CHAPTER PAGE
CONTENTS[v]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS[vii]
NOTE[viii]
I.ON THE EDGE[1]
II.AT THE BRITISH FRONT[9]
III.THE FIRST WEEK'S WAR[20]
IV.BATTLE OF ELANDS LAAGTE[30]
V.BATTLE OF TINTA INYONI[41]
VI.THE REVERSE AT NICHOLSON'S NEK[51]
VII.HEMMED IN[61]
VIII.TRAGEDY AND COMEDY[72]
IX.INCIDENTS, ACCIDENTS, AND REALITIES[83]
X.ENNUI ENLIVENED BY SUDDEN DEATH[100]
XI.FLASHES FROM BULLER[129]
XII.THE NIGHT SURPRISE ON GUN HILL[138]
XIII.THE CAPTURE OF SURPRISE HILL[156]
XIV.THE SEASON OF PEACE AND GOODWILL[176]
XV.SICKNESS, DEATH, AND A NEW YEAR[194]
XVI.THE GREAT ATTACK[211]
XVII. A PAUSE AND A RENEWAL[231]
XVIII."WITHIN MEASURABLE DISTANCE"[250]
XIX.HOPE DEFERRED[265]
XX.SUN AND FEVER[279]
XXI.RELIEVED AT LAST[291]
APPENDIX[299]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR]
[MAP OF LADYSMITH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD]
[GENERAL SIR GEORGE STEWART WHITE, V.C., G.C.I.E., G.C.B., G.C.S.I.]
[PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF ELANDS LAAGTE]
[LOMBARD'S KOP]
[IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE SHELTERS]
[THE DRIFT AND WATERING-PLACE]
[BULWAN]
[HOSPITAL IN TOWN HALL AFTER A SHELL]
[BREECH BLOCK FROM GUN HILL]
[A PICTURESQUE RUIN]
[HEADQUARTERS AFTER A 96LB. SHELL]
[EFFECT OF 96LB. SHELL ON A PRIVATE HOUSE]
[SPECIMEN OF BOER SHELLS]
[INDIAN BAKERY]
[GENERAL RT. HON. SIR R.H. BULLER, V.C., G.C.B., K.C.M.G., K.C.B.]
(photograph by KNIGHT, Aldershot)
[SKETCH PLAN OF COUNTRY SOUTH AND WEST OF LADYSMITH]

NOTE

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