leaves for England, 133
Robinson, Sir Hercules and the Jameson Raid, i. 170, 172, 174
Roodeval, militia captured, vi. 8
Rorke’s Drift, i. 42
Rosebery, Lord, his attack on the Government, iv. 3
Rundle, General, operations in Free State, v. 71, 77, 84;
march to Senekal, 154;
the Lindley affair, 161-68;
movements in East Orange State, vi. 37, 42
Rustenburg occupied by Baden-Powell, vi. 40;
siege of, 70
St. Helena, stranding of theEsmore, ii. 158
Salisbury, Lord, i. 45;
reply to criticisms, iv. 3;
reply to Kruger’s despatch, 97;
letter from the Envoys to, vi. 86
Sanna’s Post,seeKoorn Spruit
Schreiner, Mr., ii. 5
Scott, Captain Percy, R.N., ii. 53, 75, 141, 151
Scott-Chisholme, Colonel, tribute to, ii. 27
Scott-Turner, Colonel, death of, iii. 45, 46.
SeeKimberley
Shepstone, Sir T., i. 31, 33, 37
Smith-Dorrien, General, and the guerilla war, vi. 126
South African Republic, name taken, i. 109.
SeeTransvaal
South and West Australian Contingents, iii. 154
Spion Kop, engagement at, iii. 95, 96, 98, 100et seq.;
casualties, 116 and appendix
Springfield, concentration at, iii. 94
Staff appointments (Chart), ii.front.; iii. 199; iv. 213; v. 193
Steyn, Mr., becomes President, i. 182;
issues proclamation October 1899, ii. 4;
leaves Bloemfontein for Kroonstadt, iv. 106;
leaves Kroonstadt for Lindley, v. 106;
still keeps the field after Kruger’s flight, vi. 54;
guerilla war, 129
Stormberg, ii. 73, 84;
reverse to General Gatacre’s force at, 163;
casualties, 167;
explanations, 166-68;
reconnaissance at, iv. 167
Strathcona’s Horse, iii. 146
Sunnyside, action at, iii. 62
Swartz Kop, iii. 95, 101, 120
Swaziland, i. 145
Symons, General, ii. 8;
at Glencoe, 14-20;
death and career, 34
Talana Hill,seeGlencoe
Tasmania contingents, iii. 157
Thabanchu occupied, v. 83
Thorneycroft, Colonel, iii. 114et passim, and appendix
Times’report on Nicholson’s Nek, ii. 47;
the remarkable letter to, i. 186;
another letter to, vi. 127
Toronto Globe, description of Colonel Pilcher’s raid, iii. 64
Transport in the field, iii. 93
Transvaal, origin and early history of (seeAppendix), i.et seq.4, 23;
nature of, 14;
dissensions, 29;
annexed, 1876, 34;
rebellion, 69;
retrocession and its effects, 100;
gold discovered, 127;
of to-day, i. 136;
corruption, 142;
Jameson raid, 150;
annexed to British Empire, vi. 97
Trichardt’s Drift, crossing at, iii. 96
Truce flag, abuse of by Boers, ii. 89, 111, 116; iii. 10
Tugela River,seeColenso; iii. 95;
final crossing, iv. 128, 134, 142, 145;
casualties, 136
Tuli, expedition from, iii. 35
“Uitlanders,†i. 116;
their treatment, 138;
and the Jameson raid, 149;
their treatment after, 179;
complaints to the Queen, 180
Ultimatum, the, of 1899, i. 178-89
Ulundi, battle of, i. 49
Vaal, British army crosses, v. 145
Vaal Krantz, battle of, iii. 117;
casualties, 125
Venter’s Spruit casualties, iii. 104
Victoria, Queen, death of, vi. 145
Victoria contingents, iii. 150
Viljeon, General, ii. 3, 5, 10, 14
Villebois-Mareuil, de, Colonel, v. 41;
his plan of campaign, 42
Volksraad, i. 8, 27, 108, 117, 140, 145, 179et seq.
SeeAppendix
Volunteers offer themselves for foreign service, iii. 5
Vryburg, v. 121, 133
Wagon Hill, attack on, iii. 81;
casualties, 90
Warren, Sir C., Bechuanaland expedition, i. 115; iii. 7;
his force, 92;
crosses the Tugela, 96;
at Spion Kop, 100et seq.and Appendix;
engagement near Douglas, v. 169
Wauchope, General, ii. 84;
at Majesfontein, 173;
his death, 175, 183;
his career, 184
Wepener, siege of, v. 54;
casualties, 67;
operations for relief, 70-82
White, Sir George, ii. 11;
Reitfontein, 37;
Ladysmith, 38;
Lombard’s Kop, 41;
defends Ladysmith, 50et passim.
SeeLadysmith
Willoughby’s, Sir J., report to War Office on the Jameson raid, i. 157
Willow Grange, ii. 128.
SeeBeacon Hill
Winburg, v. 97;
occupied, 100
Wolseley, Sir Garnet, i. 62;
his declaration, 65
Wood, Colonel Evelyn, i. 43et seq.;
Sir Evelyn, i. 100
Wood, General, occupies Zoutpansdrift, iii. 74
Woodgate, General, iii. 104, 105, 109, 116.
Worcester Congress, vi. 133
Yeomanry volunteer for foreign service, iii. 3
Yule, General, ii. 16;
famous retreat, 32, 37
Zand River crossed, v. 101
Zulus, conflicts with the Boers and British, 1836-38;
origin of the war in 1879, i. 30, 36;
the war, 38
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