annexed to British Empire, vi. 97

Trichardt's Drift, crossing at, iii. 96

Truce flag, abuse of by Boers, ii. 89, 111, 116; iii. 10

Tugela River, _see_ Colenso; iii. 95;
final crossing, iv. 128, 134, 142, 145;
casualties, 136

Tuli, expedition from, iii. 35

"Uitlanders," i. 116;
their treatment, 138;
and the Jameson raid, 149;
their treatment after, 179;
complaints to the Queen, 180

Ultimatum, the, of 1899, i. 178-89

Ulundi, battle of, i. 49

Vaal, British army crosses, v. 145

Vaal Krantz, battle of, iii. 117;
casualties, 125

Venter's Spruit casualties, iii. 104

Victoria, Queen, death of, vi. 145

Victoria contingents, iii. 150

Viljeon, General, ii. 3, 5, 10, 14

Villebois-Mareuil, de, Colonel, v. 41;
his plan of campaign, 42

Volksraad, i. 8, 27, 108, 117, 140, 145, 179 _et seq._
_See_ Appendix

Volunteers offer themselves for foreign service, iii. 5

Vryburg, v. 121, 133

Wagon Hill, attack on, iii. 81;
casualties, 90

Warren, Sir C., Bechuanaland expedition, i. 115; iii. 7;
his force, 92;
crosses the Tugela, 96;
at Spion Kop, 100 _et seq._ and Appendix;
engagement near Douglas, v. 169

Wauchope, General, ii. 84;
at Majesfontein, 173;
his death, 175, 183;
his career, 184

Wepener, siege of, v. 54;
casualties, 67;
operations for relief, 70-82

White, Sir George, ii. 11;
Reitfontein, 37;
Ladysmith, 38;
Lombard's Kop, 41;
defends Ladysmith, 50 _et passim_.
_See_ Ladysmith

Willoughby's, Sir J., report to War Office on the Jameson raid, i. 157

Willow Grange, ii. 128.
_See_ Beacon Hill

Winburg, v. 97;
occupied, 100

Wolseley, Sir Garnet, i. 62;
his declaration, 65

Wood, Colonel Evelyn, i. 43 _et seq._;
Sir Evelyn, i. 100

Wood, General, occupies Zoutpansdrift, iii. 74

Woodgate, General, iii. 104, 105, 109, 116.

Worcester Congress, vi. 133

Yeomanry volunteer for foreign service, iii. 3

Yule, General, ii. 16;
famous retreat, 32, 37

Zand River crossed, v. 101

Zulus, conflicts with the Boers and British, 1836-38;
origin of the war in 1879, i. 30, 36;
the war, 38

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