List of Illustrations.

[GENERAL P.H. KRITZINGER.]
[MR. R. MCDONALD.]
[SANNA'S POST]
[THE LINDLEY AFFAIR.]
[AN INTERESTING GROUP.]
[GENERAL CHRISTIAN DE WET.]
[EX-PRESIDENT STEYN.]
[THE LATE COMMANDANT DANIE THERON.]
[COMMANDANT W.D. FOUCHÉ.]

"In the Shadow of Death."

CHAPTER I.

ANTECEDENTS.

The child is father to the man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

Wordsworth.