Quartermaster-General, [16], [17], [19], [20], [24], [27], [99], [100], [111], [421].
Quathlamba (mountain range), [56].
Queen Alexandra, H.M., [103].
Queen's (Royal West Surrey regiment) (The) (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Queensland, [93];
offers assistance, [33];
renews offer, [34].
Queensland Mounted Infantry. See [Colonial Units].
Queenstown (Cape Colony), [22], [53], [120], [202], [210], [285]-287, [332], [383].
Queenstown Rifle Volunteers. See [Colonial Units].
Railway Pioneer Regiment. See [Colonial Units].
Railways, [36], [37], [39], [56], [57], [61], [63], [390], [413], [428]-436;
Bloemfontein, [428], [429];
cross from Naauwpoort, [430];
essential condition of Lord Roberts' scheme, [430], [431];
proposed to Jacobsdal, [385];
railway troops (R.E.), [424];
staff of, [421], [424];
system of, [421], [424].
Ramah, [61].
Ramdam, [229], [235], [241], [245].
Rands, [59].
Ravenhill, Private C., awarded the V.C., [366].
Rawson, Colonel C. C., [265].
Razor Back Hill, [218], [225].
Reade, Major R. N. R., [213], [330].
Red Hill ("Vertnek"), [342].
Reed, Captain H. L., [366], [369];
awarded the V.C., [366].
Reeves, Colonel H. S. E. (Army Service Corps), [18].
Reeves, Lieut.-Col. J. (Royal Irish Fusiliers), [350], [358].
Regular Units.
Cavalry:—
Household Cavalry, Composite regiment of, [394], [400], [404], [437], [441], [442].
5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards, [2], [161], [163], [164], [169], [171], [175], [177], [181], [186].
6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers), [210], [280], [283], [390], [393], [400], [404], [436], [444].
1st (Royal) Dragoons, [203], [332], [353], [354], [367], [373].
2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), [387], [436], [441].
5th (Royal Irish) Lancers, [46], [124], [149], [150], [153], [157], [159], [161], [163], [165], [167], [169], [171], [174], [180], [181].
6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons, [281], [283], [391], [392], [395], [396], [400], [402], [405], [407], [436], [443].
9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers, [2], [52], [203], [211], [213], [214], [216], [220], [231], [233], [245], [246], [248], [251], [310], [313], [316], [322], [325], [437], [439], [440].
10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars, [210], [281], [283], [391], [392], [395], [396], [402], [405], [437], [441].
12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers, [203], [279], [308], [309], [311], [315], [316], [321]-325, [437], [441].
13th Hussars, [203], [332], [365], [367], [368], [373].
14th (King's) Hussars, [436], [444].
16th (Queen's) Lancers, [437], [441].
18th Hussars, [46], [124], [126], [131], [138], [140], [143], [145], [148], [149], [175], [181].
19th (Princess of Wales's Own) Hussars, [124], [153], [157], [158], [174], [180], [181].
Artillery:—
Royal Horse Artillery, [9], [91], [210], [284], [390]-393, [395], [396], [399], [400], [402], [405].
G. battery, [308], [310], [313], [321]-323, [327], [329], [330], [387], [437].
J. battery, [407], [443].
O. battery, [279], [407], [437], [441].
P. battery, [308], [386], [437].
Q. battery, [436].
R. battery, [278], [281], [282], [407], [437], [441].
T. battery, [436].
U. battery, [436].
Royal Field Artillery:—
4th battery, [394], [396], [401], [406], [407], [443].
7th battery, [203], [271], [332], [352], [366], [367], [369], [373], [374].
13th battery, [131], [133], [182]-184.
14th battery, [203], [332], [351], [361].
18th battery, [203], [214], [217], [220], [225]-2 [27], [233], [235]-239, [248], [251], [252], [254], [256]-259, [310], [321], [327], [329], [437].
21st battery, [150], [163], [164], [173], [178], [182], [186].
37th (Howitzer) battery, [404], [407], [443].
42nd battery, [153]-155, [161], [163], [164], [173], [178], [182].
53rd battery, [153], [154], [173], [177], [178], [182], [184].
62nd battery, [52], [203], [214], [258], [259], [309], [310], [321], [327], [330], [437], [439], [441].
