MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE SPECIAL NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AT VEREENIGING, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC, THURSDAY, THE 29th OF MAY, 1902, AND THE FOLLOWING DAYS FOOTNOTES: Index Aard, Commandant Frans van— Election as Commandant of Kroonstad, [115] Killed in engagement between Kroonstad and Lindley, [157] Abraham's Kraal—Bombardment by British, Boer Flight, [52] Achterlaaiers , [3] Active Service—Calling up of Orange Free State Burghers, [4] Commando Law as to Equipment, Provisions, etc., [3] Notification to Orange Free State Burghers to hold themselves in readiness, [3] Alberts, Capt.—Tribute to, [243] Albrecht, Major—Command of Boer Reinforcements at Koedoesberg, [28] Ammunition—Amount possessed by Boers in 1902, [408] Capture of Ammunition by the Boers, [173] Dewetsdorp, [178] Doornspruit, Capture of Train near, [132] Roodewal—Amount captured, [103] Digging up, [191] , [193] Disposal of, [104] , [106] Tweefontein, [282] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Ammunition hidden in Cave, [298] Amnesty—General Amnesty for Boer Sympathisers in Cape Colony and Natal, proposed, [322] Annexation of the South African Republic—Battles fought after the alleged Annexation, [229] Peace Negotiations at Pretoria, References to the Annexation, [367] Armistice to admit of attendance of Officers at the Vereeniging Meeting (May, 1902), [315] Misunderstanding on the part of the British Columns, [317] Arms, Surrender of, see titles Banishment and Surrender Assistant-Commander-in-Chief Gen. de Wet obtaining Post from Government, [95] Assistant-Commander-in-Chief of the Orange Free State— Prinsloo, Mr. Marthinus, Illegal Election of, [126] Steenekamp, Commandant, Nomination of, [144] Badenhorst, Siege of, by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [77] , [78] Abandonment of Siege, [79] Badenhorst, Veldtcornet, [94] Vice-Commander-in-Chief in Districts of Boshof, etc., Appointment, [159] Baggage Animals of British Troops—Exhaustion of, [148] Use of, [279] Baker's, Col., Column—Commander-in-Chief de Wet lying in wait with a view to Reprisals, [271] Banishment Proclamation of Aug. 7, 1901 (Lord Kitchener's Proclamation), [247-250] Battles fought subsequent to, [252] Burghers, Effect on, [252] Kitchener's, Lord, Letter to Commander-in-Chief de Wet enclosing copy of Proclamation, [247] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Reply, [248] Officers, Effect on, [250] President and Commander-in-Chief of Transvaal and Orange Free State—Replies, [250] , [251] , [257] , [258] Steyn's, President, Letter to Lord Kitchener, [251-259] Terms of, [247-251] Bank Notes of the South African Republic—Peace Terms, Arrangements for honouring Notes, [380] Prisoners of War, Opportunity of sending in Notes for Payment, [386] Barbed Wire Fences, see Wire Fences Barton, Gen., Attack on at Frederiksstad by Commander-in-Chief de Wet and Gen. Liebenberg, [164-167] Beijers, Gen.—Continuance of the War, Spirit of the Nation an obstacle—Speech at Vereeniging Conference, [410] Waterberg District, Situation in—Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [339] Bergh, Capt.—Attacks on Boer Forces with bands of Kaffirs, [271] Bester, Commandant A.J.—Continuance of the War, Argument in favour of at the Vereeniging Conference, [421] Bester Station, Skirmish at, [10] Bethlehem—Commandants of Boer Forces, Appointments, [227] , [228] [121] , [122] Dispositions of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [120] , [121] Voetgangers on Wolhuterskop, Bravery of, [121] , [122] Engagement near, [194] , [195] Fall of, [122] Bethlehem Commando—Fidelity of Burghers, [94] , [note ] Bezuidenhoutspas—Occupation by Vrede Commando, [7] , [8] Biddulphsberg Engagement—English wounded burnt by veldt fire, [84] "Big Constable"—Transvaalers mistaking President Steyn for Police Agent, [86] , [87] Birkenstock, Mr.—Continuance of the War, Terms of Surrender, etc., [399] Situation in South Africa on May 15, 1902—Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [343] Blauwbank, Fight at, [30] British Camp abandoned—Booty taken by Boers, [33] , [34] British Convoy, Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Attack on, [32] , [33] Blijdschap—Arrival of Laager of Women, [268] De Lange sentenced to death for High Treason at, [268] , [note ] Massing of Commandos at, [268] Blikkiescost , [4] Blockhouse System—"Blockhead" System, alleged, [260] Boer Success in breaking through Blockhouses, [260] , [261] Bothaville, Boers breaking through Blockhouse Line, [299] British loss of faith in Blockhouses, [291] , [292] Cost of erection and maintenance, [262] Description of, [262] Districts surrounded by the British, [261] Failure of, alleged, [261] Lindley-Kroonstad Line, Boers breaking through, [287] Palmietfontein, Boers breaking through Line near, [289] , [290] Prolongation of the War by, alleged, [263] , [264] Small number of Captures effected, [260] , [261] Springhaansnek—Commander-in-Chief de Wet breaking through the Line of Blockhouses on the march to the South, [173] Thaba'Nchu and Sanna's Post, Forts between—Capture by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [201] , [202] Trenches dug by British near Blockhouse Lines, etc., [288] , [294] , [295] Bloemfontein—Capture by British, [55] Defence of—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Arrangements, [54] Water Works—Occupation by General Broadwood, [61] "Boer Biscuits," [3] Boer Forces— Burghers who had returned home after fall of Bloemfontein, Re-call to the front, [71] Commandos left with Commander-in-Chief de Wet after fall of Bloemfontein, [note 57] Confusion among Burghers at Holspruits, [294] , [295] Discipline, see that title Disposition of Forces after fall of Bethlehem, [124] Harrismith Commando, Refusal to part with Waggons—Return home, [161] , [163] Medical Certificates, Abuse of, [note 59] Mobility, see that title Numbers at Outset of War, [408] , [414] , [415] , [419] Numbers at the Termination of the War, [322] , [338] , [339] , [347] , [348] , [359] , [360] , [361] , [362] Orange Free State Commandos— Commander-in-Chief, Election of, [6] , [7] Harrismith, Concentration at, [4] , [6-7] Heilbron Commando, see that title Number of Burghers ready to fight after fall of Pretoria, [94] Panic after Paardeberg, [48] , [49] , [51] , [52] , [note 57] Permission given to Burghers by Commander-in-Chief de Wet to return home, [56] [note ] , [57] —Gen. Joubert's Protest, [57] Reduction in numbers due to Paardeberg Surrender, etc., [89] , [90] Roberts', Lord, Surrender Proclamation—Effect on Numbers rejoining Commandos, [60] Non-observance of Terms, Burghers returning to Commandos, [80] Separation of Free Staters and Transvaalers after fall of Kroonstad, Reasons for, [89] , [90] Boesmanskop Skirmish, [80] Boshof, Vrow—Gift of Clothes to Burghers who had swum the Orange River, [221] , [222] Bosman, Landdrost—Continuance of the War, Terms of Surrender, etc., [404] , [405] , [406] Situation in South Africa on 15th May, 1902—Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [361] , [362] Botha—Capture at Honingkopjes, Subsequent Escape and Death, [110] Botha, Commandant-General— Continuance of the War, Arguments against—Terms of Surrender, etc., [414] , [415] Estcourt Skirmishes—Capture of Armoured Train, etc., [19] [93] Independence of the South African Republic and Orange Free State—Vereeniging Conference Delegates' power to decide as to Independence, [411] Junction with Commander-in-Chief de Wet at Rhenosterriviersbrug, [88] , [89] Middelburg Peace Proposals, see that title Mission to Europe on behalf of Relief Fund Committee, [428] Peace Negotiations—Member of Commission of National Representatives at the Pretoria Conference, [320] , [365-396] Situation in South Africa on 15th May, 1902—Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [337] , [338] , [354-358] Botha, General Philip— Dewetsdorp Defences, Occupation of, [175] , [176] Engagement with General Knox's Forces, [194] , [195] Kroonstad War Council, Presence at, [58] Reinforcements sent to Commander-in-Chief de Wet before Paardeberg, Command of, [36] , [37] Stinkfontein—Failure to recapture Position, [45] Storming of, [40] Tabaksberg, Engagement at, [83] Botha, Mr. Jan—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Tribute to, [150] , [151] Bothaville—Boers breaking through Blockhouse Line, [299] Surprise Attack by the British on Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Forces—Boer Panic, [168-170] Losses of the Boers, [170-171] Bout Span , [5] Boys—Presence with Commandos, [287] , [289] , [290] Children killed and wounded, [289] , [290] , [295] , [296] Brabant's, General, Successes, [50] Brabant's Horse—Attack on Commandant Kritzinger and Captain Scheepers, [185] , [186] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Opinion of, [75] , [76] Brand, President—Assistance rendered to South African Republic in War of 1877-1881, [422] , [423] Brandfort, Boer Forces at—Hotels closed by Commander-in-Chief, [60] Brandwachten , [22] Breijtenbach, Veldtcornet B.H.