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SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR VOLUME II

SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR VOLUME II

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THE CRISIS AT HOME 1

IN SOUTH AFRICA 2

THE OCCUPATION OF DUNDEE 7

THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE 14

ELANDSLAAGTE 20

THE RETREAT FROM DUNDEE 32

SIR W. PENN SYMONS--GLENCOE 35

THE BATTLE OF REITFONTEIN 36

LADYSMITH 38

THE BATTLE OF LOMBARD'S KOP 41

THE DISASTER OF NICHOLSON'S NEK 45

THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH 51


CHAPTER II

THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING 55

KIMBERLEY 64


CHAPTER III

NATAL 70

THE INVASION OF CAPE COLONY 76

THE BATTLE OF BELMONT 86

THE BATTLE OF GRASPAN 92

THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER 97

AFTER THE FIGHT 108


CHAPTER IV

THE INVESTMENT OF LADYSMITH 110

ESTCOURT 119

ARMOURED TRAIN DISASTER AT CHIEVELEY 121

ESTCOURT 126

THE FIGHT ON BEACON HILL 132

LADYSMITH 135

ESTCOURT AND FRERE 139

SURPRISES AT LADYSMITH 145

FRERE CAMP 151


CHAPTER V

ACTIVITY AT THE CAPE 154

WITH GENERAL GATACRE 159

THE REVERSE AT STORMBERG 163

AT THE MODDER RIVER 168

THE BATTLE OF MAJESFONTEIN 171


CHAPTER VI

CHIEVELEY CAMP 187

THE BATTLE OF COLENSO 188


FACSIMILE OF MS. OF MR. RUDYARD KIPLING'S WAR POEM "THE
ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR" 203




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS--VOL. II.


CHART SHOWING STAFF APPOINTMENTS MADE
AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR _At front_


1. _COLOURED PLATES_

PAGE
"ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM."
The Black Watch after the Battle of Majesfontein.
By R. Caton Woodville _Frontispiece_

OFFICER OF THE 9TH LANCERS 38

SERGEANT, KING'S ROYAL RIFLES 80

PRIVATE AND CORPORAL OF THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS 96

SERGEANT AND PRIVATE OF THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS 102

SIGHTING A NAVAL FIELD GUN 128

SERGEANTS OF THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY WITH
A 12-POUNDER 144

SERGEANT-MAJOR OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS 154


2. _FULL-PAGE PLATES_

THE OUTBREAK OF WAR--THE DRAKENBERG MOUNTAINS 6

THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR--TRANSPORT LEAVING
ENGLAND FOR THE CAPE 16

THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE 26

BEFORE LADYSMITH--HORSE ARTILLERY GALLOPING
TO TAKE UP A NEW POSITION 42

LADYSMITH, NATAL 54

NIGHT SORTIE FROM MAFEKING 64

THE BATTLE OF BELMONT 90

THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER 106

SCENE ON THE TUGELA 112

REPELLING AN ATTACK FROM THE TRENCHES AROUND
LADYSMITH 138

FROM FRERE TO CHIEVELEY 150

STORMBERG PASS 160

THE MODDER RIVER 172

THE BATTLE OF COLENSO--QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST
SURREY) REGIMENT LEADING THE CENTRAL ATTACK 188

THE BATTLE OF COLENSO--THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS
ATTEMPT TO FORD THE TUGELA 192

THE BATTLE OF COLENSO--THE LAST DESPERATE
ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE GUNS 198


3. _FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS_

LIEUT.-GENERAL J. D. P. FRENCH 22

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. PENN SYMONS, K.C.B. 32

GENERAL JOUBERT 48

COLONEL ROBERT S. S. BADEN-POWELL,
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