Footnote 76: Boer Account.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 77: See [Appendix 4].[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 78: The armies during the war between North and South in America ran it close in this respect.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 79: See [Chap. I.], [p. 2].[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 80: Not including Royal Malta Artillery, 833 of all ranks.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 81: Includes Royal Malta Artillery.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 82: For vessels serving on the Cape station during the war, see [Appendix 5].[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 83: It is impossible, of course, to engage a ship beforehand without incurring expenditure.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 84: See despatches giving the views of Sir Redvers Buller, etc., on these.[Back to Main Text]

Footnote 85: See despatch from the Governor of Natal to Admiral Harris, dated 9.3.00, and letter from the Colonial Office to the Admiralty, dated 7.5.00.[Back to Main Text]