—Continuance of the War, Impossibility of Carrying on the Struggle, [403] , [404] British Forces—Artillery, Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Tribute to, [25] March from Bethlehem to Reitz, under guidance of Free Staater, [263] , [264] Sixty Thousand Men, Cordon of, [291] , [292] , [293] , [294] Broadwood, General—Occupation of Thaba'Nchu, [65] , [66] Retreat towards Thaba'Nchu before General Olivier, [62] Broodspioen, [207] , [208] Bruwer, Commandant—Appointment to Command of Bethlehem District, [227] , [228] Buller, Sir Redvers—Drakensberg Frontier, Crossing of, [93] Landing at Cape Town, [21] Relief of Ladysmith, [50] Strength of Positions operated against by Sir Redvers Buller, [21] Bulwana Hill—Boers surprised by British, [21] Burger, Vice-President—Continuance of the War, Terms of Surrender, etc., [398] , [421] , [422] , [424] , [425] Meeting with Orange Free State Government, Letter to President Steyn, [301] , [302] Situation in South Africa on 15th May, 1902—Address at the Vereeniging Conference, [336] , [337] , [351-354] Steyn, President, Resignation of—Announcement at Vereeniging Conference, [411] Cape Colony— De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Attempted Inroad—March towards Cape Colony— Blockhouses—Commander-in-Chief de Wet breaking through the Line at Springhaansnek, [173] , [187] , [188] , [189] Dewetsdorp— Defences, British neglecting to hold, [175] , [176] Storming of, [175-179] Forces under Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [172] "Good Hope" Farm, Engagement near, [181] Knox's, Gen., Arrival with British Reinforcements, [181] Gun and Amount of Ammunition taken, [173] Karmel, March towards, [181] , [182] Knox's, Gen., Pursuit of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [185] , [186] , [187] , [189] , [190] Orange and Caledon Rivers in flood—Commander-in-Chief de Wet "cornered," [182] , [183] Prinsloo's, Commandant Michal, Commando—Appearance in the nick of time, [187] , [188] Retreat across Orange River, [184] , [185] Capture of Farm held by British Troops, [207] , [208] Courage and Endurance of Burghers, [212] Diminution in number of Boer Forces, [206] , [207] Engagements with British Troops, [206] , [207] , [212] Escape of Boer Forces in the darkness, [216] , [219] , [220] Fodder, Lack of, [206] , [207] Knox's, Gen., Movements, [201] , [202] , [203] Miraculous Nature of Boer Achievements, [223] , [224] Moddervlei, Passage of—Boer Loss of Ammunition and Flour Waggons, [208] , [209] , [210] , [212] Officers serving with Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [195] , [196] Position of Boer Forces after crossing Orange River, [205] , [206] Retreat across Orange River, Difficulties of, etc., [217-224] Strategy employed to mislead Gen. Knox, [202] , [203] , [204] General Rising of Burghers, Impossibility of—Reports of Delegates at the Vereeniging Conference, [340] , [341] , [342] , [355] , [360] , [361] , [405] , [406] Position of affairs at the beginning of 1901—Colonial Burghers' Sympathy with Boer Cause, [195] , [196] Sheep-farming, success of in North-Western Districts, [211] Small Commandos sent to Cape Colony, Policy of, [234] Cape Mounted Rifles, Commander-in-Chief de Wet's opinion of, [77] , [78] Cartwright, Mr., Editor of South African News —Punishment for publication of "not to take prisoners" Anecdote concerning Lord Kitchener, [184] , [185] Casualties, see Losses in Killed and Wounded, etc., on either side Cattle—Blockhouse Line between Lindley and Kroonstad, Boer Cattle breaking through, [288] Capture of Boer Cattle on "Majuba Day," [296] , [297] Destruction by the British, [192] , [232] Supply available on May 15, 1902—Report of Vereeniging Delegates, [337] , [338] , [339] , [340] , [341] , [343] , [344] , [345] , [346] , [351] , [352] Causes of the War—British Government Interference with the inner policy of the South African Republic, [252] , [253] Declaration of War by the South African Republics as the Cause—President Steyn's Contradiction, [251] , [252] Extermination of the Republics already determined on by England, alleged, [254] , [255] Franchise Law—British Government Demands, [252] , [253] , [254] Goldfields the main object, alleged, [350] , [351] Jameson Raid as a Cause, alleged, [251] , [252] , [253] Memorials to H.M. Government concerning alleged Grievances—President Steyn's efforts to keep the Peace, [252] , [253] , [254] Orange Free State joining issues with the Transvaal, [254] , [255] Steyn's, President, Letter to Lord Kitchener, [250-259] Troops landed by the British Government prior to outbreak of War, [253] , [254] Ultimatum of Boers, Lord Salisbury's Assertion, [53] , [54] Ceylon—Boer Prisoners taken with Gen. Prinsloo sent to Ceylon, [156] Chamberlain, Mr. J.—Boer Ultimatum—Telegrams to Sir A. Milner, [329] Jameson Raid—Defence of Mr. Rhodes, President Steyn on, [251] , [252] Cilliers, Gen. J.G.—Continuance of the War, Terms of Surrender, etc., [404] , [405] Situation in South Africa on May 15, 1902—Address at the Vereeniging Conference, [353] , [354] Cilliers, Sarah—Death at Frederiksstad Engagement, [166] , [167] Clothing—De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Clothes hidden in Cave, [298] Difficulty of obtaining, [233] Hides for tanning, Destruction by the British, [233] Stripping British Prisoners to obtain, [233] Colenso—British losses at, [23] Colesberg—Strength of Boer Positions, [26] Colonial Burghers—British subjects fighting on Boer Side, Boer Hopes of Assistance unfulfilled, [405] , [406] , [408] , [420] British Government Intentions with regard to Rebels, [394] , [395] Proposal for General Amnesty, [413] , [414] Safeguarding in Peace Negotiations, [398] , [402] , [403] , [411] , [414] , [415] , [416] , [421] , [427] Commandeering—Provisions of Commando Law, [3] Commander-in-Chief of Orange Free State— De Wet, Gen.—Appointment of, [49] Secret Election of, [118] Prinsloo, Election of, [6] , [7] [3] Commandos—Division of into small parties, [225] Advantages of, [227] List of Districts and Commandants, [225-227] Skirmishes, Splendid Record, [267] Small Commandos sent into Cape Colony—De Wet's Policy, [234] (For particular Commandos see their names) Commissariat—Comparison of Boer and British Commissariat Arrangements, [4] , [5] , [6] , [7] Compensation for Boer Losses, see Repatriation Concentration Camps—Number of Deaths in, etc., [416] , [419] , [426] Women—Flight of to avoid being sent to Camps, [193] , [279] Maintenance of Boer Women and Children by the British Government—President Steyn on, [257] , [258] Treatment of, [232] , [257] , [258] Conduct of the War by British—Exhaustion of the Republics, [419] Continuance of the War in 1902, Vereeniging Conference— Burghers, Attitude of, [404] , [405] , [410] , [411] Effect on Vereeniging Meeting, [413] , [414] Comparison of Situation with that of 1877-1881, Futility of, [421] , [422] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Speech, [407] Kruger's, President, Advice, [420] Possibility, Question of—Situation in South African Republic, Reliance on Government, etc., [347] , [348] , [349] , [350] , [351] , [352] , [353] , [354-358] , [359] , [360-362] , [363] , [399] , [400] , [401] , [402] , [403] , [404] , [405] , [407] , [408] , [410] , [412] , [413] , [414] , [415] , [417] , [418] , [420] , [421] , [422] , [423] , [424] , [426] Reasons for, [400] , [401] Correspondence relating to the War, Preservation of, [247] Court Martial on Commandant Vilonel, Composition of, [note 85] Cowboys, Capture by Boers—Blauwbank Capture, [33] , [34] Cronje, Commandant—Continuance of the War, Reliance on God, etc., [402] European Intervention, Boer Deputation to Foreign Courts, [402] , [403] Cronje, Gen. A.P.—Modder Spruit, Command at, [11] Sanna's Post, Share in Engagement, [64] Vechtgeneraal of Orange Free State, Nomination as, [11] Cronje, Gen. Piet—De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Scheme for breaking Lord Methuen's Railway Communications—Refusal to permit Execution of, [23] Ladysmith, Occupation of Positions South and Southwest of, [19] Magersfontein—Command at, [23] , [24] Refusal to profit by Commander-in-Chief De Wet's Advice, [25] Message in reply to Commander-in-Chief De Wet's warning before Paardeberg, [31] Retreat towards Paardeberg, [36] , [37] Surrender at Paardeberg (see Paardeberg) Cronje, Vechtgeneraal Andreas—Command of Boers' Reinforcements from Bloemfontein, [45] Cropper, F.C., Death of, near Lindley, [269] Dakasburg Engagement, [200] Dalgety, Colonel—Command at Badenhorst, [77] Davel, Commandant—Command of President Steyn's Bodyguard, [191] Days of Thanksgiving and Humiliation, Appointment of, [243] De Clercq, Mr.