The following amendments have been made to the original text:

• General: Corrections to punctuation have not been individually noted.
• Page 17: Volkrust standardised to Volksrust.
• Page 27: Nordenfelts standardised to Nordenfeldts.
• Page 42: Colonel Airie corrected to Colonel Airey.
• Page 45: Fouriesberg standardised to Fouriesburg.
• Page 53: consesequently corrected to consequently.
• Page 103: unnegociable corrected to unnegotiable.
• Page 105: Lydenberg standardised to Lydenburg.
• Page 124: asphixiated corrected to asphyxiated.
• Page 133: Lieufontien standardised to Lieufontein.
• Page 142: via standardised to viÂ.
• Page 148: maurauding corrected to marauding.
• Page 157: politican corrected to politician; Buchuanaland standardised to Bechuanaland.
• Page 169: In the entry for Hely-Hutchinson, the blank after 189 is as in the original.
• Page 202, 214: Jacobsdal standardised to Jacobsdaal.
• Page 203, 205: Drakensburg standardised to Drakensberg.
• Page 204: Jerra corrected to Terra in the entry for Natal.
• Page 206: Pattrick corrected to Patrick in the entry for Union Jack; Magaliesburg standardised to Magaliesberg.
• Page 207: Sannah's standardised to Sanna's.
• Page 209: hepititis corrected to hepatitis.
• Page 215: Krugerdorp standardised to Krugersdorp.