63rd battery, [202], [210].
64th battery, [202], [210], [332], [357], [369].
65th (Howitzer) battery, [308], [310], [321], [329], [438].
66th battery, [203], [332], [351], [361], [366].
67th battery, [130], [131], [145], [148], [182].
69th battery, [130], [131], [133], [145], [148], [181], [182], [186].
73rd battery, [202], [210], [333], [357], [369], [371].
74th battery, [204], [289], [290], [292], [293], [297], [300].
75th battery, [52], [203], [214], [217], [220], [224], [233], [235]-237, [251], [252], [259], [310], [321], [323], [327], [329], [437].
76th battery, [437].
77th battery, [204], [289], [290], [292], [293], [297], [299].
79th battery, [204].
81st battery, [437].
82nd battery, [438].
Royal Garrison Artillery, [42], [91], [276], [284], [286], [287], [423], [433], [438];
10th Mountain battery, [153], [154], [174]-177, [183], [186], [188].
Ammunition columns, [315], [349], [361], [437], [438].
Royal Marine Artillery, [214], [232], [238].
Royal Malta Artillery, [91], [92].
Engineers:—
Royal Engineers, [42], [91], [183], [202], [211], [214], [215], [217], [232], [236], [237], [255], [257], [259], [279], [280], [284], [286], [289], [290], [292], [293], [301], [305], [311], [313], [314], [316], [326], [333], [336], [347], [349], [350], [353], [364], [373], [385], [400], [401], [404], [424], [425], [437]-439, [440].
Foot Guards:—
Grenadier Guards (3rd), [215], [221]-223, [225]-228, [236], [249], [251], [323]-325.
Coldstream Guards (1st), [215], [221], [225], [226], [228], [236], [249]-251, [323]-325.
Coldstream Guards (2nd), [215], [221], [225], [226], [228], [236], [249]-252, [257], [259], [260], [323]-325, [329].
Scots Guards (1st), [215], [221]-223, [225]-227, [231], [232], [236], [249]-251, [323], [326], [328]-330.
Infantry:—
Royal Scots, Lothian (1st) [formerly 1st Foot], [203], [289], [291].
The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) (2nd) [formerly 2nd Foot], [271], [333], [363], [364], [366], [371], [372].
The Buffs (East Kent regiment) (2nd) [formerly 3rd], [437].
Northumberland Fusiliers (1st) [formerly 5th], [2], [43], [52], [203], [214], [215], [223], [224], [225], [232], [233], [235], [237], [240], [252], [253], [255], [259], [311], [326].
Northumberland Fusiliers (2nd) [formerly 5th], [203], [287], [290], [292], [296]-298, [300], [301].
Royal Warwickshire (2nd) [formerly 6th], [379].
Royal Fusiliers (City of London regiment) (2nd) [formerly 7th], [333], [358], [367]-369.
The King's (Liverpool) (1st) [formerly 8th], [124], [153], [154], [157], [158], [173]-175.
Norfolk (2nd) [formerly 9th], [437].
Lincolnshire (2nd) [formerly 10th], [437].
Devonshire (1st) [formerly 11th], [124], [153], [154], [161], [163]-168, [172], [175], [186].
Devonshire (2nd) [formerly 11th], [333], [363], [364], [371], [372], [374].
Suffolk (1st) [formerly 12th], [279], [281], [391], [394], [396]-399, [408].
The Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) (2nd) [formerly 13th], [333].
Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) (2nd) [formerly 14th], [266], [270], [271], [333], [364].
Bedfordshire (2nd) [formerly 16th], [404], [407].
Leicestershire (1st) [formerly 17th], [46], [131], [143], [144], [146], [151], [174]-180, [185].
Royal Irish (1st) [formerly 18th], [404], [407].
Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire (1st) [formerly 19th], [379], [394], [400], [402]-405, [407], [437].
Royal Scots Fusiliers (2nd) [formerly 21st], [333], [358], [360], [363], [364], [366],
[372]-374.
Cheshire (2nd) [formerly 22nd], [437].
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st) [formerly 23rd], [333], [357], [363].
South Wales Borderers (2nd) [formerly 24th], [437].
King's Own Scottish Borderers (1st) [formerly 25th], [437].
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (2nd) [formerly 90th], [333], [351], [363], [372], [373].