—Continuance of the War, Terms of Surrender, [399] Situation in South Africa on May 15, 1902—Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [344] , [348] De la Rey, General—Colesberg Command, [24] Continuance of the War, Terms of Surrender, etc., [403] , [404] Fortitude after Fall of Pretoria, [93] Independence of the South African Republic—Powers of Vereeniging Delegates to decide on Question, [411] , [412] Kraaipan, Capture of Armoured Train, [8] Kroonstad War Council, Presence at, [58] Magersfontein Laager, Command at, [23] Mission to Europe on behalf of Relief Fund Committee, [428] Peace Negotiations—Member of Commission of National Representatives at the Pretoria Conference, [320] , [365-396] Permission given to Burghers to return home, [56] Reitfontein, Work at, [52] Roberts', Lord, Attempt to cross the Orange River—Success in preventing, [26] Situation in South Africa on May 15, 1902—Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [358] Steyn's, President, and General de Wet's visit to, [300] De Lange—Sentence of Death for High Treason at Blijdschap, [268 note ] De Wet, General Piet—Advice to Commander-in-Chief De Wet after Siege of Badenhorst, [81] [130] Lindley Garrison, Capture of, [92] Sanna's Post Engagement, Share in, [64] Swartbooiskop, Guarding after Fight at Nicholson's Nek, [17] De Wet, Jacobus, Capture of, [296] , [297] De Wet, Johannes—Death near Smithfield, [181] De Wet, Veldtcornet—Wounded during Retreat from Dewetsdorp, [181] Debtors, Protection of, against Creditors for Six Months after the War—Peace Negotiations at Pretoria (May, 1902), [387] Declaration of War by South African Republic (see Ultimatum) Deputation to European Powers to ask for Intervention (1900)—Departure from Delagoa Bay, [53] , [54] Encouragement to continue Struggle, [407] England's Refusal to permit Return of Deputation, [409] , [412] , [413] European Governments unwilling to receive, [415] , [416] Failure of, [355] , [356] Object of, [54] Silence of, [401] , [402] , [403] , [404] , [405] , [407] Delagoa Bay Harbour, Forbidden to Boers by Portuguese Government, [53] , [note 54] Destitution caused by the War, [321] , [322] Appointment of Committee to Collect and Administer Relief Funds, [428] Devastation by the British—War against Boer Property, [192] Crops destroyed, Corn burnt, etc., [note 83] Farm-burning and Waggons (see those titles) Male Attire, Burning of, [221] , [222] Dewetsdorp, Occupation by British, [71] Storming by Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Forces, [174-179] Diederiks of Boshof, Commandant, [24] Discipline of Boer Forces—Imperfect Discipline, [7] , [8] , [9] , [57] Failure to remove Cattle along Railway Line, [111] Roodewal, Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Difficulties in carrying away Booty, [103] , [104] Sanna's Post, irritating Results at, [67] Stricter Discipline, Results of, [61] Taljaart's and Prinsloo's, Veldtcornets, Burghers "preferred to go their own way," [286] Waggon Difficulty, [120] , [121] Harrismith Burghers' Refusal to part with their Waggons at Spitskopje, [161-163] Doornberg, War Council at—Decision as to Presidential Election, [197] Doornspruit—Line near crossed by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, Capture of Train, Ammunition, etc., [132] Drakensberg Range— Boundary between Boer and British Territory in 1899, [7] , [8] Passes, Occupation by Orange Free State Commandos, [7] , [8] Drive Tactics of British— Bethlehem-Lindley to Frankfort-Vrede Line—Cordon of Sixty Thousand Men, [290-296] Boer Forces caught between Cordon of Troops and Vaal River, [135] , [136] Harrismith, Heilbron and Bethlehem District, [285] , [286] Du Toit, General—Continuance of the War, Terms of Surrender, etc., [400] , [401] Dundee, Line near, cut by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [9] , [10] Elandsfontein Engagement—Commandant Michal Prinsloo's Exploit, [119] , [120] Elandskop—British Attack in Hope of Capturing Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [290] , [291] Elandslaagte Engagement, [114] Els, Veldtcornet Marthinus, wounded outside Ladysmith, [20] Epithets applied by the British to the Boer Forces, [227] , [228] European Journals kept from Republics by England, [409] Eustin, Lieut. Banie, wounded and captured by British, [204] , [205] Extermination of the South African Republics—British Determination to exterminate the Republics prior to the Outbreak of War, alleged, [254] , [255] Fanny's Home Farm—Recapture of Guns by British, [285] Farm-burning, etc., by the British—Heilbron, Bethlehem and Harrismith District, [285] Roberts', Lord, Proclamations, ordering, [192] Shelter, Lack of—Women living in Narrow Sheds, [290] , [291] Wholesale Destruction of Farms by the British, [232] Fauresmith and Jacobsdal Burghers—Failure to rejoin Commandos, [60] Return Home without Permission after Poplar Grove, [56] Ferreira, Mr. T.S., Commander-in-Chief, at Kimberley—Death due to Gun Accident, [49] Firing of the Veldt by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [141] , [142] Fissher, Abraham—Member of Boer Deputation to Europe (1900), [53] , [54] Food Supply—Failure of Food Supply, Reason for Acceptance of British Peace Terms, [233] , [321] , [401] , [402] , [405] , [406] , [410] , [416] , [417] , [421] , [422] , [427] , [428] [345] Situation in the various Districts on May 15, 1902—Reports of the Delegates to the Vereeniging Conference, [337] , [338] , [339] , [340] , [341] , [342] , [343] , [344] , [345] , [346] , [355] , [361] , [362] Forces—Comparison between numbers, etc., engaged on either Side in the War, [339] (See also titles Boer and British Forces) Fourie, General Piet—Bethlehem Engagement, [281] Blauwbank, Exploits at, [33] , [34] , [35] Cape Colony Expedition, Part in, [201] , [202] , [203] , [204] , [205] , [206] , [207] , [210] , [212] , [213] , [221] , [222] Commandos escaped from behind the Roodebergen, Command of, [238] , [239] Despatch of, to the South-Eastern Districts, [225] Engagement with British Troops from Bloemfontein (1900), [80] Prinsloo's Surrender, Escape from, [128] Springhaansnek, Leader in Attack on Blockhouse Line, [187] , [188] , [189] Vice-Commander-in-Chief in Bloemfontein District, Appointment, [157] Franchise—British Government Demands on the South African Republic prior to Outbreak of War, [252] , [253] , [254] Frankfort, British Success at (1900), [82] Ross', Commandant, Engagement with Colonel Rimington's Troops, [267] Fraser, Gordon—One of two faithful Burghers of Philippolis District, [94] Frederiksstad Station—Attack by Commander-in-Chief de Wet and General Liebenberg on General Barton, Causes of Failure, etc., [165-168] French, General— Koedoesberg, Fight for, [27] Magersfontein—Boer Lines broken through, [36] , [37] Froneman, General— Continuance of the War at all Costs advocated, [402] , [403] Escape from Paardeberg, [41] Frederiksstad, Attack on General Barton—Failure to hold advanced Position, [165] , [166] , [167] Koedoesberg, Share in Fighting at, [27] , [28] Kroonstad War Council, Presence at, [58] Prinsloo's Surrender—Escape from, [128] Railway Line wrecked near America Siding, [115] , [116] Reddersburg, March on, [72] , [73] Rhenosterriviersbrug Engagement, [99] , [101] , [104] , [105] Sanna's Post Engagement, Share in, [62] Smithfield Expedition, Results of, [79] Train captured by, near Jagersfontein Road Station, [203] , [204] Ventersburg, Failure to hold Position, [85] Gatacre, General—Capture of Stormberg, [50] Gatsrand—Death of Danie Theron, [153] , [154] Germany—Attitude towards the War, Reasons for Non-intervention, [358] , [359] Gladstone— Assistance rendered to South African Republic in War of 1877-1881, [422] , [423] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, tribute to, [85] Goldfields—Surrender of, to the British proposed, [350] , [351] , [352] , [357] , [358] , [359] , [360] , [361] , [362] , [363] , [364] Gouveneurskop—General de Villiers' Exploits at, [83] Government of Orange Free State— Accompanying Commander-in-Chief de Wet in Departure from Roodebergen, [124] , [129] Bethlehem, Transference to, [117] Cape Colony, Expedition into, Decision to accompany, [197] Capture of Members of the Government by the British at Reitz—Escape of President Steyn, [244] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Operations after Prinsloo's Surrender—Government accompanying Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [124] , [129] Executive Raad, Constitution of, [198] Heilbron, Transference to, [86] Kroonstad, Transference to, [58] Third Transference, Reasons for, [92] Volksraad—Impossibility of assembling a legally constituted Volksraad, [198] , [199] Government of South African Republic— Capture of Members by the British at Reitz, [244] Appointments to Vacancies, [244] Treachery on the part of Burgher Steenekamp, [244] Steyn's, President, Visit to Machadodorp, [144] Termination of the War (see that title) Governments of the Orange Free State and South African Republic— Peace Deliberations, Meeting at Klerksdorp, [303] , [305] Peace Negotiations at Pretoria, Boer Proposals for Retention of Self-Government under British supervision, [366] , [371] , [372] [133] "Granary" of Orange Free State lost to Boers, [84] Grant by the British Government for Repatriation Purposes, Re-stocking Farms, etc., [394] Great Britain, King of—Thanks of Boer Generals for Efforts to promote Peace—Resolution at the Vereeniging Conference, [346] Grobler, Commandant H.S.—Continuance of the War, Impossibility of carrying on the Struggle, [406] Grobler, Mr. E.R.