CONTENTS

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]

APPENDICES

I.ROLL OF LUMSDEN’S HORSE, INCLUDING TRANSPORT[427]
II.MOBILISATION SCHEME FOR LUMSDEN’S HORSE[437]
III.THE ADJUTANT’S NOTE-BOOK[446]
IV.LIST OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.S, AND MEN WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED DECORATIONS, COMMISSIONS, OR CIVIL APPOINTMENTS[454]
V.HONOURS AND PROMOTIONS[456]
VI.HONORARY RANK IN THE ARMY[461]
VII.LUMSDEN’S HORSE EQUIPMENT FUND[462]
VIII.FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CORPS[476]
IX.LUMSDEN’S HORSE RECEPTION COMMITTEE[480]
X.THE FINAL ACCOUNTS[483]
XI.REPORT OF TRANSPORT SERGEANT[485]
XII.TOPICAL SONG BY A TROOPER[490]
INDEX[491]