PREFATORY NOTE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS
CHAPTER I AT SEA
CHAPTER II A GLANCE AHEAD
CHAPTER III ON THE ORANGE FREE STATE BORDER
CHAPTER IV BRICKS OF STRAW
CHAPTER V DIAMONDS AND WHITE FEATHERS
CHAPTER VI TWO DAYS BEFORE WAR
CHAPTER VII THE SKIRMISH AT FIVE MILE BANK
CHAPTER VIII THE FIRST DAY OF BOMBARDMENT
CHAPTER IX THE ADVENT OF "BIG BEN"
CHAPTER X A MIDNIGHT SORTIE
CHAPTER XI CANNON KOPJE
CHAPTER XII A RECONNAISSANCE
CHAPTER XIII THE TOWN GUARD
CHAPTER XIV WASTED ENERGIES
CHAPTER XV SHELLS AND SLAUGHTER
CHAPTER XVI A SOFT-WATER BATH
CHAPTER XVII THE ECONOMY OF THE SITUATION
CHAPTER XVIII A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XIX A LITTLE GUN PRACTICE
CHAPTER XX THE ATTACK UPON GAME TREE
CHAPTER XXI THE ADVENT OF THE NEW YEAR
CHAPTER XXII NATIVE LIFE
CHAPTER XXIII BOMBAST AND BOMB-PROOFS
CHAPTER XXIV SOME SNIPING AND AN EXECUTION
CHAPTER XXV LIFE IN THE BRICKFIELDS
CHAPTER XXVI FROM BAD TO WORSE
CHAPTER XXVII THE FIRST ATTACK UPON THE BRICKFIELDS
CHAPTER XXVIII THE SECOND ATTACK UPON THE BRICKFIELDS
CHAPTER XXIX THE NATIVE QUESTION
CHAPTER XXX POLITICAL ECONOMY
CHAPTER XXXI "A HISTORY OF THE BARALONGS"
CHAPTER XXXII 'TIS WEARY WAITING
CHAPTER XXXIII TWO HUNDRED DAYS OF SIEGE
CHAPTER XXXIV THE EPICUREAN'S DELIGHT
CHAPTER XXXV THE LAST FIGHT
CHAPTER XXXVI RELIEVED AT LAST
CHAPTER XXXVII THE END
THE COLONEL AT WORK.
BY
J. ANGUS HAMILTON
WITH FIFTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AND TWO PLANS
METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON 1900