—Colesberg Command, [22] Groenkop, Description of, [278] "Guerillas"— Designation of Boer Forces by the British as "Guerillas," Objections to the term, [228] , [229] Meaning of the term, [229] Guns— Boer Captures— Blauwbank, [33] Colenso and Stormberg, [22] Dakasburg Engagement— Capture of a Maxim-Nordenfeldt, [200] Dewetsdorp, [178] Nicholson's Nek, [16] Sanna's Post, [67] , [69] Tweefontein, [282] Boer Losses, [208] , [209] Bothaville, Number lost at, [170] , [171] Fanny's Home Farm, Recapture of Guns by the British, [285] Frederiksstad, Retreat after—Loss of one gun, [167] Springhaansnek, Gun Abandoned, [189] , [190] Ventersdorp, Loss of Krupp Gun near, [141] "Hands-uppers," British use of, [18] Harbour, Boer Lack of, [note 53] Harrismith— Engagement with British Troops near, [272-274] Boer Casualties, [274] Failure of Boer Charge, [273] Orange Free State Troops, Concentration at, [4] , [6] Harrismith Burghers— De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Visit to, [260] Surrender following Prinsloo's Surrender, [128] Waggon, Refusal to part with—Return home, [161-163] Hasebroek, Commandant—Cape Colony Expedition—Holding the Enemy in Check, [212] , [215] , [219] , [220] Engagement with Colonel White near Thaba'Nchu, [189] , [190] Hattingh, General—Command at Harrismith and Vrede Commandos, [161] Commander-in-Chief in the Drakensberg Appointment, [117] Hattingh, Veldtcornet Johannes—Leader in Springhaansnek Attack on Blockhouse Lines, [187] Heenop, David—Swimming the Orange River, [220] Heilbron—District to which Commander-in-Chief de Wet belonged, [4] Government of Orange Free State transferred to, [86] Mentz, Commandant F.E., Engagement with Colonel Byng's Column, [267] Heilbron Commando—Commandant Mr. L. Steenekamp, [4] Vice-Commandant, Election of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [7] Visits to, by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [230] , [243] Heliographic Communication, Use by Boers, [286 note ] , [289] Hertzog, Judge—Continuance of the War, Arguments for and against—Vereeniging Conference, [412] Despatch of, to the South-Western Districts, [225] Mission to bring back Commandos which had escaped from Prinsloo's Surrender, [137] Peace Negotiations—Member of Commission of National Representatives at the Pretoria Conference, [320] , [365-396] Rejection of British Terms—Proposal, [425] , [426] Report on Attitude of Burghers in North-Western Parts of Cape Colony, [195] Vice-Commander-in-Chief, Appointment in Districts of Fauresmith, etc., [158] Hides for Tanning—Destruction by the British, [233] Hijs, Commandant, P.L.—Impossibility of European Intervention, [401] , [402] Holspruits—Boers breaking through British Lines, [293] , [294] Honing Kopjes—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's first Engagement with Lord Kitchener, [108-110] Honingspruit Station, Failure of Commandant Olivier's Attack, [115] , [116] Horses—Bothaville, Capture of Horses by Boers, [299] Condition of Boer Horses, [338] , [339] , [341] , [342] , [343] , [344] , [345] , [346] , [355] Dependence of the Boers on their Horses, [172] Fodder, Scarcity of, [341] , [355] Skin Disease among, [271] , [272] [292] , [293] Humiliation Days, Appointment of, [243] Independence of the Republics— Afrikander Feeling as to, [58] British Government Attitude towards, [337] Correspondence between Presidents Kruger and Steyn and Lord Salisbury, [330-332] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Meetings to ascertain the feeling of the Burghers as to Surrender of Independence, [313] "Irretrievably Lost," [419] Maintenance of—Burghers' Mandate to Vereeniging Delegates, [333] , [337] , [338] , [347] , [348] , [362] , [363] , [400] , [401] , [402] , [403] , [404] , [405] , [407] , [411] , [412] , [417] , [421] , [422] , [423] , [424] Peace Negotiations—Conference at Pretoria between Commission of the National Representatives and Lords Kitchener and Milner (May 19-28, 1902), [366] , [370] , [371] Refusal of the British Government to consider Terms based on Retention of Independence, [53] , [54] , [309] , [310] , [397] Steyn, President, Views of, [306] Surrender of—Conditions offered by the British in exchange, [346] , [347] , [358] Vereeniging Conference, opinions of Burghers' Delegates, [333] , [336] , [346] , [347] , [348] , [350] , [351] , [352] , [353] , [354] , [362] , [363] , [364] Intervention of Foreign Powers on behalf of the Republics— Attitude of England towards, [356] , [362] , [363] Boer Deputation to European Powers (see Deputation) Boer Hopes unfulfilled, [405] , [406] , [412] , [414] , [415] , [416] , [423] , [424] Germany, Reasons for Non-intervention, [358] , [359] Improbability of Intervention, [355] , [358] , [359] , [360] , [361] , [362] , [363] , [433] Intervention not desired by Boers, [54] Steyn, President, on, [354] , [355] Jameson Raid, President Steyn on, [251] , [252] Jew at Nicholson's Nek—Burgher declining to do Business, [15] Johannesburg Police, Behaviour at Nicholson's Nek, [15] , [16] Jonson, Burgher, Death at Bester Station—First Victim in the Fight for Freedom, [10] , [11] Joubert, General— Junction with Orange Free State Forces at Rietfontein, [13] Kroonstad War Council, Presence at, [58] Kaffirs—Arming by England, [422] , [423] Attitude towards the Boers—Reports of Vereeniging Delegates, [337] , [338] , [339] , [340] , [343] , [345] , [346] , [355] , [361] , [362] , [363] Boer Women, Treatment of, [151] , [152] , [153] Capture of Kaffirs by Boers at Dewetsdorp, [178] , [179] Release of Prisoners, [181] Treatment of Kaffirs by Boers—Kaffirs captured at Leeuwspruit Bridge, [113] Warfare, Native Methods—Boer Sufferings at the Hands of Zulus and Basutos, [10] Kemp, General—Continuance of the War, Independence of the Republics, etc., [421] , [422] Situation in South Africa on May [15] , 1902—Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [345] , [347] , [348] Kitchener, Lord—Armistice agreed on, to admit of Attendance of Boer Officers at the Vereeniging Meeting, [316] Misunderstanding on the Part of the British Columns, [317] , [318] Capture of President Steyn and Commander-in-Chief de Wet anticipated—Visit to Wolvehock Station, [290] , [291] Escape from Armoured Train, near Leeuwspruit Bridge, [112] Honingkopjes and Roodepoort—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's first Engagement with Lord Kitchener, [108] , [109] Independence of Republics as basis for Peace Negotiations, Refusal to consider—Pretoria Conference, [309] , [310] , [397] Kroonstad, Arrival at, [111] Middelburg Peace Proposals (see that title) Peace Negotiations—Conference at Pretoria with Commission of National Representatives (May 19-28, 1902), [320] , [365] , [395] , [396] Proposals by the Boer Representatives in April, 1902, [305-313] Prisoners, Order given to Gen. Knox "not to take prisoners"—South African News Statement, [184] , [185] Klerksdorp—Peace Deliberations, Meeting of Governments of the Republics, [303] , [304] , [305] Knight, Captain Wyndham— Surrender at Rhenosterriviersbrug, [105] , [106] Tribute to, by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [107] Knox, General—Bethlehem, Engagement near, with Generals Botha and Fourie, and Commandant Prinsloo, [194] , [195] Cape Colony—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Operations—Attempted Inroad—Fighting near Smithfield, [181] [201] , [202] , [203] Kroonstad taken by, [194] , [195] Pursuit of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [185] , [186] , [187] , [189] , [190] Thaba'Nchu, Engagement near, with Gen. Fourie, [201] , [202] Koedoesberg—Struggle between General French and Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [27] , [28] , [29] Kotzé, Mr. (General Prinsloo's Secretary)—Bearer to Commander-in-Chief de Wet of News of General Prinsloo's Surrender, [135] , [136] , [137] Kraaipan—Armoured Train captured by Boers, [8] , [9] Kritzinger, Commandant—Crossing of Orange River, Seizure of British Outpost, [195] , [196] Kritzinger, Commandant, and Captain Scheepers—Engagement with Brabant's Horse, [185] , [186] Krom Ellenborg, Sub-district to which Commander-in-Chief de Wet belonged, [4] Kroonstad—British Advance, [86] , [87] Abandonment by Boers, [87] , [88] Capture by General Knox, [194] , [195] Government of Orange Free State transferred to, [58] Government of Orange Free State transferred to Heilbron, [86] , [87] Kitchener's Lord, Arrival—Strength of British Forces, etc., [111] Kroonstad Commando, Share in Battle of Modderspruit, [10] , [11] Kruger, President—Despatch of Mission to Europe to represent Condition of the Country to President Kruger, proposed, [236] , [237] , [238] Peace, Joint Letter to Lord Salisbury stating Conditions on which the Republics were willing to make Peace, [330] , [331] , [332] Poplar Grove, Visit to Boer Troops at, [50] War Council at Kroonstad, Presence, at, [58] Krugersdorp-Potchefstroom Railway—Crossed by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [149] Ladysmith— British Retreat on Ladysmith, [9] , [10] Bulwana Hill—Boers surprised by British, [21] Engagement of 3rd Nov., 1899, [29] , [30] Relief, [50] Landsheer, Doctor de—Death at Bothaville, English Newspaper Report, [170] , [171] Language Question— Equal Rights for English and Dutch Languages in Schools—Boer Peace Proposals to Lord Kitchener (April, 1902), [308] , [309] Terms of the Peace Protocol, [380] , [393] , [394] Objections to, [412] , [421] , [422] Leeuwspruit Railway Bridge—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Scheme for breaking British Lines of Communication, [112] Froneman's, General, Failure to carry out Instructions, [113] Kitchener's Lord, Escape, [112] Leeuwspruit Scheme, Failure of, [112] Methuen's, Lord, Railway Communications—General Cronje's Refusal to permit Execution of Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Scheme for Cutting, [23] Orange Free State Railway—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Work on, [153] , [154] Scheepers, Captain, Work of, [154] Wolvehoek, Wrecking the Railway, [163] Liebenberg, General— Frederiksstad—Failure of