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (1st) [formerly 27th], [333], [353], [356].
Gloucestershire (1st) [formerly 28th], [153]-155, [174]-176, [186]-194.
Gloucestershire (2nd) [formerly 61st], [437].
Worcestershire (2nd) [formerly 36th], [402], [404], [407].
East Lancashire (1st) [formerly 30th], [437].
East Surrey (2nd) [formerly 70th], [271], [333], [364], [372].
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (2nd) [formerly 46th], [308], [386], [387], [438].
Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) (1st) [formerly 33rd], [437].
Border (1st) [formerly 34th], [2], [52], [204], [261], [264], [270], [271], [333], [353], [355], [356], [370].
Hampshire (2nd) [formerly 67th], [437].
Welsh (1st) [formerly 41st], [402], [407], [437].
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (2nd) [formerly 73rd], [203], [276], [279], [308], [312], [317]-319, [329], [437], [440], [441].
Oxfordshire Light Infantry (1st) [formerly 43rd], [437].
Essex (1st) [formerly 44th], [391], [394], [399], [401], [404], [405], [407], [437].
Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire) (1st) [formerly 45th], [376].
Loyal North Lancashire (1st) [formerly 47th], [44], [203], [212], [214], [215], [223], [231]-233, [235], [237]-239, [242], [252]-256, [259], [311], [326].
Northamptonshire (2nd) [formerly 58th], [203], [215], [223], [224], [232], [233], [236]-239, [247], [255], [309], [311], [326].
Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) (2nd) [formerly 66th], [276], [281], [282], [284], [286], [291], [292], [391]-393, [395], [396], [407].
Royal Marine Light Infantry, [52], [99], [205], [214], [232], [238], [239], [242], [422].
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (2nd) [formerly 105th], [2], [52], [203], [214], [215], [223], [224], [226], [232], [233], [237]-239, [252]-256, [259], [310], [313], [321], [325], [328].
King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) (2nd) [formerly 85th], [308], [438].
King's Royal Rifle Corps (1st) [formerly 60th], [46], [127], [131]-136, [138], [140], [143], [144], [147], [151], [174]-176, [178], [179].
King's Royal Rifle Corps (2nd) [formerly 60th], [153], [154], [158], [174]-176, [179], [185], [367].
King's Royal Rifle Corps (3rd) [formerly 60th], [333], [363], [364], [372].
Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire) (2nd) [formerly 99th], [404]-407.
Manchester (1st) [formerly 63rd], [46], [150], [160], [163]-167, [171], [173], [175], [183], [186].
Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) (2nd) [formerly 98th], [437].
Durham Light Infantry (1st) [formerly 68th], [333], [363], [370], [372].
Highland Light Infantry (1st) [formerly 71st], [215], [308], [312], [318]-320, [327], [437], [440].
Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) (2nd) [formerly 78th], [308], [312], [316], [318], [319], [327], [438], [440], [441].
Gordon Highlanders (1st) [formerly 75th], [308], [311], [315], [326], [327], [438].
Gordon Highlanders (2nd) [formerly 92nd], [124], [150], [163]-167, [169], [170], [173], [175], [176].
Royal Irish Rifles (2nd) [formerly 86th], [10], [204], [286], [287], [290], [292], [296]-298, [301].
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) (1st) [formerly 87th], [2], [131]-136, [142]-144, [147], [149], [173], [174], [186]-192, [195].
Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) (2nd) [formerly 89th], [333], [358], [360], [363], [364].
Connaught Rangers (1st) [formerly 88th], [333], [353]-356.
Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) (1st) [formerly 91st], [247], [252]-256, [259], [308], [318], [319], [330], [438], [441].
Royal Munster Fusiliers (1st) [formerly 101st], [43], [212], [215], [223], [226], [231], [232], [258], [308], [326], [386].
Royal Dublin Fusiliers (1st) [formerly 102nd], [333].
Royal Dublin Fusiliers (2nd) [formerly 103rd], [46], [123], [124], [127]-129, [131], [132], [135], [139], [140], [143]-145, [148], [149], [174], [175], [180], [262], [267], [268], [333], [353]-356, [367].
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) (1st), [333], [363], [370], [372].
Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) (2nd), [2], [175], [177].
