Sir Charles Warren and Spion Kop: A Vindication

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{{CASUALTIES

		Officers			Men
Date	——	Killed			Killed
		Wounded			Wounded
		Missing			Missing
January
17th to 20th	5th Division	1	12	—	26	178	—
20th	2nd ”	—	8	—	4	102	2
21st	2nd ”	1	8	—	13	131	5
22nd	2nd ”	—	1	—	1	19	1
23rd	2nd ”	—	—	—	1	14	—
24th	2nd ”	1	1	—	4	12	—
24th	5th ”	21	22	—	139	388	279
24th	4th Brigade	6	11	6	32	120	2
25th	2nd Division	—	—	—	—	10	—
26th	2nd ”	—	—	—	—	3	—
21st, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 26th, 27th	5th ”	—	1	—	1	33	—
	Totals	30	64	6	221	1,010	289
		\		/	\		/
		100			1,520
23rd	General Barton’s force is not included in above. He lost	1	1	—	4	5	11
20th	Lost by General Lyttelton, not shown above	—	1	—	2	13	1
		1	2	—	6	18	12
		\		/	\		/
	Grand Totals	103			1,556
Losses on 24th (included above)		28	34	6	175	520	281
		\		/	\		/
	Totals	68			976

There are said to have been 243 buried on Spion Kop, so no doubt many of those shown missing were killed.}}

