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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