Army Service Corps:— [8], [23]-25, [91], [211], [289], [404], [417]-421, [437], [438].
Royal Army Medical Corps (includes Bearer companies, Field hospitals, etc.):— [25], [91], [134], [147], [148], [211], [215], [228], [242], [284], [289], [290], [292], [313]-315, [327], [330], [333], [347], [349], [364]-366, [374], [421], [437], [438].
Remount department, [19]-23, [24], [27].
Rensburg, [280], [390], [391], [395], [399], [400], [407], [443].
Reserves:
necessity of announcement in Parliament before summoning, [6];
date of proclamation calling out, [6];
numbers who obeyed the call and were fit, [8];
value in the field of, [375];
supply of, furnished during war, [10];
inconvenience of Act requiring all classes A. B. C. to be exhausted before D. was summoned, [12];
not numerous enough, [11];
number in 1899, in British Islands, [90];
great assistance rendered to army in field, [67], [11];
a real reserve for war, not a mere substitution, [90];
no delay caused by necessity for filling up ranks by, [115].
Retreat from Dundee. See [Dundee].
Rhenoster farm, [404].
Rhodes, The Right Hon. Cecil J., [17], [44].
Rhodesia, [16], [36], [39], [94], [409].
Rhodesian regiment. See [Colonial Units].
Ricardo, Lieut.-Col. P. R., [386].
Richardson, Colonel W. D., C.B., [417], [420], [422].
Richmond farm, [442].
Richmond road, [276].
Ridley, Colonel C. P., [433], [437].
Rietfontein, [142], [151]-156, [172].
Riet River, [63], [243], [244], [246]-248, [250], [251], [253], [256], [259], [260], [304], [378], [385], [387], [388], [430], [439], [441], [444].
Rifle Brigade (1st and 2nd). See [Regular Units].
Rimington, Major M. F., [220], [227], [246].
Rimington's Guides. See [Colonial Units].
Roberts, Field Marshal the Right Hon. F. S. Lord, V.C., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., Army Corps reconstituted, [436]-438;
appointed to command in South Africa, [376], [381], [386], [389];
appoints his staff, [381];
arrives at Cape Town, [408];
Buller reports fresh attempt to relieve Ladysmith, [411];
plan of campaign, [411]-413, [428]-436, [439];
railways in Cape Colony, [425], [426];
railways in Cape Colony, strategic value of, [430], [431];
raises more local corps, [415], [416];
reinforcements promised of troops, [414], [415];
reinforcements promised of guns, [422]-424;
situation on his arrival, [408]-411;
transport reorganised, [416]-421;
telegram from Gibraltar, [385].
Roberts, Lieut. the Hon. F. H. S., [365];
awarded the V.C. (posthumous), [366].
Roberts' Horse. See [Colonial Units].
Roberts', Mr. J., farm, [293]-295.
Robertson, Sergt.-Major W., awarded the V.C., [170].
Robinson's Drift, [336].
Robinson's farm, [340], [341], [352].
Rogers, Major C. R., [360].
Roggeveld mountains, [383].
Rooi Kop, [289], [290], [291], [295].
Rooilaagte, [216], [230].
Rorke's Drift, [274].
Rosmead, [244], [247]-260.
Rosmead Junction, [278], [378], [435].
Rouxville commando. See [Commandos].
Royal Army Medical Corps. See [Regular Units].
Royal Berkshire regiment (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Royal Canadian regiment. See [Colonial Units].
Royal Commissions, on South African hospitals, [26];
on South African war, [13], [110], [411], [412].
Royal Dragoons. See [Regular Units].
Royal Dublin Fusiliers (1st and 2nd). See [Regular Units].
Royal Engineers. See [Regular Units].
Royal Field Artillery. See [Regular Units].
Royal Fusiliers (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Royal Garrison Artillery. See [Regular Units].
Royal Horse Artillery. See [Regular Units].
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (1st). See [Regular Units].
Royal Irish Fusiliers (1st). See [Regular Units].
Royal Irish regiment (1st). See [Regular Units].
Royal Irish Rifles (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Royal Malta Artillery. See [Regular Units].
Royal Marine Artillery. See [Regular Units].
Royal Marine Light Infantry. See [Regular Units].
Royal Munster Fusiliers (1st). See [Regular Units].
