From Portuguese Africa to Pretoria [231]
Staggering Humanity—Food for Flames—A Crocodile in the Koomati—A Hippopotamus in the Koomati—A Via Dolorosa—Over the Line—Westward Ho!—Ruined Farms and Ruined Firms—Farewell to the Guards' Brigade!
CHAPTER XV
A War of Ceaseless Surprises [245]
Exhaustlessness of Boer resources—The Peculiarity of Boer Tactics—The Surprisers Surprised—Train Wrecking—The Refugee Camps—The Grit of the Guards—The Irregulars—The Testimony of the Cemetery—Death and Life in Pretoria.
CHAPTER XVI
Pretoria and the Royal Family [261]
Suzerainty turned to Sovereignty—Prince Christian Victor—A Royal Funeral—A Touching Story—The Death of the Queen—The King's Coronation.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
THE ULTIMATUM AND WHAT LED TO IT