| [Introduction] | |
| [Preface] | |
| [I.] | Lobengula and the Chartered Company |
| [II.] | A Carnival of Murder—Preceding Jameson'sRaid and Chamberlain's Conspiracy |
| [III.] | Boer Commissary—"Mealie Pap" as aRation—I Take Command of the IrishBrigade—War Declared |
| [IV.] | The Boer Ultimatum—The Brigade at theFront—Butchery of Prisoners by EnglishLancers |
| [V.] | Besieging Ladysmith |
| [VI.] | British Treachery at Colenso |
| [VII.] | Spion Kop |
| [VIII.] | White's Incapacity |
| [IX.] | The Fighting in the Free State |
| [X.] | Magersfontein and Paardeberg |
| [XI.] | De Wet Looms Up |
| [XII.] | Paying an Instalment on the Irish Debt |
| [XIII.] | Lord Roberts Breaks his Pledge Made inProclamation—Boers in Great Disorderon Leaving Pretoria—Make Grand Standat Donkerhoek—General Buller Arrives inTransvaal—Battle of Dalmanutha |
| [XIV.] | Dark Period of the War—President KrugerForced to Leave for Holland |
| [XV.] | War Declared at an End by Roberts—LadyRoberts Captured—De Wet Cornered—GeneralClement's Camp taken by GeneralDe la Rey—De Wet's Strategy |
| [XVI.] | Boers Become Aggressive—American GovernmentComes to England's Assistanceand Furnishes Horses, Mules and Men |
| [XVII.] | Kitchener Alarmed and Asks for MoreTroops—French Tries to Corner Botha—Failing,Makes War on Boer Women—BothaAttacks English at Lake Chrissi—De Wet Alarms the English—DefeatsThem, Goes to the Colony and Returns |
| [XVIII.] | Horses, Mules and Men Arrive from America—TheAuthor and Major PretoriusMake a Long Ride with Despatches—AnExciting Trip |
| [XIX.] | De Wet Cornered Again—De la Rey Corneredtoo—General Kemp Fights a GoodFight—The Way by Which the Boers soSuccessfully Outwitted the English |
| [XX.] | An Irish Boy's Strategy—His Sad Death—CavalryFar Superior to Infantry |
| [XXI.] | Kitchener Tries to Frighten the Boers—Failing,Takes Revenge on Women andChildren—Capture of Fort Pison—EnglishSurprise the Boers and are Routed |
| [XXII.] | Artillery Boys Surprised—A Great Race—Murderof Two Young Boers under theImpression they were Members of theIrish Brigade—The only Naval Battle ofthe War |
| [XXIII.] | General Louis Botha's Brilliant Charge—OurFrench Gun Captured—Major PretoriusCaptured—A Close Call but all EndsWell—General De Wet's Daring Work |
| [XXIV.] | Destruction of Women and Children—TheOnly Way to End the War—Scots GreysRouted—English Troops and Armed KaffirsFight Side by Side—General De WetCompletely Cornered |
| [XXV.] | Peace Terms—Procedure to be Adopted inSelecting Prisoners of War for Return toSouth Africa |
| [XXVI.] | Brutality of British Officers—Suffering inthe Concentration Camp—Poisoning ofBoer Prisoners at St. Helena |
| [XXVII.] | A Perfect Spy System—Captain Naude andHis Female Spies of Great Service—TheAttitude of American Consuls |
| [XXVIII.] | The English Arm Kaffirs—The Hague Conferenceand Civilization—Hands-Uppersand Their Position |
| [Conclusion] | |
A West Pointer With the Boers.
LOBENGULA AND THE CHARTERED COMPANY.
On the fifth day of December, 1894, I sailed on the City of Berlin from New York.
We started in a storm, continued in a storm, and landed in a mud bank off the Isle of Wight, just below the Needles. This caused quite a commotion among the passengers, and all seemed inclined to make the last stand at those points of the deck nearest to the life-boats. By reversing the screws, the old death-trap, after a few hours' hard work, succeeded in releasing itself, and we were again on the high sea.
On the 14th, we landed, and I saw a foreign land for the first time. I spent a week in London trying to see something, but the fog was so thick that I could scarcely see myself, so I decided to move on toward South Africa.
I left Southampton December 22d, 1894, on board the Lismore Castle for Cape Town where I arrived January 12th, 1895. On the voyage I could hear nothing talked but C.J. Rhodes and Dr. Jameson. We had them for breakfast, dinner and supper, and at all intervening hours.