Royal Scots Fusiliers (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Royal Scots regiment (1st). See [Regular Units].
Royal Warwickshire regiment (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1st). See [Regular Units].
Royal West Surrey regiment (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Royston, Colonel W., [174].
Ruggles-Brise, Captain H. G., [225].
Rustenburg, [59], [60].
Rustenburg commando. See [Commandos].
St. Helena, [92], [95].
St. Vincent, [105].
Salisbury (Rhodesia), [60].
Salisbury plain, [2].
Sand river, [140].
Sand Spruit, [128], [129], [131], [133], [135], [138], [140].
Sangars, [73].
Scandinavian commando. See [Commandos].
Schanzes, [71].
Scheme, Lord Roberts', [428].
Schietberg, [393].
Schiel, Colonel, [125], [167].
Schoeman, Commandant, [275], [276], [280], [281], [389], [390], [393]-395, [400], [409], [443].
Schofield, Captain H. N., [365];
awarded the V.C., [366].
Scholtz Nek, [245], [409], [426], [440].
Schreiber, Lieut. C. B., [366].
Schreiner, The Hon. Mr. W. P., C.M.G., Q.C. (Premier of Cape Colony), [206].
Schultz' farm, [139], [140].
Scots Greys, Royal. See [Regular Units].
Scots Guards (1st). See [Regular Units].
Scott, Captain P., R.N., [117]-121, [205], [265].
Scottish Rifles (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Seacow river, [402].
Seaforth Highlanders (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Secrecy, [414];
essential to Lord Roberts' scheme, [431].
Secretary of State for War. See respectively, [Lansdowne], [Smith], [Stanhope].
Senior, Captain G., R.M.A., [238].
Seton, Major H. J., [298].
Seymour, Mr. (later Major) L.I., [425].
Shannon, Sergeant-Major J., [360].
Sharpe, Lieut.-Col. J. B., [215], [217].
Shaul, Corporal J., awarded the V.C., [327].
Sheridan, General, [75].
Shipping, necessary dependence of nature of effective British army organisation on, [115];
patriotic conduct of owners of, [107];
success of Admiralty administration of, [110], [111];
small quantity of, available at given moment, [103], [104], [105];
statistics of, [108], [109];
time required for getting ready, [100], [101], [102], [104].
See also [Admiralty] and [Navy].
Shooter's Hill, [347], [373].
Short Service, the system as worked in the Boer War, [90];
how it supplied fresh drafts during war, [90];
comparison with other wars, [91];
effect of, on strength in the field, [11];
caused no delay, [115];
See also [Reserves] and [Mobilisation].
Shropshire Light Infantry (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Shute, Major H. G. D., [225], [324].
Sierra Leone, [91].
Simon's Bay, [117], [119], [120].
Simon's Town, [52], [118].
Slade-Wallace tools, [250].
Slingersfontein, [400], [402], [404], [405].
Sluits, [61].
Skiet's Drift, [334], [336], [337].
Smith, Major Granville, R. F., [250].
Smith, The Right Hon. W. H., [7].
Smith, Major W. Apsley, [365].
Smith-Dorrien, Colonel H. L., D.S.O., [438]. [444].
Smithfield commando. See [Commandos].
Smith's farm, [129], [132], [135].
Smith's Nek, [129], [133], [137].
Sneeuw Bergen (mountain), [56].
Snyman, General, [50], [409].
Somaliland, [95].
Somerset East, [206].
Somersetshire Light Infantry (2nd). See [Regular Units].
South Africa:
absence of roads in, [18], [65];
agriculture in, [62];
as a theatre of war, [64];
climatic influences on, [61];
cool nights in, [65];
dearth of bridges in, [61], [65];
drifts of, [61];
eminently healthy, [64];
harbours of, [57], [65], [113];
hill systems of, [55];
nature of the country in, [18];
physiological features of, [61];
rainfall in, [66];
rivers of, [60], [61], [65];
scarcity of well-built towns in, [65];
special clothing prescribed for, [30];
tableland of, [54].
South African Light Horse. See [Colonial Units].
South African Republic Police (Zarps), [49], [81], [84].
South African War. See [War in South Africa].
South Australia, [93];
offers assistance, [34].
South Australian Infantry. See [Colonial Units].
