Страница - 269 Страница - 271 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]