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| CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | [vii] |
| CHAPTER I |
| PAGE |
| The Crisis at Home | [1] |
| In South Africa | [2] |
| The Occupation of Dundee | [7] |
| The Battle of Glencoe | [14] |
| Elandslaagte | [20] |
| The Retreat from Dundee | [32] |
| Sir W. Penn Symons—Glencoe | [35] |
| The Battle of Reitfontein | [36] |
| Ladysmith | [38] |
| The Battle of Lombard's Kop | [41] |
| The Disaster of Nicholson's Nek | [45] |
| The Siege of Ladysmith | [51] |
| CHAPTER II |
| PAGE |
| The Siege of Mafeking | [55] |
| Kimberley | [64] |
| CHAPTER III |
| PAGE |
| Natal | [70] |
| The Invasion of Cape Colony | [76] |
| The Battle of Belmont | [86] |
| The Battle of Graspan | [92] |
| The Battle of Modder River | [97] |
| After the Fight | [108] |
| CHAPTER IV |
| PAGE |
| The Investment of Ladysmith | [110] |
| Estcourt | [119] |
| Armoured Train Disaster At Chieveley | [121] |
| Estcourt | [126] |
| The Fight on Beacon Hill | [132] |
| Ladysmith | [135] |
| Estcourt and Frere | [139] |
| Surprises at Ladysmith | [145] |
| Frere Camp | [151] |
| CHAPTER V |
| PAGE |
| Activity at the Cape | [154] |
| With General Gatacre | [159] |
| The Reverse at Stormberg | [163] |
| At the Modder River | [168] |
| The Battle of Majesfontein | [171] |
| CHAPTER VI |
| PAGE |
| Chieveley Camp | [187] |
| The Battle of Colenso | [188] |
| Facsimile of MS. of Mr. Rudyard Kipling's War Poem "The Absent-minded Beggar" | [203] |