| 1. COLOURED PLATES | |
| PAGE | |
| Crossing the Komati River | [Frontispiece] |
| Cecil J. Rhodes at Groote Schuur | [32] |
| An Army Doctor at Work in the Firing Line | [64] |
| Delagoa Bay | [100] |
| Church Square, Pretoria | [104] |
| Bullock Waggon Crossing a Drift on the Umbelosi River, Swaziland | [120] |
| De Wet’s Attempt to Cross the Railway | [160] |
| A Dutch Village near Edenburg | [176] |
| 2. FULL-PAGE PLATES | |
| Defending a Train Derailed by the Boers | [24] |
| Charge of the Bushmen and New Zealanders on the Boer Guns duringthe Attack on Babington’s Convoy near Klerksdorp | [36] |
| Defeat of a Night Attempt to Cross the Railway | [44] |
| The Capture of De Wet’s Convoy at Reitz | [52] |
| The Engagement at Vlakfontein | [60] |
| The Mishap to the Victorians at Wilmansrust | [72] |
| Boers caught in the Act of Cutting the Telegraph Wires | [96] |
| Night Attack on a Boer Convoy by Mounted Infantry under Colonel Williams | [112] |
| The Defence of Fort Itala | [128] |
| The Gallant Bugler of Fort Itala | [132] |
| The Fight at Bakenlaagte | [140] |
| Mishap to the Scots Greys at Klippan | [184] |
| Lord Methuen Rallying his Broken Forces at Tweebosch | [186] |
| Brilliant Defence by New Zealanders at Holspruit | [188] |
| The Train Conveying the Remains of Mr. Rhodes saluted by the Blockhouse Guards | [196] |
| Surrendered Boers at Belfast anxious to Join the National Scouts | [206] |
| 3. FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS | |
| Major-General Charles Knox | [8] |
| Major-General Sir H. H. Settle | [16] |
| Brigadier-General the Earl of Erroll | [68] |
| Major-General Bruce-Hamilton | [80] |
| Major-General Walter Kitchener | [88] |
| Lieut.-General Sir Bindon Blood | [148] |
| Major-General Arthur Paget | [152] |
| Major-General Babington | [168] |
| 4. MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT | |
| Map—De Wet’s Rush in Cape Colony | [4] |
| Map—De Wet’s Escape from the Enveloping Cordon | [6] |
| Map—Operations in South-East of Orange River Colony | [10] |
| Map—Reorganisation of Troops in Orange River Colony | [12] |
| Map of Operations in Eastern Transvaal | [20] |
| Map—Position of Forces around Ermelo | [23] |
| Colonel Benson | [36] |
| Map of Combined Movement to clear Northern Transvaal | [47] |
| Colonel de Lisle | [53] |
| A Typical Blockhouse | [56] |
| Map of Operations between Delagoa Bay and Natal Lines | [67] |
| Colonel Colenbrander | [76] |
| General Elliot’s Sweep South of the Vaal | [89] |
| Concentration Camp at Norval’s Pont | [99] |
| General Elliot | [110] |
| Lieut.-Colonel Gorringe | [123] |
| Colonel Bethune and His Brigade Staff | [134] |
| Map of Eastern Portion of Cape Colony | [147] |
| Colonel Pilcher | [151] |
| General Beatson | [156] |
| Map of the Blockhouse System | [163] |
| Map of Western Portion of Cape Colony | [172] |
| Colonel Crewe | [191] |
| Colonel H. T. Lukin | [193] |
| Colonel Douglas Haig | [193] |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE—Vol. VII.
JANUARY 1901.
1.—“Call to arms” at Cape Town. General Charles Knox and others continued the pursuit of De Wet.
2.—Arrival of Lord Roberts at Osborne. He is created by the Queen an Earl.
30.—De Wet breaks through the Bloemfontein-Ladybrand line going south.
FEBRUARY 1901.
1.—General French continued to operate against Botha in the Eastern Transvaal.
6.—The War Office decided to reinforce Lord Kitchener by 30,000 mounted troops beyond those already landed in Cape Colony. “Call to arms” at Cape Town.