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INDEX

Abyssinia, [31]
àCourt, Lieut.-Colonel, [117], [139], [140], [175], [215], [221], [224]
Acton Homes, [72], [73], [77-81], [85-90], [93-97], [100], [110], [111], [120], [126], [165], [178], [179], [204], [213], [223]
Admiralty, [27], [29], [30]
Akaba, [26-28]
Alcester, Lord, [29]
Anderson, Lieut., [4]
Arabi, [28]
Arabia Petræa, [25], [32]
Atkins, Mr. J. B., [84], [98]
Bangor, N. Wales, [2]
Barkly, Sir Henry, [12]
Barton, Major-General, [237]
Bastion Hill, [87], [99], [100], [107], [110], [111]
Bayly, Major, [233]
Baynes, Bishop, [83], [106]
Bechuanaland, [2], [18-20], [32-35], [61]
Belmont, [58]
Berber, [39]
Besant, Sir Walter, [4], [7]
Biggarsberg, [164]
Bloemfontein, [12]
Bloemhof, [20]
Blomfield, Colonel, [140], [229]
Botha, General Louis, [167]
Brand, President, [12], [13]
Bridgnorth Grammar School, [2]
British Association, [44]
Buller, Sir Redvers, [55], [56], [60-62], [66-72], [74], [75], [78], [80-83], [85], [86], [95-99], [106], [108-117], [128], [136], [138], [142], [144], [147], [158], [159], [169-172], [175-180], [183-188], [192], [193], [195], [197-200], [203-209], [211], [215], [218], [222]
Burleigh, Mr. Bennet, [85], [107], [137], [140], [157], [159]
Burma, [46]
Burton, Lieut., [28]
Byng, Colonel, [107]
Cairo, [40]
Cambridge, Duke of, [14], [23], [30], [41]
Cape Town, [12], [14], [35], [55], [60]
Carlow, [2]
Charrington, Lieut., [26], [27]
Chatham, [2], [4], [24], [53]
Chelmsford, Lord, [20]
Cheltenham College, [3]
Chief Commissioner of Police, [40], [41]
Chieveley, [60], [63-66], [70], [78], [168]
Childers, Right Hon. H. C. E., [40]
Churchill, Mr. W. S., [80], [101], [107], [128], [155], [189], [231]
Clarke, Sir Andrew, [32]
Clery, Sir C. F., [62], [65-68], [84], [85], [103-106], [110], [135], [198], [215-218]
Clydesdale, [88]
Coke, Major-General Talbot, [112], [113], [116], [117], [135-137], [141-145], [148-151], [153], [154], [157], [173-175], [184], [187], [188], [192], [206], [207], [215], [220-227], [230], [232], [236]
Colenso, [57], [60], [62], [66], [76], [79], [84], [90], [99], [100], [131], [189]
Colesberg, [59]
Colonial Office, [20]
‘Contemporary Review,’ [119]
Cornforth Hill, [18]
Cradock, [12]
Crimean War, [2]
Crofton, Colonel, [140], [141], [143], [146], [152], [196], [208], [224], [225], [230], [233-235]
Cronje, [162]
Daniels Kuil, [17]
Debe Nek, [16]
Dekiel Drift, [203]
Delagoa Bay, [14]
Diamond Fields, [12]
Diamond Fields Horse, [16], [17]
Dooner, Lieut., [193]
Doorn Kloof, [76], [77], [90]
— Kop, [63]
Dordrecht, [15]
Douglas, [59]
Dover, [9]
Drakensberg Mountains, [89], [98], [126]
Dublin, [2]
Dufferin, Lord, [39]
Dundonald, Lord, [107]
Durban, [56], [62]
Egypt, [25], [27], [32]
Election Address, [37], [38]
Enfield, [10]
Ermelo, [121]
Eslin, [58]
Estcourt, [62], [66]
Everard, Dr., [120]
Fair View, [77], [81], [86], [88], [92-95], [97], [101], [104], [110], [111], [199], [204], [214], [217], [219], [223]
Ford, Commandant, [18]
Forster, Right Hon. W. E., [32]
Fort Canning, [48]
French, Major-General, [59]
Frere, [62-66], [76], [209], [212]
Frere, Sir Bartle, [14], [192]
Gaika War, [16], [23]
Gatacre, Major-General, [57]
Gibraltar, [2], [4], [133]
Gill, Captain, [25-27]
Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E., [28]
Gomaperi, [18]
Gordon, General C. G., [31]
Goshenland, [33]
Griqualand West, [2], [11-23], [25], [32]
Grobelaar’s Kloof, [76]
Groote Hoek, [81], [86-88], [90], [93], [94], [97], [111], [199]
Grove, Sir George, [4]
Guildford, [4]
Hadendowa Arabs, [39]
Hanwell, Captain, [193]
Harrismith Pass, [79], [89], [98], [100]
Hart, Major-General, [65], [72], [73], [84], [92], [105], [107], [108], [112], [218]
Hatting’s Farm, [212], [215]
Haydon, F. M., [4]
— S., [4]
Haynes, Lieut., [28]
Hewett, Sir W., [26]
Hicks-Beach, Sir M., [23], [24]
Hildyard, Major-General, [62], [65], [66], [74], [84], [107], [112], [215], [216]
Hill, Colonel, [146], [149], [152], [153], [174], [194], [196], [208], [230], [233-235]
Hongers Poort, [179]
Hospital Sangar, [145], [152]
Hughes, M. A., [1], [2]
— W., [2]
Irwin, Major, [211]
Isandhlwana, [19]
Jamestown, [15]
Jerusalem, [4], [7], [8], [9]
Jubilee, Queen’s, [41]
Kaal Kafirs, [17], [18]
Kaffraria, [16]
Kalahari Desert, [22]
Keate-Award, [19]
Kennedy, Quartermaster-Sergeant, [28]
Khartoum, [31]
Kimberley, [12], [14], [18-20], [56], [57], [163], [165]
King William’s Town, [17]
Kitchener, Lord, [60]
Kruger, President, [33-36]
Ladysmith, [55-57], [61], [62], [65-67], [69], [75], [77], [78], [80], [84], [88], [95-100], [107], [122], [123], [129], [160], [164], [168], [170-172], [179], [205], [208]
Lancers Hill, [76], [77]
Lanyon, Sir O., [12], [17], [18], [21], [22]
Litako, [21]
Llangwani, [131]
Look-out Hill, [80]
Lyttelton, Major-General, [73-75], [80], [83], [84], [143], [175], [233], [237]
Mafeking, [36]
Majesfontein, [57]
Majuba, [33], [59]
Manyering, [18]
Matthews, Rt. Hon. H., [40], [42], [43]
Maxwell, Dr. R., [119], [163]
Methuen, Lord, [34], [56], [58], [60]
Middle Drift, [73]
Mitchell, Sir C., [50]
Mobilisation, [47], [48]
Modder River, [57], [60]
Mokolokue’s Mountain, [19], [22]
Moteto, [18]
Monte Christo, [131]
Morosi’s Mountain, [21]
Morris, Colonel A. W., [192], [234]
Moses Wells, [26]
Mount Alice, [66], [77], [85], [120], [131]
‘Murray’s Magazine,’ [42]
Nakhl, [26], [28]
Natal, [1], [55], [56], [61], [62], [70], [78], [85], [88], [101], [169], [192]
‘National Review,’ [75], [124]
New Forest Manœuvres, [53]
Oliver’s Hoek, [89]
Oppenheim, Mr., [173]
Orange Free State, [11-14], [25], [57], [78], [88-90], [97], [98], [112]
Orange River, [13], [23]
Paarde Kloof, [18], [21]
Pahang, [46]
Palestine, [4], [32]
Palmer, Professor, [25], [26], [28], [29], [31], [39]
Perak, [46]
Perie Bush, [16]
Phillips, Captain, [153-157], [207], [235], [236]
Pieters, [76], [102], [131]
Pilcher, Colonel, [59]
Platrand, [160]
Police, [40], [41]
Porrit’s Drift, [65]
Port Elizabeth, [12]
Potgieter’s Drift, [62], [65-68], [70], [73-78], [80-82], [84], [85], [87-90], [95-99], [107], [115], [125], [126], [143], [169], [193], [194], [204], [209], [210], [212], [214], [219]
Pretoria, [14]
Pretorius Farm, [63-65]
Prince of Wales, [41]
‘Punch,’ [42-44]
Ramsay, Professor, [3]
Ramsgate, [54]
Rangeworthy Hills, [73], [79], [87], [91], [92], [96-102], [126], [129-132], [199]
Red Sea Littoral, [39]
Rhodes, Rt. Hon. Cecil, [15]
Riet River, [203]
Roberts, Field-Marshal Lord, [57], [60],

