EGYPT IN 1898. With Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 6s.
"Set forth in a style that provides plenty of entertainment.... Bright and readable."—Times.
WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH AND LONDON.
CONTENTS.
| [MAPS.] | |
| [I. FIRST GLIMPSES OF THE STRUGGLE.] | |
| First impressions—Denver with a dash of Delhi—Government House—TheLegislative Assembly—A wrangling debate—A demonstration ofthe unemployed—The menace of coming war | 1 |
| [II. THE ARMY CORPS—HAS NOT LEFT ENGLAND!] | |
| A little patch of white tents—A dream of distance—The desert ofthe Karroo—War at last—A campaign without headquarters—Waitingfor the Army Corps | 10 |
| [III. A PASTOR'S POINT OF VIEW.] | |
| An ideal of Arcady—Rebel Burghersdorp—Its monuments—Doppertheology—An interview with one of its professors | 19 |
| [IV. WILL IT BE CIVIL WAR?] | |
| On the border of the Free State—An appeal to the Colonial Boers—Thebeginning of warlike rumours—A commercial and social boycott—TheBoer secret service—The Basutos and their mother, the Queen—Boerbrutality to Kaffirs | 28 |
| [V. LOYAL ALIWAL: A TRAGI-COMEDY.] | |
| The Cape Police—A garrison of six men—Merry-go-rounds and naphthaflares—A clamant want of fifty men—Where are the troops?—"It'llbe just the same as it was in '81" | 35 |
| [VI. THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE.] | |
| French's reconnaissance—An artillery duel—Beginning of the attack—Ridgeafter ridge—A crowded half-hour | 43 |
| [VII. THE BIVOUAC.] | |
| A victorious and helpless mob—A break-neck hillside—Bringing downthe wounded—A hard-worked doctor—Boer prisoners—Indian bearers—AnIrish Highlander in trouble | 56 |
| [VIII. THE HOME-COMING FROM DUNDEE.] | |
| Superfluous assistance—A smiling valley—The Border Mounted Rifles—Arain-storm—A thirty-two miles' march—How the troops came into Ladysmith | 66 |
| [IX. THE STORY OF NICHOLSON'S NEK.] | |
| An attenuated mess—A regiment 220 strong—A miserable story—Thewhite flag—Boer kindness—Ashamed for England | 74 |
| [X. THE GUNS AT RIETFONTEIN.] | |
| A column on the move—The nimble guns—Garrison gunners at work—Theveldt on fire—Effective shrapnel—The value of the engagement | 81 |
| [XI. THE BOMBARDMENT.] | |
| Long Tom—A family of harmless monsters—Our inferiority in guns—Thesensations of a bombardment—A little custom blunts sensibility | 92 |
| [XII. THE DEVIL'S TIN-TACKS.] | |
| The excitement of a rifle fusilade—A six-hours' fight—The pickingoff of officers—A display of infernal fireworks—"God bless thePrince of Wales" | 106 |
| [XIII. A DIARY OF DULNESS.] | |
| The mythopœic faculty—A miserable day—The voice of the pompom—Learningthe Boer game—The end of Fiddling Jimmy—Melinite atclose quarters—A lake of mud | 114 |
| [XIV. NEARING THE END.] | |
| Dulness interminable—Ladysmith in 2099 A.D.—Sieges obsoletehardships—Dead to the world—The appalling features of abombardment | 124 |
| [XV. IN A CONNING-TOWER.] | |
| The self-respecting bluejacket—A German atheist—The sailors'telephone—What the naval guns meant to Ladysmith—The salt ofthe earth | 134 |
| [THE LAST CHAPTER] By Vernon Blackburn | 144 |