Attack on General Barton, [164] , [165] , [166] , [167] Mooi River, Junction with Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [140] , [141] Retreat from Rustenburg, [142] , [143] Liebenbergsvlei— British Retreat, [284] Guns, Recapture by British at Fanny's Home Farm, [285] Lindley— British Garrison Captured by General Piet de Wet, [92] Destruction by the British, Alleged, [271] , [272] Engagement near, [268] Postponement of Second Boer Attack—Escape of the British during the Night, [270] Halt of Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Forces, [271] , [272] Lindley-Kroonstad Line of Blockhouses—Boers breaking through the Line, [287] Lines of Communication—Boer Attempts to cut British Lines, [172] , [246] America Siding Railway Line Wrecked by General Froneman, [115] , [116] De Wet, Commander-in-Chief, Schemes of, [149] , [150] , [151] , [152] , [153] Frederiksstad Station—Wrecking of Railway Bridge and Line, [140] , [141] "Little Majuba"—Name given to Swartbooiskop after Nicholson's Nek, [13] Loans by the British Government for restocking Farms, etc., [394] Long Tom damaged by Dynamite, [21] Looting by British, [6] , [7] [201] , [202] , [247] , [265] , [266] , [415] , [416] , [417] , [422] , [423] Blijdschap, [269] Bothaville, [170] , [171] Cape Colony Expedition, [206] , [207] , [208] , [209] Colenso, [22] Dakasburg Engagement, [200] Dewetsdorp, [177] , [178] Engagement between Commandant Hasebroek and Colonel White, [189] Frederiksstad Engagement, [166] , [167] Heilbron, [26] Koffiefontein, [35] , [36] Ladysmith, Engagement of 3rd Nov., 1899, [20] Leeuwspruit Bridge, [112] , [113] Lindley, [267] , [269] Magersfontein, [23] Modder Spruit, [11] Nicholson's Nek, [16] Paardeberg, [50] Prinsloo's Surrender, [127] Reitz, [265] Rhenosterriviersbrug, [105] Roodewal, Extent of British Losses, [102] Sanna's Post, [66] , [67] , [68] , [69] , [70] Stinkfontein, [40] , [46] Stormberg, [23] Tijgerfontein, [138] , [139] Tweefontein, [181] Vanvurenskloof, [139] , [140] Verkijkersdorp, [239] , [240] Vredefort Engagement, [134] , [135] Loyalty to British Government—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Final Advice to the Boers, [324] Lubbe, Commandant—Return from Paardenberg's Drift, [36] , [37] Wounded and Captured near Thaba'Nchu, [82] Lyddite Shells, Effect of— Bethlehem Incident, [121] , [122] Magersfontein Laager, [24] Maagbommen, [5] Macdonald, General Sir Hector— Command of Reinforcements against Bethlehem, [121] , [122] Machadodorp—President Steyn's Visit to the Government of the South African Republic, [144] Magalies Mountains, Passage of, by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [145] , [146] , [147] Magersfontein Engagement— British Losses, [23] Magersfontein Laager— De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Command, [23] , [24] Duties and Annoyances of Command, [64] Shelling by British, [24] Women, Presence of—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Failure to induce Government to Prohibit, [25] Mailbags captured at Roodewal, Contents used by Boers, [102] "Majuba Day"—Capture of Commandant van Merwe and men, [296] , [297] Malan, Lieut.—Expedition into Cape Colony, [206] , [207] Martial Law—Proclamation by Governments of the Republics, [7] , [8] Massey, Major—Command at Dewetsdorp, Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Tribute, [175] , [176] Matthijsen, Corporal Adriaan and the crossing of the Magalies Mountains, [146] , [147] Mauser Rifle in Portrait of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, History of, [151] , [152] Mears, Commandant—Loss of Guns at Fanny's Home Farm, [285] Medical Certificates, Abuse of by Burghers, [note 59] Meijer, Commandant J.—Tribute to, [271] , [272] Mentz, Commandant J.E.— Continuance of the War, Impossibility of, [421] , [422] Situation in South Africa on 15th May, 1902—Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [351] , [352] Merve, Commandant-General van, wounded at Sanna's Post, [68] , [69] Merve, Commandant van der— Appointment to Command of Winburg Burghers, [64] Capture of, on "Majuba Day," [296] , [297] Meyer, Mr. J.L.—Continuance of the War, Arguments against, Vereeniging Conference, [413] , [414] Meyer, Veldtcornet—Loss of Position at Stinkfontein, [42] Middelburg Peace Proposals— Annulled by the Terms of Peace arranged at the Pretoria Conference (May, 1902), [392] Communications between the Boer Leaders with reference to the proposed Conference, [230] Difference between the Basis of Negotiations proposed by the Boer Representatives in May, 1902, and the Middelburg Proposals, [367] , [372] , [373] Receipts issued by Boer Officers, Proviso as to Payment, [384] , [385] Milner, Lord— Boer Ultimatum—Mr. Chamberlain's Telegrams, [329] Independence of Republics as Basis for Peace Negotiations, Refusal to consider—Pretoria Conference, [365-396] , [397] [320] , [365-396] Mobility—British Incapacity to keep pace with Boers, [140] , [141] (see also Waggons) Modder River—British entrenched at, [24] Modder Spruit, Battle of, [9] , [10] , [11] Boer and British Losses, [11] , [12] Modderrivierpoort (see Poplar Grove) Muller, Capt.—Exploit at Roodewal, [101] Muller, General C.H.—Continuance of the War—Vereeniging Delegates' Refusal to accept British Surrender Proposal, [417] Myringen, Burgher, killed at Rhenosterriviersbrug, [105] , [106] Naauwpoort—Prinsloo's Surrender, [85] Natal—British Subjects fighting for the Boers (see Colonial Burghers) Natal Operations— Absence of Commander-in-Chief de Wet after 9th Dec., 1899, [21] Bester Station Skirmish, [10] , [11] Colenso, Magersfontein, and Stormberg Engagements—British Losses, [23] Drakensberg Passes, Occupation by Orange Free State Commandos, [7] , [8] Estcourt Skirmishes—General Louis Botha's Exploits, [19] Failure of Boers to cut off English at Dundee and Elandslaagte, [9] , [10] Kraaipan, Capture of Armoured Train by General De la Rey, [8] , [9] Ladysmith (see that title) Modder Spruit, Battle of, [9] , [10] , [11] Natal Frontier, Commander-in-Chief C. de Wet's Reconnaissance, [7] , [8] Nicholson's Neck (see that title) National Representatives (see Peace Negotiations) National Scouts—Arming men who had taken the Oath of Neutrality, [159] Bergh's, Captain, Attacks on Boers with bands of Kaffirs, [271] , [272] Night Attacks by the British instigated by, [263] , [264] Services to the British, [184] , [185] , [223] , [224] Naude, Mr. J.—Independence of the South African Republic and Orange Free State, Vereeniging Delegates' power to decide as to Position of British Subjects fighting on Boer side, etc., [411] Neikerk, Altie van—Capture at Honingkopjes, [186] Neikerk, Captain—Appointment as Commandant of President Steyn's Bodyguard, [245] Nel, Commandant— Farm stormed by English—Escape of Commander-in-Chief C. de Wet, [152] , [153] , [154] Modder Spruit—West Wing of Boer Forces commanded by Nel, [10] , [11] Nicholson's Nek—Failure to hold Swartbooiskop, [13] , [14] Resignation, [115] , [116] Nerwe, Van de—Drowned in crossing Orange River, [217] Netherlands— Peace—Correspondence with the British Government, [301] , [302] Boer Response to the Invitation implied in the forwarding of the Correspondence, etc., [305] , [306] , [370] , [371] Queen of—Thanks of Boer Generals for efforts to promote Peace—Resolution at the Vereeniging Conference, [345] , [346] Newspapers—Circulation of European Papers prohibited in Republics by England, [409] Nicholson's Nek— Ambulance for British wounded—Sir G. White's Delay in sending, [17] Booty taken by Boers, [16] Swartbooiskop— Nel's, Commandant, Failure to hold, [13] , [14] Storming by Steenekamp and Commander-in-Chief C. de Wet, [14] , [15] White Flag Incident, [15] Transvaal Burghers, Work of, [17] Nieuwouwdt, General—Peace, Rejection of British Terms, Proposal, [424] , [425] Night Attacks by the British—Success of, Losses caused to the Boers, [263] , [264] Norvalspont—Commander-in-Chief C. de Wet's Schemes for Operations in rear of British, [81] , [82] Oath of Neutrality, Breaking—Re-arming of Burghers who had taken the Oath, Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Scheme, [156-160] British Military Authorities' Breach of Terms of Lord Roberts' Proclamation justifying Scheme, [159] , [160] Olivier, Commandant— Bethlehem District, Appointment to Command, [227] , [228] Honingspruit Station, Failure of Attack on, [115] , [116] Prinsloo's, General, Position as Private Burgher, Dissatisfaction with, [118] Oliviershoekpas—Occupation by Bethlehem Commando, [7] , [8] Orange Free State— Annexation of—Battles fought after the alleged Annexation, [228] , [229] De Wet, Commander-in-Chief, Return of, [144] , [150] , [151] see Government of Orange Free State)Number of Burghers in Arms after Fall of Pretoria, [94] Outbreak of War—Orange Free State joining issues with the South African Republic, [254] , [255] President—Powers granted to President in Matters Concerning War, [9] , [10] Situation of Boer and British Forces in 1901, President Steyn on, [255] , [256] Ortel, Mr. Charles—Owner of Abraham's Kraal, [51] Outbreak of the War, [7] , [8] Paardeberg—General Cronje's Forces surrounded by the British, Bombardment of Laager, etc., [39] Boer Reinforcements, Arrival of, [45] Cronje's, Gen., Determination not to abandon Laager, [41] Efforts to release General Cronje—Storming of Stinkfontein, etc., [40-46] Abandonment of Position by Boers, [44] Botha's, General, Attempt to recapture Position abandoned on 25th February, [45] British Efforts to recapture Position, [42] , [43] , [44] Way of Escape opened to General Cronje, [41] , [43] Sketch of Boer and British Positions, [38] Surrender of General Cronje, [47] Effect on Boer Forces, [48] , [49] , [51] Theunisson, Mr., Capture by British, [6] , [7] Paardenberg's Drift, British Advance on, [30] Camp of "Water-draggers" surprised by British, [32] , [33] Palmietfontein—Boers breaking through Blockhouse Line, [289] , [290] Panic among Boer Forces— Burghers returning to Farms after Fall of Pretoria, [93] Holspruits, [294] , [295] Peace Negotiations—Boer Overtures, etc.