South Natal raid, [261]-274.
Southern Rhodesia. See [Rhodesia].
South Wales Borderers (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Spartan. See [Hospital Ships].
Spion Kop (mountain), [58], [438].
Spitz Kop, [400].
Springfield, [338].
Springfontein Junction, [411].
Springs, [60].
Spruits, [60].
Spytfontein, [63], [245], [305], [310], [329].
Standerton commando. See [Commandos].
Stanhope, The Right Hon. E. (Secretary of State for War in 1888), his memorandum of June 1st, 1888, [5], [12], [13], [20], [89].
Steenkamp, Commandant, [192], [195].
Steinkamp, Commandant L. F., [439].
Steinkamp, Commandant, [295], [299].
Stellenbosch, [22], [43], [383].
Stephenson, Brig.-General T. E., [405], [406], [437], [444].
Sterkstroom, [53], [301], [408].
Sterkstroom Junction, [287].
Sterling, Captain J. T., [225].
Steyn, President M. T., [48], [285], [295], [306], [382], [388];
outwitted by Lord Roberts, [435].
Steynsburg, [295].
Steynsburg road, [292], [293], [299], [302].
Stockenstroom, [383].
Stopford, Colonel the Hon. F., C.B., [209], [357], [362].
Stopford, Lieut.-Col. H. R., [225], [260].
Stores, deficiency of, [31], [32];
in freight ships, [104];
tonnage of, [108], [109];
those wanted first placed at bottom of ships, [113].
Stormberg, [39], [42], [43], [52], [57], [66], [120], [198], [199], [205], [210], [283], [285]-303, [339], [376], [389], [408], [409], [412], [435].
Stormbergen, [56], [57].
Straits Settlements, [89], [92].
Strength of army in South Africa, at various dates, [1], [2], [443], and [Appendices].
Strength of Boers, estimated, [1], [2], [38], [265], [377], [409], [410], [459].
Strength of regular army and armed forces of the British Empire, [89]-95.
Strength of various arms, average, [438].
Suffolk Hill. See [Grassy Hill].
Suffolk regiment (1st). See [Regular Units].
Sugar Loaf Hill, [218], [225].
Sunday's river, [59], [127], [149], [335].
Sunday's River Passes, [58].
Sunnyside, [387], [442].
Supplies, [19], [43], [44], [67], [106], [108], [200], [206], [209], [210], [216], [310], [315], [418], [421], [443];
supply department, [422].
Surprise Hill, [188], [190], [334], [335].
Survey department of Cape Colony, [14].
Swaatbouys Kop (or Nodashwana), [152].
Swanepoel, Commandant, [50], [295], [298], [301].
Swaziland, [50], [65].
Swaziland commando. See [Commandos].
Swaziland Police, [49], [81], [84].
Swinkpan, [227], [231], [232].
Symons, Major-General Sir W. Penn. K.C.B., [45]-47, [123]-137, [160].
Taaiboschlaagte, [280].
Taal language, [121].
Tabanyama (mountain), [58], [335], [338].
Tabanhlope, [269].
Table Bay, [119], [206].
Table Mountain (Cape Town), [48].
Table Mountain (Belmont), [218]-228.
Tactics, Lord Roberts' instructions for, [445]-450.
Talana, [123]-142.
Tarkastad, [287].
Tartar, H.M.S., [120], [263], [265], [332].
Tasmania, [309];
offers assistance, [34].
Tasmanian Infantry. See [Colonial Units].
Taungs, [382].
Telegraph, essential to Lord Roberts' scheme, [431].
Tembu tribe, [208].
Teneriffe, [105].
Terrible, H.M.S., [117], [120], [205], [263], [265], [332].
Thaba Bosigo, [72].
Thackeray, Lieut.-Col. T. M. G., [353].
Theatre of war, [54]-67.
Thetis, H.M.S., [120], [265].
Thomas' farm, [216], [217].
Thompson, Sir Ralph, K.C.B., [7].
Thorneycroft, Major A. W., [206], [261], [368], [369], [373].
Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry. See [Colonial Units].
Thornhill farm, [387].
Thwaites, Captain W., [184].
Tintwa Pass, [49], [58], [123], [157].
Touw's river, [53].
Town Guards. See [Colonial Units].
