CONTENTS
Henry H. S. Pearse
CHAPTER
PAGE
INTRODUCTION
1
I.
HOW THE CORPS WAS RAISED AND EQUIPPED
7
II.
PREPARING FOR THE FRONT—DEPARTURE FROM CALCUTTA
40
III.
OUTWARD BOUND
68
IV.
NEARING THE GOAL—DISEMBARKATION AT CAPE TOWN AND EAST LONDON
85
V.
AN INTERLUDE—THE RESULTS OF SANNA’S POST
96
VI.
BY RAIL AND ROUTE MARCH TO BLOEMFONTEIN
109
VII.
IMPRESSIONS OF BLOEMFONTEIN—JOIN THE 8TH MOUNTED INFANTRY REGIMENT ON OUTPOST
127
VIII.
THE BAPTISM OF FIRE—LUMSDEN’S HORSE AT OSPRUIT (HOUTNEK)
144
IX.
AFTER OSPRUIT—SOME TRIBUTES TO MAJOR SHOWERS AND OTHER HEROES
175
X.
PRISONERS OF WAR
191
XI.
TOWARDS PRETORIA—LUMSDEN’S HORSE SCOUTING AHEAD OF THE ARMY FROM BLOEMFONTEIN TO THE VAAL RIVER
208
XII.
JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA IN OUR HANDS
230
XIII.
ON LINES OF COMMUNICATION AT IRENE, KALFONTEIN, ZURFONTEIN, AND SPRINGS—THE PRETORIA PAPER-CHASE
248
XIV.
ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS—BOER SCOUTING—A RECONNAISSANCE TO CROCODILE RIVER—FAREWELL TO COLONEL ROSS
270
XV.
A MARCH UNDER MAHON OF MAFEKING TO RUSTENBURG AND WARMBATHS—IN PURSUIT OF DE WET
286
XVI.
EASTWARD TO BELFAST AND BARBERTON UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND MAHON
313
XVII.
MARCHING AND FIGHTING—FROM MACHADODORP TO HEIDELBERG AND PRETORIA UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND DICKSON
340
XVIII.
HOMEWARD BOUND—APPROBATION FROM LORD ROBERTS—CAPE TOWN’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS—FAREWELL TO SOUTH AFRICA
359
XIX.
THE RETURN TO INDIA—WELCOME HOME—HONOURS AND ORATIONS—DISBANDMENT
377
XX.
A STIRRING SEQUEL—THE STORY OF THOSE WHO STAYED—MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE
409
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