— Armistice agreed on, to admit of attendance of Officers at the Vereeniging Meeting, [315] Misunderstanding on the part of the British Columns, [317] , [318] Concessions in addition to the Terms already offered in the Negotiations of April, 1902, [366] Conference at Pretoria between the Commission of National Representatives and Lords Kitchener and Milner (19-28 May, 1902), [320] , [365] Draft Document drawn up to place Negotiations in position to amend the Middelburg Proposals, [376] , [377] Prolongation of Meetings due to Cable Correspondence with Great Britain, [397] Report of Commission discussed at Vereeniging Meeting, [397] Governments of the Republics, Meeting at Klerksdorp, [303] , [304] , [305] Burger's, Vice-President, Letter to President Steyn, [301] , [302] Independence (see that subheading) Middelburg Peace Proposals (see that title) National Representatives— Commission sent to the Pretoria Conference (May, 1902)— Decision to appoint Commission, [364] Names of Members, [412] Election of Representatives for the Commandos, [313] , [314] Meeting at Vereeniging (15th May) to consider the Situation, [352] , [353] , [358] , [359] , [362] , [363] Peace Terms Proposed, [362] , [363] , [364] Netherlands' Communication with the British Government, [301] , [302] Boer Response to the Invitation implied in the forwarding of the Correspondence, etc., [305] , [306] , [370] , [371] Letter sent to Commandos, [336] , [345] , [346] , [347] Presidents of the Republics—Correspondence with Lord Salisbury, and Lord Salisbury's Reply (5th March, 1900), [50] , [53] , [54] , [330-332] , [409] Proposals to Lord Kitchener (April, 1902), [299] Correspondence between Lord Kitchener and the Secretary of State—Independence Difficulty, [401] , [402] Signing of Peace at Pretoria, [323] , [324] Steyn's, President, Views, [258] , [259] Terms of Peace sanctioned by the British Government and accepted by the Boers (May, 1902)— Acceptance of British Terms, [320] , [427] , [428] Acceptance under Protest proposed, [421] Dissatisfaction among men of the Commandos, [324] Failure of Food Supply as reason for acceptance, [321] Unconditional Surrender v. Acceptance, [399] , [401] , [404] , [405] , [417] , [423] , [424] Better Terms, Possibility of obtaining, [406] , [409] , [410] , [423] , [424] Decision as to Acceptance or Rejection essential, [425] , [426] [392] Milner's, Lord, Telegrams, [392] Rejection of Terms proposed, [424] , [425] Signatures to Acceptance, Question of, [425] , [426] Sub-committee appointed to aid in formulating Peace Proposals, [378] , [398] Text of Draft Proposal and of Draft Proposal with Amendments sanctioned by the British Government, [379] , [393] Time allowed for discussion of Terms, [394] , [395] "Ultimatum," Description of British Terms, [321] Penzhorn, Mr., Relatives of—Kindness to Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [145] Petrusberg—Capture of by British, [51] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Visit, [232] Plans, Sketch Plans of Engagements, [97] , [276] Plessis, Veldtcornet du—Death due to White Flag Treachery at Reddersburg, [76] Poplar Grove— Concentration of Boer Troops at, [50] Kruger's, President, Visit to Boer Troops, [50] Panic among Boers—Commander-in-Chief de Wet unable to prevent flight, [51] Potchefstroom, Portrait of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, History of Mauser Rifle, which appears in the photograph, [151] , [152] Potgieter, Commandant (of Wolmaranstadt)—Escape from Paardeberg, [41] Potgieter, Mr. Hendrik—Appointment as Public Prosecutor of Orange Free State, [198] Preeij, Vice-Commandant Ignatius du, killed near Bethlehem, [194] , [195] Presidency of Orange Free State— Expiration of President Steyn's term of office—Difficulties in the way of an Election, Action of the Doornberg War Council, [197] , [198] Resignation of President Steyn, [411] Rhodes, Mr., proposed as Candidate, [198] Pretoria— Capture by British, [92] Panic ensuing among Transvaalers, [93] Peace Negotiations—Conference between Commission of National Representatives and Lords Kitchener and Milner (May 19-28, 1902), [320] , [365] Pretorius, Willem— Storming of British Schanze on Orange River, [204] , [205] Tribute to, [271] , [272] Veldtcornet, Nomination as, [205] , [206] Prinsloo, Commandant Michal— Bethlehem Engagement, [194] , [195] Elandsfontein Exploit, [119] , [120] Liebenbergsvlei Engagement, [284] Springhaansnek, Covering Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Passage of Blockhouse Lines at, [187] , [188] Train captured and burned by, [152] , [153] Vice-Commander-in-Chief of Bethlehem and Ficksburg Sub-districts, Appointment, [227] , [228] Prinsloo, Mr. Marthinus— Assistant Commander-in-Chief, Irregular Election as, [126] Commandant of Winburg District, [6] , [7] Commander-in-Chief of Orange Free State, Election, [6] , [7] Natal Campaign, Preliminary Arrangements, [7] , [8] Resignation of Post as Commander-in-Chief in the Drakensberg, [117] Surrender at Naauwpoort, [85] Letter to Commander-in-Chief de Wet announcing Surrender and Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Reply, [136] , [137] News brought to Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [135] , [136] , [137] , [138] Suspicious Circumstances of Surrender, [127] Prinsloo's, Veldtcornet, Burghers, Capture of, [286] Prisoners—Boer Prisoners— Bank Notes of the South African Republic, Opportunity of sending in for Payment, [386] , [387] Ceylon—Prisoners taken with General Prinsloo sent to Ceylon, [156] Merwe, Commandant, and men—Capture on "Majuba Day," [296] , [297] Number taken by the British, Frederiksstad, [40] , [46] , [170] , [171] , [264] , [265] Total Number (35,000) in the Hands of the British in 1901, [256] , [257] Taljaart's and Prinsloo's Veldtcornets, Burghers, Capture of, [286] British Prisoners— Boer Inability to keep their Prisoners, [227] , [228] , [426] , [427] Clothing taken by the Boers, [233] Numbers taken, [16] , [23] , [66] , [67] , [69] , [70] , [76] , [102] , [105] , [106] , [112] , [113] , [163] , [178] , [179] , [185] , [186] , [194] , [195] , [202] , [203] , [205] , [206] , [207] , [222] , [223] , [267] , [281] Release on Fall of Pretoria due to Transvaalers' negligence, [92] Treatment by Boers— Personal Property of Prisoners, etc., Disposition of, [101] , [note ] Prisoners taken in Cape Colony Expedition, Treatment of, [210] Dewetsdorp, [178] , [179] Release of Prisoners, [181] Leeuwspruit Bridge, [113] "Pro-Boers"— De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Tribute to, [218] Meetings in England, [407] Public Prosecutor of Orange Free State—Appointment of Mr. Hendrick Potgieter, [198] Railways—Wrecking the Lines, Cutting British Lines of Communication, [172] , [242] America Siding, Line near, wrecked by General Froneman, [115] , [116] De Aar and Hopetown, Line blown up, [208] , [209] , [211] Frederiksstad Station, Bridge and Line wrecked, [115] , [116] Leeuwspruit, Failure of Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Attempt, [112] , [113] Orange Free State Line, Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Work on, [153] , [154] , [155] Scheepers, Captain, Work of, [153] , [154] Schemes of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [149] , [150] , [151] , [152] , [153] Wolvehock, [163] Rebels—Colonial Burghers Fighting on Boer Side (see Colonial Burghers) Roberts', Lord, Description of Burghers continuing to fight after annexation of the Republics as "Rebels," [227] , [228] Receipts issued by Boer Officers for the Purchase of Cattle, Grain, etc.—Peace Negotiations, Boer Representatives' Request for a Guarantee of Payment, [382] Amount likely to be required, [386] , [387] Middelburg Proposal, [384] , [385] Orange Free State, Position with reference to Receipts, [383] , [384] , [385] , [386] Terms of Peace Agreement, [380] Reddersburg—Boer Messenger fired on by British, [74] British Commanding Officer's Reply to Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Advice to Surrender, [74] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Dispositions, [71-74] Mostertshoek, British Failure to reinforce Detachment at, [75] White Flag Treachery, [75] , [76] Reich, Dr.