CONTENTS—Vol. V.

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE[vii]
CHAPTER I
The Disaster at Koorn Spruit[1]
The Reddersburg Mishap[16]
Escape of Prisoners from Pretoria[21]
Preparations for Action[32]
The Battle of Boshop, April 5[38]
CHAPTER II
Mafeking, April[46]
Affairs in Rhodesia[53]
CHAPTER III
The Siege of Wepener[54]
Operations for Relief[68]
The Tentacles at Work[82]
CHAPTER IV
The Great Advance—
From Bloemfontein, Brandfort, and the Vet to Welgelegen, May 9[87]
From Thabanchu to Winburg and Welgelegen (General Ian Hamilton), May 9[95]
Towards the Zand River to Kroonstad, May 12[101]
CHAPTER V
Mafeking, May[108]
With Colonel Mahon’s Force[117]
On the Western Frontier[132]
The Relief[134]
How the News was Received by the British Empire[140]
CHAPTER VI
From Kroonstad to Johannesburg[144]
CHAPTER VII
General Rundle’s March to Senekal[154]
The Highland Brigade[156]
Lord Methuen’s March from Boshop to Kroonstad, May 29[159]
The Battle of Biddulph’s Berg, May 28, 29[161]
Fighting on the Western Border, May 30[169]
CHAPTER VIII
General Buller’s Advance to Newcastle[171]
CHAPTER IX
The Interregnum at Pretoria[179]
From Johannesburg to Pretoria[184]
APPENDIX
Rearrangement of Staff[193]
Deaths in Action and from Disease[195]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS—Vol. V.

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Map showing the Lines of Advance from Bloemfontein to Pretoria[At Front]
1. COLOURED PLATES
General and Staff[Frontispiece]
Sergeant—18th Hussars[48]
Mounted Infantry[56]
Scout—6th Dragoon Guards[68]
The Royal Marines[76]
Northumberland Fusiliers and Durham Light Infantry[80]
West Surrey and East Surrey[96]
Officers of the Seaforth Highlanders[160]
2. FULL-PAGE PLATES
The Disaster at Koornspruit[8]
The Reddersburg Mishap[16]
British Prisoners on their way to Pretoria[24]
Lord Roberts’s Column Crossing the Sand River Drift[100]
The Surrender of Kroonstadt[104]
Mafeking: “The Wolf that Never Sleeps”[108]
The Last Attack on Mafeking[136]
Lord Roberts and his Army Crossing the Vaal River[140]
Royal Horse Artillery Crossing the Vaal[144]
General Ian Hamilton thanking the Gordons for their Attackat the Battle of Doornkop[148]
The City of London Imperial Volunteers Supporting GeneralHamilton’s Left Flank in the Action at Doornkop[152]
Hauling down the Transvaal Flag at Johannesburg[156]
The Grenadier Guards at the Battle of Biddulph’s Berg[168]
Pursuing the Boers after the Fight on Helpmakaar Heights[176]
Scene in Pretoria Square, June 5[184]
The Entry of Lord Roberts and Staff into Pretoria[192]
3. FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS
Lieut.-General Sir Archibald Hunter, K.C.B.[32]
Colonel Lord Chesham[40]
Lieut.-General Sir H. M. Leslie-Rundle, K.C.B.[64]
Major-General Pole-Carew[72]
Major-General Ian Hamilton[88]
Lieut.-General Sir Frederick Carrington, K.C.M.G.[112]
Lieut.-Colonel Bryan T. Mahon, D.S.O.[120]
Lieut.-Colonel Plumer[128]
4. MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT
Plan—Koorn Spruit Disaster[5]
Map—District S. and E. of Bloemfontein[15]
The Model School, Pretoria[22]
New Camp for British Prisoners at Pretoria[29]
Field Gun—Elswick Battery[39]
The Native Village of Mafeking[47]
Mafeking Postage Stamps[52]
The Defence of Wepener[58]
Wepener[66]
Operations at Dewetsdorp[76]
Map of Movements S. and E. of Bloemfontein[82]
Kent Cottage, St. Helena[86]
Lord Roberts and Staff Watching the Boers’ Retreat from Zand River[103]
Kroonstadt[107]
General Baden-Powell and Officers at Mafeking[114]
Map and Itinerary, Colonel Mahon’s March[118]
Map of Route from N. for Relief of Mafeking[127]
Mafeking Railway Station[139]
Deviation Bridge at Vereeniging[153]
Highlanders at the End of a Forced March[160]
Map of Portion of Natal[175]
Map—Johannesburg to Pretoria, &c.[186]

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE—Vol. V.

MARCH 1900.

31.—Loss of British convoy and seven guns at Koorn Spruit.

APRIL 1900.