Orange Free State, its neutrality possibly more dangerous to the British than its hostility, [14].
Orange River, strategic importance of the, [113].
Origin of the two Boer states, [6].
Over-sea transport of troops, &c., English system described, [92].
Paardeberg, [14], [20];
Cronje's fight and surrender at, [281]-221.
Park, Colonel, gallant conduct of, [246].
Physical conditions of South Africa, [6].
Pieter's Hill, battle of, [302].
Plevna, [187].
Port Elizabeth, [11].
Portuguese East Africa, [3].
Powell, Colonel Baden-, and Kruger, [122].
Powerful, naval brigade from the cruiser, reaches Ladysmith with long-range guns "in the nick of time," [65].
Pretoria, [11]; occupied by Lord Roberts June 5, [314].
Reddersburg, reverse at, Reitz, Secretary, anecdote of, [121].
"Reverses always to be expected in war," [313].
Rhodesia, [11].
Rietfontein, White's action at, [60].
Roberts, General Lord, [15];
leaves England December 23, arrives at Cape Town January 10, [232];
arrives at Modder Camp February 9, [267];
enters Bloemfontein March 13, [305];
occupies Johannesburg, [314];
occupies Pretoria June 4, [314].
Scott, Captain Percy, and the naval brigade guns, [67].
Smith's Nek, [40].
South African colonies, the, and the war, [83];
seaports, importance of to British, [9].
Spion Kop, battle of, [249]-265.
Springfontein, [11], [12].
Spytfontein, [164].
Steevens' description of the retreat of the Dundee column, [60];
quoted, [103], [115], [118].
Stormberg, [33], [104];
British reverse at, [168]-172.
"Stupidity" of British officers, "where has it placed Great Britain among the nations of the earth?" [201].
Suez Canal, [2];
traffic of the, in war time, a warning, [100].
Symons, General Sir Penn, his views as to the force needed, [29];
takes command at Dundee, [36];
wounded, [44];
tribute to, [57];
death of, [63], [69].
Talana Hill described, [40];
assault of by British, [43];
the battle of, [43].
Temper, the, which wins in war, [128].
Transports and the colonies, [71];
British arrangements, "a triumph of organisation," [86].
Transvaal, the, imports wheat from Australia;
poorness of the country in all but gold, [16];
had for some years prepared for war, [35].
Tugela River, the, [19];
Buller's first attempt to pass the, [219];
passage of the, by Buller's army and capture of Pieter's Hill, [300].
Ultimatum presented by the Transvaal Government, [34], [35].
United Kingdom's, the, effort, gigantic, unprecedented and unsurpassed in its success in military history, [85].
United States, expansion of the, and Imperial Federation "secondary in importance to nothing contemporaneous," [80].
Vaal Krantz, battle of, [264].
Volunteers, the Natal Volunteers called out, [31].
War, theatre of the, described, [1]-28;
was not desired by the British, [31];
initiated by the Transvaal at 5 P.M., October 11, 1899, [34];
effect of the, in uniting the Empire, [75].
Warren, Lieut.-General Sir Charles, and Spion Kop, [249]-265.
Wauchope, General, killed at Magersfontein, [164]-168.
Weapons, modern, effect of, perhaps over-estimated, [59].
Wessels at Kimberley, [124].
Western frontier, the, [102].
White, General Sir George, takes the Natal command, [31];
takes command at Ladysmith, [36];
tribute to, [69];
gazetted Governor of Gibraltar, [103];
and the siege of Ladysmith, [191].
Wilkinson, Spencer, quoted, [69].
Yule, General, succeeds General Symons, [46], [57];
his famous retreat, [59].
Zandspruit, [37].