—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Meeting with at Senekal, [231] Reitz—Engagement near, [263-266] Surrender of Arms by Commandos after Declaration of Peace, [323] , [324] Reitz, Secretary of State—Situation in South Africa on May 15, 1902, Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [350] , [351] Relief Funds for Destitution caused by the War—Appointment of Committee to Collect and Administer, [428] Repatriation of Boers—Compensation for Losses sustained during the War—District Commissions, Institution of, [393] , [394] Grant of £3,000,000 by the British Government, [393] , [394] Inadequacy of Proposals, [402] , [403] , [421] Loans by the British Government, [394] , [395] Rheeder, Commandant—Continuance of the War, Terms of Surrender, etc., [401] Rhenoster River, Fighting on, [89] , [90] Hurried Retreat of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [90] Rhenosterriviersbrug—General Froneman's Success, [104] , [105] , [106] Rhodes, Mr. C.— Jameson Raid—Mr. Chamberlain's Defence of Mr. Rhodes, [251] , [252] Presidency of Orange Free State—Mr. Rhodes proposed as a Candidate, [198] Rietfontein, Battle of (see Modder Spruit) Roberts, Lord— Advance of, into the Orange Free State, [26] Bloemfontein, Appearance before, [54] Dispositions after Capture of Kroonstad (May 18, 1900), [88] , [89] Inaction after Paardeberg, [50] Thaba'Nchu, Operations near (1900), [82] Proclamations— Burning of Buildings within radius of Ten Miles from Railway wrecked by Boers, [192] Oath of Neutrality, Proclamation as to Charge against Lord Roberts of violating Terms of Proclamation, [80] , [159] Effect in preventing Burghers from rejoining Commandos, [60] Roodewal Disaster due to negligence of Lord Roberts, [105] , [106] Sanna's Post, Failure to reinforce Troops at, [70 note ] Ventersburg, Attack on, [85] Roch, General—Natal Campaign, General Roch's Command in Opening Movement of Boer Forces, [9] , [10] Roodebergen—De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Departure from, [124] , [129] Occupation by Boer Forces—Commander-in-Chief De Wet's Opposition to Scheme, [124] Passes of, [123] Roodepoort—Commander-in-Chief De Wet's first Engagement with Lord Kitchener, [108] , [109] Roodewal Station, Action at, [98-101] Booty burnt by Boers, [104] , [105] Sketch Plan, [97] [126] , [127] Roux, Deacon Paul, Appointment as Vechtgeneraal, [85] Russian Reception of Escaped Burghers, [110 note ] Rustenburg—General Liebenberg's Retreat, [142] , [143] Salisbury, Marquess of—Peace Negotiations, Boer Proposals of March 5, 1900—Reply to, [50] , [53] , [54] , [409] Peace—Correspondence with Presidents Kruger and Steyn, [330-332] Sanna's Post, Action at— Broadwood's, General, Troops, Arrival of, [65] , [66] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Preparations, [62] , [64] Koornspruit, Position occupied by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [64] , [65] , [66] Women and Children from Thaba'Nchu, Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Care for, [66] , [67] Scheepers, Captain, and Commandant Kritzinger— Brabant's Horse, Engagement with, [185] , [186] Despatch Rider chosen by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, to carry Message to General Cronje before Paardeberg, [31] , [32] Orange River, Crossing of—Seizure of British Outpost, [195] , [196] Railway Lines, Wrecking of, [152] , [153] , [154] Scouting Services, [124] , [131] Zandnek Engagement, [139] , [140] Scouting— Boer and British Methods—Services rendered to the British by Boer Deserters, etc., [18] , [121] , [122] Importance of, [165] , [166] National Scouts, Services of (see National Scouts) Secrecy as to Future Movements—Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Determination to keep his Plans secret, [61] , [199] Self-Government, Retention of under British Supervision—Peace Negotiations, Boer Representatives' Proposals at the Pretoria Conference (May 19, 1902), [366] , [371] , [372] Sheep—Huge Tail of African Sheep, [211] Situation in South Africa on May 15, 1902—De Wet's Commander-in-Chief, Address at the Vereeniging Conference, [358-362] Situation of the Boer and British Forces in 1901, President Steyn on, [255] , [256] Sketch Plans of Engagements, [38] , [97] , [276] Smith, Veldtcornet Hans, of Rouxville, Desertion after Roodewal, [106] , [107] Smuts, General— Continuance of the War, Arguments for and against—Vereeniging Conference, [418] Peace Negotiations—Member of Commission of National Representatives at the Pretoria Conference, [320] , [365-396] Situation in South Africa on May 15, 1902—Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [340-342] Sobriety of Boers, [60] South African News —Publication of, Order not to take Prisoners, Anecdote of Lord Kitchener, [184] , [185] South African Republic— De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Journey with General De la Rey, Incidents during, [238] , [239] , [242] Extermination of, by the British determined on prior to the Outbreak of War, alleged, [254] , [255] Government of (see Government of South African Republic) Situation of, in 1902—Impossibility of continuing the War, [421] , [422] Situation of Boer and British Forces in 1901—President Steyn on, [255] , [256] Speller, Veldtcornet, of Wepener—Capture by British at Stinkfontein, [44] Springhaansnek—Blockhouse Line broken through by the Boers, [173] , [187] , [188] Spruit, Commandant—Capture by British at Stinkfontein, [42] , [43] ; Subsequent Escape, [43] States-Procureur of Orange Free State—Capture of Mr. Jacob de Villiers at Bothaville, [170] , [171] , [198] Steenekamp, Burgher—Betrayal of Members of the South African Government to the British, [244] Steenekamp, Commandant— Assistant-Commander-in-Chief, Nomination as, [144] Heilbron District, Commandant of, [4] , [6] , [7] Illness of, [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] Vredefort Road Station, Attack on, [98] , [105] , [106] Steyn, President— Accompanying Commander-in-Chief de Wet in his departure from Roodebergen, [129] Bethlehem Engagement, Presence at, [117] Bloemfontein, Departure from, [57] Bodyguard— Davel, Commandant, Command of, [191] Niekerk, Captain—Appointment as Commandant, [245] [86] , [87] Burgher's Vice-President, Request for Meeting with Orange Free State Government, [301] , [302] Cape Colony Expedition, Decision to accompany, [197] Capture of Members of Governments of the South African Republics by the British at Reitz—President Steyn's Escape, [244] Causes of the War—Letter to Lord Kitchener, [250-259] Commander-in-Chief of Orange Free State, Refusal to allow Election—Consent to Election of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [118] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Schemes for operating in the Rear of the British, Opposition to, [82] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Tribute to, [212] Eyes, Weakness of—Visit to Dr. van Rennenkamp, [300] Government of the South African Republic, Meetings with— Machadodorp Visit, [144] Vrede Meeting, [231] Illness of, [319] Independence of the Republic, Refusal to surrender, [306] Intervention of Foreign Powers, Attitude as to, [54] Kroonstad War Council presided over by President Steyn, [58] Peace—Correspondence between Presidents Kruger and Steyn and Lord Salisbury, [330-332] Resignation owing to Illness, [411] Ventersdorp—Meeting with Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [168] , [169] Western Parts of the State, Visit to, [298-302] Steyn, Willie, Capture at Honing Kopjes—Subsequent Escape, [110 note ] Stinkfontein, Stormed and Abandoned by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [40] Stormberg— British Losses at, [22] , [23] Capture by General Gatacre, [50] Stormjagers , [5] Strauss, David—Prisoner taken by the British in contravention of Lord Roberts' Proclamation, [80] Stripping British Prisoners in order to obtain Clothing, [233] Supervision of the British Government—Peace Negotiations, Boer Representatives' offer to accept Supervision as a Compromise on the Independence Question, [366] , [371] , [372] , [373] Surrender— Banishment Proclamation (see that title) Oath of Neutrality, Lord Roberts' Proclamation (see Oath of Neutrality) Peace Negotiations at Pretoria in May, 1902—Draft Agreement, [376] Surrender of Arms after Declaration of Peace, [323] , [324] Swartbooiskop— Nel's Commandant, Failure to hold, [13] , [14] Storming by Commandant Steenekamp and Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [14] , [15] Swaziland—Cession to the British, Proposals of the Vereeniging Conference, [350] , [351] , [360] , [361] , [363] , [364] Sympathy felt for Boer Cause in England—Indirect Intervention, etc., [407] , [410] , [420] Tabaksberg Engagement, [83] Taljaart's, Veltcornet, Burghers, Capture of, [286] Telegraph Wires—cutting wires between Wolvehock and Viljoensdrift, [299] Telegraphic Communication between Orange Free State and Transvaal, [92] Termination of the War— Attitude of the Burghers, [237] , [238] Boer Women, Opinion of, [361] , [362] Conference between Transvaal and Orange Free State Governments— Decision to continue Fighting, [242] , [243] Klerksdorp Meeting, [303] , [304] , [305] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Forebodings, [58] Letter from Commandants in the Field to Secretary of the Orange Free State— Conference with Transvaal Government, [242] Discussion of, by President Steyn and Generals De la Rey and De Wet, [234] Steyn's President, Answer, Extracts from, [236-239] Terms of, [234-237] Mission to President Kruger on behalf of South African Republic proposed, [236] , [237] , [238] Vereeniging Conference—Views of the Representatives, [346] , [347] , [348] , [349] , [350] , [351] , [352] , [353] , [354] , [354-358] , [359] , [360-362] , [363] Territory, Session of—Peace Negotiations— Pretoria