[81], [86], [97], [117], [158], [171], [196], [203], [208], [209]
Robinson, Sir Hercules, [34]
Rooi Grond, [36]
Rosalie, [81], [86], [94], [95], [97], [101], [219], [223]
Salisbury, Lord, [41]
Sargent, Major H. N., [190]
Scratchley, Sir Peter, [10], [11]
Sekukuni’s Town, [21]
Selangor, [46]
Seymour, Sir B., [29]
Seyolo, [16]
Sheerness, [52]
Sheffield, [37]
Shoeburyness, [9], [10]
Siam, [46]
Sim, Lieut.-Colonel, [155], [157], [194], [196], [226]
Singapore, [44], [49]
Skiet’s Drift, [68], [76], [82]
Smith, Sir Cecil, [51]
Spearman’s Hill, [66], [69], [71], [74], [75], [209], [212], [217], [219], [220]
Spion Kop, [67], [68], [72], [77], [80-82], [84], [85], [87], [88], [90], [91], [93], [96], [98-101], [103], [104], [106], [107], [110-119], [123], [126], [129-135], [138], [139], [142-144], [147], [150], [156], [158-164], [167-174], [182-184], [186], [189], [190], [192-197], [200], [203-207], [210], [212], [214], [215], [219-227], [232-237]
Springfield, [63-66], [69-72], [144], [209-213]
Stanley, Colonel, [23]
— Dean, [5]
Stellaland, [32]
Stephenson, Captain, [29]
Stormberg, [57]
Straits Settlements, [44-47], [50]
Suakin, [39], [40]
Suez, [26], [29]
Sugarloaf Hill, [87], [107]
Syria, [25], [26]
Tabi Ndoda, [16]
Takoon, [18], [21]
Tanglin, [48]
‘Temple or the Tomb,’ [8]
Thaba Njama, [120], [137], [165], [166]
Thames District, [51], [52]
Thorneycroft, Lieut.-Col. A. W., [136-138], [140], [142], [145-148], [150-158], [170-175], [184-189], [193-195], [205-207], [221-229], [231], [235], [236]
Three Tree Hill, [104], [129], [132], [133], [138-141], [156], [189], [204], [232], [234]
Tor, [27]
Trafalgar Square, [40], [41]
Transvaal, [32], [33], [36], [78], [90], [112], [119]
Trichard’s Drift, [67], [69], [71], [72], [75], [78], [81], [85], [86], [90], [95], [100], [115], [150], [203], [210], [212], [213], [217], [219], [224], [227]
Tugela, [1], [56], [62], [65-67], [69], [71], [72], [74-81], [87], [89], [92], [95], [99], [116], [118], [121], [125], [126], [132], [133], [159], [163], [164], [177], [178], [181], [203], [204], [212-216], [218], [219], [223]
Underground Jerusalem, [5], [8]
‘United Service Magazine,’ [123]
Vaal Krantz, [76]
— River, [13], [17]
Van Reenen’s Pass, [89], [113], [122], [165]
Venter’s Laager, [73], [92], [93], [96], [180], [199], [219]
— Spruit, [93], [94], [125], [126], [128], [213]
Villiers, Mr. J. E. de, [12]
Waggon Drift, [84]
Waltham Abbey, [10]
Warren, Lieut.-General Sir C., Biographical Sketch, [1-54]
Warren, Major-General Sir C., [1]
— Very Rev. John, [2]
Waterboer, [11], [12]
Weenen, [122]
Wem Grammar School, [2]
White, Sir George, [55], [56], [60], [218]
Williams, Major E. J., [190], [191]
Wilson, Captain Holmes, [130]
— Sir Charles, [4]
Wolseley, Lord, [32]
Wood, Lieut.-Colonel G. K., [150]
Woodgate, Major-General, [72], [73], [84], [92], [116], [117], [135-141], [165], [181], [184], [185], [213], [215], [220], [221], [224], [226], [227], [229], [232], [233]
Wright’s Farm, [72], [189], [213], [232]
Zagazig, [27]
Zanzibar, [14]
Zoutspan Drift, [176]
Zwart Kop, [77], [126]

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