CONTENTS

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  • CHAPTER PAGE
  • AT SEA 1
  • A GLANCE AHEAD 11
  • ON THE ORANGE FREE STATE BORDER 22
  • BRICKS OF STRAW 34
  • DIAMONDS AND WHITE FEATHERS 41
  • TWO DAYS BEFORE WAR 49
  • THE SKIRMISH AT FIVE MILE BANK 57
  • THE FIRST DAY OF BOMBARDMENT 67
  • THE ADVENT OF "BIG BEN" 78
  • A MIDNIGHT SORTIE 88
  • CANNON KOPJE 97
  • A RECONNAISSANCE 108
  • THE TOWN GUARD 120
  • WASTED ENERGIES 130
  • SHELLS AND SLAUGHTER 140
  • A SOFT-WATER BATH 147
  • THE ECONOMY OF THE SITUATION 152
  • A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL 158
  • A LITTLE GUN PRACTICE 165
  • THE ATTACK UPON GAME TREE 175
  • THE ADVENT OF THE NEW YEAR 188
  • NATIVE LIFE 196
  • BOMBAST AND BOMB-PROOFS 202
  • SOME SNIPING AND AN EXECUTION 212
  • LIFE IN THE BRICKFIELDS 220
  • FROM BAD TO WORSE 225
  • THE FIRST ATTACK UPON THE BRICKFIELDS 232
  • THE SECOND ATTACK UPON THE BRICKFIELDS 240
  • THE NATIVE QUESTION 247
  • POLITICAL ECONOMY 253
  • "A HISTORY OF THE BARALONGS" 261
  • 'TIS WEARY WAITING 271
  • TWO HUNDRED DAYS OF SIEGE 278
  • THE EPICUREAN'S DELIGHT 283
  • THE LAST FIGHT 290
  • RELIEVED AT LAST 311
  • THE END 319
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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