SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR VOLUME III

CHAPTER I
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THE SITUATION 1
DOINGS AT CHIEVELEY 8
CHRISTMAS AT THE CAPE AND NATAL 14


CHAPTER II
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MAFEKING 19
KURUMAN AND ELSEWHERE 25
MAFEKING, NOVEMBER 31
KIMBERLEY 39


CHAPTER III
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LIFE WITH GENERAL GATACRE 47
WITH GENERAL FRENCH 52


CHAPTER IV
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THE COLONIALS AT BELMONT 60
COLONEL PILCHER'S RAID 61
ACTIVITIES AND SURPRISES 68
AT MODDER RIVER 72


CHAPTER V
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CHRISTMAS AT LADYSMITH 79
THE ATTACK ON WAGON HILL 81


CHAPTER VI
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BULLER'S SECOND ADVANCE 92
THE FLANK MOVEMENT 97
THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP 104
THE THIRD GREAT EFFORT--VAAL KRANTZ 117
DISAPPOINTMENT AT LADYSMITH 125
LORD ROBERTS AT THE CAPE 131


CHAPTER VII
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THE WONDER OF THE WORLD 136
FIRST CANADIAN CONTINGENT 138
THE SECOND CANADIAN CONTINGENT 144
STRATHCONA'S HORSE 146
NEW SOUTH WALES 148
VICTORIA 150
NEW ZEALAND 151
QUEENSLAND 153
SOUTH AUSTRALIA 154
WEST AUSTRALIA 157
TASMANIA 157
THE BUSHMEN'S CORPS 158
INDIA'S CONTINGENTS 159
THE SOUTH AFRICAN VOLUNTEERS--
CAPE COLONY 161
NATAL 166
THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY 167
THE CITY IMPERIAL VOLUNTEERS 171


CHAPTER VIII
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AT COLESBERG 174
LORD ROBERTS'S ADVANCE 183
"FIGHTING MAC" AT KOODOESBERG 186


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APPENDIX 190
THE STORY OF SPION KOP 190
LIST OF STAFF 199




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS--VOL. III.


BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE GROUND COVERED BY GENERAL
BULLER'S OPERATIONS _At Front_


1. _COLOURED PLATES_
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FIELD-MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR,
V.C. &c. _Frontispiece_
SERGEANT-MAJOR--IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE 24
ARMY SERVICE CORPS 40
HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY--CAPTAIN, 2ND LIFE GUARDS 80
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY (ACTION FRONT) 100
CYCLISTS--LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS 120
PRIVATE, DRUMMERS, PIPER, AND BUGLER--THE BLACK WATCH 134
OFFICERS--CITY OF LONDON IMPERIAL VOLUNTEERS 176


2. _FULL-PAGE PLATES_
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A PICKET OF 13TH HUSSARS SURPRISED NEAR THE TUGELA RIVER 8
A RECONNAISSANCE IN FORCE WITH GENERAL FRENCH'S
CAVALRY NEAR COLESBERG 56
COLONEL PILCHER'S ATTACK