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This page contains Volume II of Maurice's History. The contents are in PDF format.  File sizes vary between 430K and 2.1MB.

Contents
Chapter 1 - Relief of Kimberley. Situation before starting
Chapter 2 - Relief of Kimberley. Passage of the Riet and Modder
Chapter 3 - Relief of Kimberley. French enters Kimberley
Chapter 4 - How Kimberley was prepared for siege
Chapter 5 - The Siege of Kimberley
Chapter 6 - Pursuit of Cronje
Chapter 7 - Pursuit of Cronje (continued)
Chapter 8 - The battle of Paardeberg
Chapter 9 - The Investment of Cronje's Laager
Chapter 10 - The Surrender of Cronje
Chapter 11 - From Paardeberg to Poplar Grove
Chapter 12 - Poplar Grove
Chapter 13 - Driefontein
Chapter 14 - The occupation of Bloemfontein
Chapter 15 - Gatacre and Clements from Cape Colony join hands with the main army
Chapter 16 - Lord Roberts seizes the Waterworks, despatches French to Thabanchu, and action at Karee Siding
Chapter 17 - Operations in the Orange Free State during the halt at Bloemfontein. Sannah's Post
Chapter 18 - Operations in the Orange Free State during the halt at Bloemfontein (continued). Redersburg
Chapter 19 - Defence of Wepener
Chapter 20 - The Spion Kop Campaign. The First Stage
Chapter 21 - The Spion Kop Campaign. The Flank March to Trickhardt's Drift
Chapter 22 - The Spion Kop Campaign. The Capture and Evacuation of Spion Kop
Chapter 23 - Vaal Krantz
Chapter 24 - Relief of Ladysmith. The Capture of Cingolo
Chapter 25 - Relief of Ladysmith. The Capture of Monte Cristo; the right bank secured
Chapter 26 - Relief of Ladysmith. Crossing of the River; attack on Wynne's Hill
Chapter 27 - Relief of Ladysmith. Hart's Hill
Chapter 28 - Relief of Ladysmith. Pieter's Hill
Chapter 29 - Relief of Ladysmith. Pieter's Hill (Continued)
Chapter 30 - The Defence of Ladysmith. From the action or Lombards Kop to the attack of January 6th, 1900
Chapter 31 - The Defence of Ladysmith. Wagon Hill
Chapter 32 - The Defence of Ladysmith. Last phase of Siege, 7th January to 3rd March 1900
Appendix 1 - Letter from Lieut.-General Kelly-Kenny to Lord Roberts, 17TH February, 1900
Appendix 2 - Casualties, etc., in the principal Engagements described in Volume II
Appendix 3 - Detail of Entrenching carried out by the Royal Engineers and 14TH brigade during the investment of Cronje's Laager
Appendix 4 - Prisoners taken at Paardeberg
Appendix 5 - Redistribution of the Mounted Infantry into Four brigades on the 6th March, 1900
Appendix 6 - Return of Troops marching into Bloemfontein on its surrender, 13TH March, 1900
Appendix 7 - Reasons for the removal of Lieut.-General Gatacre
Appendix 8 - Army orders
Appendix 9 - Army orders
Appendix 10 - Miscellaneous
Appendix 11 - Army orders
Appendix 12 - Expenditure of Ammunition
Appendix 13 - Sir Redvers Buller's reasons for not pursuing the Boers on the 28th February 1900
Appendix 14 - Defence of Ladysmith.—decision of Boer Council of War vetoed by subordinates
Appendix 15 - Defence of Ladysmith.—Expenditure of Ammunition during the Siege. Hospital Statistics
Index