Nitral’s Nek, disaster at, vi. 57;
casualties, 61
Oliver, General, curious controversy with General Gatacre, iii. 50
Orange Free State, origin of, i. 10;
early history, 24;
sides with the Transvaal, ii. 4;
measures for control of, v. 37;
complicated movements in, before the advance to Pretoria, 70
Osfontein, battle of, iv. 97;
Kruger and Steyn try to rally the Boers, 100