ILLUSTRATIONS

[Sir George Stewart White, V.C., G.C.S.I. (from a
photograph by Window & Grove)]
[The Royal Hotel, Ladysmith (showing the ruins of
Mr. Pearse's bedroom wrecked by a shell from "Long
Tom," 3rd Nov. 1899)]
[A shell-proof resort (a culvert under a road used
as a living place by day for civilians, who returned
to their houses when the shelling ceased after sunset)]
[The British position at Ladysmith (looking north towards
Rietfontein and the Newcastle Road)]
[The British position at Ladysmith (looking nearly due south)]
[The British position at Ladysmith (looking south-east)]
[The British position at Ladysmith (looking eastward)]

PLANS

[Sketch-map of positions round Ladysmith, Nov. 1899]
[Siege of Ladysmith, after two months of bombardment]
[The environs of Ladysmith]
[Military map of Ladysmith]

CHAPTER I