Townsend, Colonel E., M.D., C.B., [242].
Towse, Captain E. B., awarded the V.C., [327].
Transport (land), [413], [416]-421;
delay imposed by peace wishes, during time needed for getting, [19];
difficulty because of, in having British army ready for war, [18];
early attempts made by Sir Evelyn Wood, Lord Wolseley, and Sir A. Milner to provide, [16], [17];
harness for, [19];
impossibility of keeping British ready for war, [17];
in previous campaigns, [17];
mules for, purchased abroad, [20];
mules in South Africa, [22];
native drivers needed for, [24];
necessary change of vehicles for South Africa for, [18];
necessity for, [18];
peculiarities of South African, [416], [417];
reorganised by Lord Roberts, [416]-421;
respective advantages of ox and mule, [416], [417];
successive demands for, [18];
transport by rail, [424];
transport companies, [421], [437];
transport department, [422];
transport, regimental, [418], [419];
transport staff, [417];
transport (sea). See [Navy];
varied character of British, [17];
vehicles for, [19].
Transvaal, [3]-85, [335].
Transvaalers. See [Commandos].
Transvaal Police. See [South African Republic Police].
Transvaal Staats Artillerie, [49], [81]-84.
Trichardt, Commandant, [128], [140].
Trichardt's Drift, [411].
Trojan. See [Hospital Ships].
Trüter's commando. See [Commandos].
Tucker, Lieut.-Gen. C., C.B., [437].
Tudway, Lieut.-Col. R. J., [278].
Tugela Ferry, [274], [334].
Tugela river, [14], [58], [208], [261], [263]-265, [267], [273], [332]-376, [410].
Tulbagh district, [383].
Tuli, [42].
Tunnel Hill, [176].
Tweedale siding (or station), [277], [281].
Uganda, [95].
Uitenhage Rifles. See [Colonial Units].
Uitlanders, [38], [385].
Ultimatum of October 9th, 1899, 01, [86].
Umbulwana (or Bulwana), [150], [172], [176], [181], [182].
Umvoti Mounted Rifles. See [Colonial Units].
Union Castle, S.S. Co., [100], [107].
Urmston, Major E. B., [441].
Utrecht, [124].
Utrecht commando. See [Commandos].
Vaal Kop, [281], [282].
Vaal river, [36], [37], [61], [387].
Van Dam, [191], [192], [394].
Van der Merwe's commando. See [Commandos].
Van der Merwe, Commandant. See [Merwe].
Van Reenen's Pass, [37], [38], [44], [45], [49], [58], [125], [157], [158], [171], [173].
Van Staaden, Commandant, [128].
Van Tenders Pass, [147], [148].
Vant's Drift, [128].
Van Zyl, Lieut. See [Zyl].
Van Zyl's farm, [292]-295, [300].
Van Zyl Siding, [405].
Venter, Comdt. H. van der, [234].
Verner, Lieut.-Colonel W. W. C., [216], [245].
Versamelberg (mountain), [59].
Vertnek (Red Hill), [342].
Veterinary Department. See [Army Veterinary Department].
Viceroy of India, [1].
Vickers-Maxim, 37 m/m Q.F. guns. See [Pom-poms].
Victoria, [94];
offers assistance, [33], [34].
Victorian Infantry, Mounted Infantry, and Mounted Rifles. See [Colonial Units].
Victualling of troops at sea, [99], [105].
Vierkleur, [48].
Viljoen, General Ben, [125], [127], [159], [342].
Visser's homestead, [440].
Voetpads Drift, [310], [314], [325].
Volksrust, [124].
Volunteers: Home, [10], [12], [93]-95, [380], [414].
See also [Colonial Units].
Vrede commando. See [Commandos].
Vryburg, [382].
Vryheid, [124].
Vryheid commando. See [Commandos].
Wakkerstroom Commando. See [Commandos].
Wakkerstroom Nek, [49].
Walker, Lieut.-Gen. Sir F. Forestier-. See [Forestier-Walker].
Walter, Major R. L., [367].
Wapenschouws, [80].
War Department of Pretoria, [38].
"War Establishments," [418].
War in South Africa:
British preparations for, [1]-34;
outbreak of, [35]-53;
theatre of, [54]-67.
