Gale and Poledon Ltd, London and Aldershot, 1910

Contents

Prefatory note
i Prolegomena
i The roundheads of South Africa
ii Patriotism, duty and discipline
iii War considered as a branch of sport
ii The Natal wedge
iii Deus ex machina no. 1
iv Kimberley and the siege of Rhodes
v A tragedy of errors
vi More tugela trouble
vii Ladysmith at bay
viii Deus ex machina no. 2
ix Alarms and excursions
x Baden-Powell and the siege of Mafeking
xi Bloemfontein to Pretoria
xii The new colony
xiii Nec celer nec audax
xiv The taming of the Transvaal
xv The recurrences of de Wet
xvi Lord Kitchener at work
xvii The mechanical phase
i Orange River Colony
ii Eastern Transvaal
iii Western Transvaal
iv Cape Colony
xviii The end
Commanders of divisions and brigades

Footnote 1:

The thanks of the Author are due to the Army Council for permission to copy the maps and plans in the Official History of the War, and to L.S. Amery, Esq., for permission to copy the plans in the fifth volume of the Times History of the War.

Illustrations

Final Advance on Ladysmith
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Brandwater Basin
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Colenso
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Diamond Hill
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Siege of Ladysmith
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Magaliesberg District
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Modder River and Magersfontein
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Noitgedacht Nek
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Northern Natal
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Orange Free State
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Paardeberg
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Spion Kop
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Poplar Grove and Driefontein
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Riet and Modder Drifts
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Sannah's Post
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Southern Transvaal
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Spion Kop and Vaalkrantz
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Stormberg
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