Conference, Boer Representatives' Offer, [366] , [375] Vereeniging Conference Proposals (15th May, 1902), [350] , [351] , [352] , [357] , [358] , [359] , [360] , [361] , [362] , [363] , [364] De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Retreat on after Badenhorst, [81] Occupation by General Broadwood, [65] , [66] Thanksgiving Days, Appointment of, [243] Theron, Danie— Death at Gatsrand, [153] , [154] Paardeberg—Passing Enemy's Lines to carry Message from Commander-in-Chief de Wet to General Cronje, [46] Scouting Party, Appointment as Chief by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [54] Scouting Services, [88] , [89] , [124] , [131] Train Captured by, [132] Theron, Jan—Appointment to succeed Commandant Danie Theron, [153] , [154] Theunissen, Commandant of Winburg, [45] Capture by British at Stinkfontein, [46] Election as Commandant of Winburg, [6] , [7] Thring, Veldtcornet—War Experiences, Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Tribute, etc., [87] , [88] , [89] Tijgerfontein Engagement, [138] , [139] Tintwaspas—Occupation by Kroonstad Commando, [7] , [8] Tonder, Mr. Gideon van—Killed by Lyddite Shell at Magersfontein, [25] Trains— Blowing up with Dynamite, [230] , [246] Devices to throw the British off the Scent, [246] Mechanical Devices, [246] Boer Captures of, [132] , [152] , [153] , [203] , [204] Transvaalers— Negligence in leaving Prisoners at Pretoria, [92] Nicholson's Nek, Work at, [17] Truter, Commandant—Abandonment of Krupp gun and Ammunition, [182] Tweefontein—Attack on British Position, [275-283] Sketch Plan, [276] Uijs, Commandant—Situation in South Africa on May 15, 1902, Report to the Vereeniging Conference, [349] , [350] "Uitschudden"—Institution of, in order to obtain Clothing, [233] Ultimatum by the South African Republic— Cause of the War alleged— Salisbury's, Lord, Assertion, [53] , [54] , [409] Salisbury's, Lord, Demand, [53] , [54] , [409] Steyn's, President, Contradiction, [251] , [252] Chamberlain's, Mr. J., Telegrams to Sir A. Milner, [329] Text of the "Ultimatum," [325-328] Unconditional Surrender—Discussion at Vereeniging Meeting of May 29, 1902, [398] , [399] , [401] , [405] , [406] , [423] , [424] Vaal River—Crossing of President Steyn's Party, [300] Valsch River Bridge, Destruction by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [88] , [89] Van Dam, Under Captain—Command of Johannesburg Police at Nicholson's Nek, [16] Van Niekerk, Commandant—Continuance of the War, Argument in favour of, [414] , [415] Van Reenen's Pass— Occupation by Harrismith and Winburg Commandos, [7] , [8] War Council at—Commander-in-Chief de Wet attending in place of Commandant Steenekamp, [8] , [9] Vanvurenskloof, Boer Retreat from, [139] , [140] Vechtgeneraal of the Orange Free State— Abolition of Post, [95] Creation of Post, [9] , [10] De Wet, Commander-in-Chief, Appointment of, [22] Roux, General Paul, appointed by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [85] Ventersburg—Boer Lines broken through, [85] Ventersdorp— Fighting near, [140] , [141] , [142] Meeting between President Steyn and Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [168] , [169] Vereeniging— Meeting of General Representatives to discuss the Situation (May 15, 1902), [333-364] Authority given to Delegates to voice the wishes of their Constituencies, [333] , [337] , [338] , [400] , [402] , [403] , [404] , [405] , [407] , [411] , [412] , [417] , [421] , [422] , [423] , [424] Thanks of the meeting to the King of England and Queen of the Netherlands for efforts to promote Peace, [345] , [346] Unity among Delegates essential, [337] , [338] , [349] , [350] , [351] , [357] Meeting of Special National Representatives to discuss British Peace Terms (May 29, 1902), [397] Armistice agreed on to admit of Attendance of Officers, [315] Misunderstanding on the part of the British Columns, [317] , [318] Divisions among Delegates, [421] , [422] , [423] , [424] , [425] , [426] Meeting a Fatal Error, [413] , [414] Questions to be decided, [398] , [411] , [417] (For details of subjects discussed see Independence, Peace Negotiations, etc.) [238-241] British Casualties, [239] , [240] Vice-Commanders-in-Chief, Orange Free State— Badenhorst, Veldtcornet, C.C., Appointment for Districts of Boshof, etc., [159] De Wet, Gen., Appointment of, [49] Fourie, Gen., Appointment for Districts of Bloemfontein, etc., [157] Hertzog, Gen., Appointment for Districts of Fauresmith, etc., [158] Vice-President of Orange Free State— Appointment of Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [411] Creation of Temporary Post, [198] Viljoen, Mr. P.R.—Situation in South Africa on May 15, 1902, Report of the Vereeniging Conference, [346] , [347] Villiers, General de—Death due to Wound received at Biddulphsberg, [84] Natal Expedition, Commanding as Vechtgeneraal, [8] , [9] Prinsloo's Surrender, Escape from, [128] Work in South-Eastern Districts of the Orange Free State, [83] Villiers, Mr. Jacob de, States-Procureur of Orange Free State, Capture of at Bothaville, [170] , [171] , [198] Vilonel, Commandant— Resignation—Enforced Resignation due to Insubordination, [64] Surrender to British—Recapture by Captain Pretorius and Trial for Desertion, [84] Removal from Bethlehem to Fouriesburg, [121] , [122] Waggons, Persistence in use of, [62] Visser, Commandant—Death of at Jagersfontein Engagement, Faithfulness and Valour of Commandant Visser, [158] Vleeschkorporaal, Duties of, [4] , [5] Vrede— De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Meeting with Louis Botha, [231] Meeting between President Steyn and the Transvaal Government, [231] Vrede Commando, Surrender following Prinsloo's Surrender, [128] Vredefort— Capture of British Outpost, [232] Engagements near, [133] , [134] , [135] Retreat of the Boers to the Vaal River, [164] , [165] Surrender of Arms by Commando after Declaration of Peace, [323] , [324] Vredefort-weg Station—Commandant Steenekamp's Success at, [98] , [105] , [106] Vrijheid—Kaffir Atrocities, Murder and Mutilation of Burghers, [426] , [427] Waggons— Boer Reluctance to abandon use of, [62] , [120] , [121] , [129] , [131] , [135] , [136] Harrismith Burghers' Refusal to part with their Waggons at Spitskopje, [161-163] De Wet, Commander-in-Chief, Use of Little Waggon, [293] , [294] , [398] Destruction by British, [120] , [121] , [191] No Waggons with Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Commando, [279] Vilonel's, Commandant, Persistence in using Waggons, [62] Waggon Camps, Regulation prohibiting, [58] War Commission—Orders to commence Natal Campaign, [4] War Councils, [19] Decisions of Council of March 28, 1900, [61] Doornberg, Council at—Decision as to Presidential Election, [197] Kroonstad Council—Officers present, Decisions, etc., [58] [note ] , [59] War of 1877-1881—Futility of Comparison with War of 1899-1902, [421] , [422] Warfare, Boer Methods of— Checking an Enemy's Advance—Boer Tactics, [213] Rapidity of Action, Importance of, [75] Wauchope, General—Death at Magersfontein, [23] Weilbach, Commandant—Desertion of Post at Bloemfontein, [54] Wessels, General J.B.— Kroonstad War Council, Presence at, [58] Sanna's Post Engagement, Share in, [64] Wessels, Mr. C.J.— Commander-in-Chief of Free Staters at Magersfontein and Kimberley, [23] Member of Boer Deputation to Europe (1900), [53] , [54] Wessels, Veldtcornet— Capture of, at Frederiksstad, [166] , [167] Dewetsdorp Exploits, [176] , [177] , [178] White, Colonel—Engagement with Commandant Hasebroek near Thaba'Nchu, [189] , [190] White Flag Treachery at Reddersburg, [75] , [76] Wire Fencing— Bothaville Boers cutting the Wire, [299] Erection of, by the British, [262] Lindley-Kroonstad Line of Blockhouses—Escape of Boers, [287] Palmietfontein, Boers breaking through Line, [289] , [290] Witkopjes Rheboksfontein Engagement, [135] , [136] Witwatersrand, Cession to the British—Proposals of the Vereeniging Conference, [350] , [351] , [360] , [361] , [363] , [364] Wolfaard Brothers—Wounded by Lyddite Shell at Magersfontein, [25] [53] , [54] Wolvehock—Railway blown up by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [163] Women and Children— De Wet's, Commander-in-Chief, Care for, after Sanna's Post, [66] , [67] Difficulties of providing for—Deliberations of the Vereeniging Conference, [333] , [339] , [342] , [343] , [344] , [345] , [349] , [350] , [351] , [352] , [353] , [356] , [405] , [406] , [410] , [412] , [413] , [415] , [416] , [417] , [423] , [424] , [425] , [426] , [427] Flight of Boer Women to escape Capture by the British, [279] Kaffir Treatment of Boer Women, [151] , [152] , [153] Magersfontein Laager, Presence in, [25] Sufferings in Concentration Camps, etc., [198] , [290] , [291] , [421] , [422] Treatment by the British, [232] , [239] , [240] , [241] , [257] , [258] Verkijkersdorp Laager, Capture of by British, and rescue by Commander-in-Chief de Wet's Commando, [238-241] Wonderkop—General de Villiers' Exploits, [83] Wounded, Boer Treatment of— Doornspruit, Care of Wounded after, [133] , [134] Nicholson's Nek—Care for Wounded by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [17] Yeomanry, Imperial—Gallantry at Tweefontein, [281] Yule, General—Ladysmith Retreat conducted by, [9] , [10] Zandnek—Captain Scheepers' Engagement near, [139] , [140] Zwavelkrans Farm—British Convoy Captured by Commander-in-Chief de Wet, [96] , [98]