War Office, [6], [15], [22], [28], [35], [38], [44], [89], [100], [110], [111], [117], [199]-201, [353], [379]-381, [384], [410], [412]-415, [418], [421], [422], [438], [443].
Wardle, Midshipman T. F. J. L., R.N., [238].
Warley Common, [269].
Warren Lieut.-Gen. Sir C., G.C.M.G., K.C.B., [201], [377], [379].
Warrenton, [39].
Warwickshire regiment, Royal (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Waschbank, [58], [127].
Waschbank bridge, [334].
Waschbank river, [147]-151.
Water, story of, at Graspan, [432];
carts, [421].
Waterberg commando. See [Commandos].
Watson, Lieut.-Colonel A. J., [281], [396]-399.
Wauchope, Major-Gen. A. G., C.B., C.M.G., [203], [207], [211], [212], [215], [276]-279, [308], [311], [312], [316]-319, [323], [324].
Wavell, Major-General A. G., [437].
Weenen, [269], [273].
Weenen road, [336].
Weil, Messrs., [16].
Welman, Major H. L., [298].
Welsh regiment (1st). See [Regular Units].
Wessels, Commandant, [409].
West Africa and various African protectorates, [91], [95].
West Australia, [94];
offers assistance, [34].
West Australian Infantry. See [Colonial Units].
West Indies, [95].
West Riding regiment (1st). See [Regular Units].
West Yorkshire (2nd). See [Regular Units].
White, Lieut.-General Sir George S., V.C., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., [9], [46]-48, [51], [52], [123], [126], [127], [143], [144], [148], [149], [205], [208], [210], [261]-264, [335], [377], [378], [410], [415], [422];
arrived in Natal, [46];
at Elandslaagte, [157]-171;
at Lombards Kop, [172]-184;
at Rietfontein, [151]-156;
his knowledge of Buller's plans, [338], [339];
isolated, [200];
suggests that Navy should be consulted, [117], [118], [120];
unable to protect southern Natal, [196]-198.
White, Captain H. S., [371].
Wickham, Major W. J. R., [146].
Widgeon, H.M.S., [116].
Wilford, Colonel E. P., [154], [155].
Willcock, Captain S., [193].
Willow Grange, [269], [270], [272].
Willmott, Captain W. A., [298].
Wilson, Lieutenant R. S., [319], [320].
Wilson, Lieut.-Colonel A., [441].
Wiltshire regiment (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Winburg commando. See [Commandos].
Windmill camp, [395].
Wing, Major F. D. V., [181].
Winterberg mountains, [383].
Wire fences, [71], [155], [166], [167], [221], [256], [320], [442].
Witfontein Berg (mountain), [59].
Witmoss, [53].
Witteberg (mountain), [59].
Wittekop, [245].
Witteputs, [213], [216], [223], [386].
Witwaters Rand, [60].
Wodehouse district, [382].
Wolmaranstad commando. See [Commandos].
Wolseley, Field Marshal the Right Honourable G. J. Viscount, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., [7], [17], [39], [101], [197], [207].
Wolseley-Jenkins, Brig.-Gen. C. B. H., [158], [159].
Wolve Kop, [400].
Wolvekraal farm, [388].
Wood, Lieutenant C. C., [213].
Wood, General Sir H. Evelyn, V.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., [16], [17].
Wood, Major-General E., C.B., [386]-388.
Woodcote farm, [160], [161], [167].
Wools Drift, [124].
Worcester district, [383].
Worcestershire regiment (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Wyk, [75].
Yeomanry, [12], [93], [379], [380].
See also [Imperial Yeomanry].
Yorkshire Light Infantry (2nd). See [Regular Units].
Yorkshire regiment (1st). See [Regular Units].
Yule, Major-Gen. J. H., [123], [131], [133], [137], [138], [142]-156, [161], [172].
Zambesi, [48], [60].
Zandspruit, [49], [124].
Zarps. See [South African Republic Police].
Zibenghla (transport), [203].
Zoutpansberg commando. See [Commandos].
Zoutpansberg Range, [59].
Zoutpan's Drift, [387], [388].
Zululand, [36], [65], [94], [158], [274].
Zulus, [70].
Zuurbergen (mountain), [56].
Zwarte Bergen (mountain), [55].
Zyl, Lieutenant Van, [272].