CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
PREFACE[v]
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH[1]
I.BEGINNING OF THE WAR—WARREN CROSSES THE TUGELA[55]
II.POSITION OF AFFAIRS[75]
III.ADVANCE TO VENTER’S LAAGER AND ATTACK OF THE RANGEWORTHY HILLS[92]
IV.BOER DEMORALISATION—TACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF SPION KOP[119]
V.CAPTURE OF SPION KOP AND ITS ABANDONMENT[135]
VI.AFTER WITHDRAWAL—BOER COMMENTS[159]
VII.SOME CRITICISMS[169]
APPENDIX: EXTRACTS FROM DESPATCHES[203]

SIR CHARLES WARREN

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SPION KOP