CONTENTS—Vol. II.

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE[vii]
CHAPTER I
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The Crisis at Home[1]
In South Africa[2]
The Occupation of Dundee[7]
The Battle of Glencoe[14]
Elandslaagte[20]
The Retreat from Dundee[32]
Sir W. Penn Symons—Glencoe[35]
The Battle of Reitfontein[36]
Ladysmith[38]
The Battle of Lombard's Kop[41]
The Disaster of Nicholson's Nek[45]
The Siege of Ladysmith[51]
CHAPTER II
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The Siege of Mafeking[55]
Kimberley[64]
CHAPTER III
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Natal[70]
The Invasion of Cape Colony[76]
The Battle of Belmont[86]
The Battle of Graspan[92]
The Battle of Modder River[97]
After the Fight[108]
CHAPTER IV
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The Investment of Ladysmith[110]
Estcourt[119]
Armoured Train Disaster At Chieveley[121]
Estcourt[126]
The Fight on Beacon Hill[132]
Ladysmith[135]
Estcourt and Frere[139]
Surprises at Ladysmith[145]
Frere Camp[151]
CHAPTER V
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Activity at the Cape[154]
With General Gatacre[159]
The Reverse at Stormberg[163]
At the Modder River[168]
The Battle of Majesfontein[171]
CHAPTER VI
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Chieveley Camp[187]
The Battle of Colenso[188]
Facsimile of MS. of Mr. Rudyard Kipling's War Poem "The Absent-minded Beggar"[203]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS—Vol. II.

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Chart Showing Staff Appointments Made at the Commencement of the War[At front]
I. COLOURED PLATES
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"All That Was Left of Them."

The Black Watch after the Battle of Majesfontein.

By R. Caton Woodville

[Frontispiece]
Officer of the 9th Lancers[38]
Sergeant, King's Royal Rifles[80]
Private and Corporal of the Gordon Highlanders[96]
Sergeant and Private of the Dublin Fusiliers[102]
Sighting a Naval Field Gun[128]
Sergeants of the Royal Horse Artillery with a 12-pounder[144]
Sergeant-Major of the New South Wales Lancers[154]
2. FULL-PAGE PLATES
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The Outbreak of War—The Drakensberg Mountains[6]
The Outbreak of the War—Transport Leaving England for the Cape[16]
The Battle of Elandslaagte[26]
Before Ladysmith—Horse Artillery Galloping to take up a New Position[42]
Ladysmith, Natal[54]
Night Sortie from Mafeking[64]
The Battle of Belmont[90]
The Battle of Modder River[106]
Scene on the Tugela[112]
Repelling an Attack from the Trenches around Ladysmith[138]
From Frere to Chieveley[150]
Stormberg Pass[160]
The Modder River[172]
The Battle of Colenso—Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Leading the Central Attack[188]
The Battle of Colenso—The Dublin Fusiliers Attempt to Ford the Tugela[192]
The Battle of Colenso—The Last Desperate Attempt to Save the Guns[198]
3. FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS
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Lieut.-General J. D. P. French[22]
Major-General Sir W. Penn Symons, K.C.B.[32]
General Joubert[48]
Colonel Robert S. S. Baden-Powell, the Defender of Mafeking[58]
Right Hon. Sir Redvers Henry Buller, K.C.B., V.C.[74]
Lieut.-General Lord Methuen, C.B.[86]
General Sir George Stewart White, V.C., G.C.B., the Defender of Ladysmith[118]
Major-General Andrew G. Wauchope, C.B.[176]
4. MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT
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Coloured Map of Seat of War[At Front]
Map of Northern Natal[9]
Position of Forces before the Battle of Glencoe[15]
The Battle of Glencoe[17]
Position of Forces before the Battle of Elandslaagte, Noon[21]
Plan of Battle of Elandslaagte[25]
Map of Ladysmith and Surrounding Heights[42]
The Creusot Quick-Firing Field Gun, or "Long Tom"[44]
4.7-Inch Naval Gun on Improvised Mounting[52]
12-Pounder Naval Gun on Improvised Carriage[52]
15-Pounder Field Gun[62]
An Armoured Train[68]
The Maxim Gun[79]
Lord Methuen's Line of Advance[87]
Plan of the Battle of Belmont[90]
Plan of the Battle of Modder River[101]
Complete Machine Gun Detachment of Mounted Infantry[118]
The 5-Inch Howitzer or Siege Gun[127]
Facsimile of Page of Newspaper Published in Ladysmith during the Siege[137]
Telegraph Section of the Royal Engineers[144]
4.7 Naval Gun on Capt. Percy Scott's Improvised Carriage[154]
Map Illustrating the Operations on the South of the Orange River[164]
Battle of Majesfontein[174]
Sketch Plan of Positions at Majesfontein[176]
Sketch Plan of Battle of Colenso[191]
Map Showing the Attempted Passage of the River by General Buller on December 15[194]

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE—Vol. II.

OCTOBER.

11.—Boer Ultimatum time-limit expired. Great Britain commenced to be at war with Transvaal and Orange Free State.

12.—Text of Great Britain's reply to Boer Ultimatum issued. It stated that the conditions demanded were such as her Majesty's Government deemed it impossible to discuss.