Sir Charles Warren and Spion Kop: A Vindication
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Signature of Sir Charles Warren
SIR CHARLES WARREN
AND
SPION KOP
A VINDICATION
‘DEFENDER’
WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, PORTRAIT AND MAP
LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1902
Defender
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PREFACE
CONTENTS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
PARENTAGE
EARLY SERVICE—GIBRALTAR AND CHATHAM
JERUSALEM, 1867 TO 1870
SOUTH AFRICA, 1876 TO 1879
CHATHAM, 1880 TO 1882
EGYPT AND ARABIA PETRÆA, 1882 TO 1883
CHATHAM, 1883–4
BECHUANALAND EXPEDITION, 1884–5
CANDIDATE FOR PARLIAMENT, 1885
SUAKIN, 1886
CHIEF COMMISSIONERSHIP OF POLICE, 1886 TO 1888
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1889 TO 1894
THAMES DISTRICT, 1895 TO 1898
CHAPTER I
THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR
WARREN CROSSES THE TUGELA
CHAPTER II
POSITION OF AFFAIRS
CHAPTER III
ADVANCE TO VENTER’S LAAGER AND ATTACK OF THE RANGEWORTHY HILLS
ATTACK OF THE RANGEWORTHY HILLS
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CAPTURE OF SPION KOP AND ITS ABANDONMENT
CHAPTER VI
AFTER WITHDRAWAL—BOER COMMENTS
CHAPTER VII
SOME CRITICISMS
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN AND ARRANGEMENTS MADE
APPENDIX
INDEX
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