highest orders to give in battle. There are three grades: General,
Lieut.-General, and Major-General. Brigadier-General is the title given
to an officer while in command of a brigade.
=Glencoe= (Talana Hill).--A now notable little town, N.E. of Ladysmith.
=Guards.=--The Guards compose the Household Brigade. This consists of 1st
and 2nd Life Guards--red, the Royal Horse Guards--blue, the Grenadier
Guards, the Coldstream Guards, the Scots Guards, and the Irish Guards.
The Life Guards greatly distinguished themselves at Waterloo. The Horse
Guards (Oxford Blues) took part in the campaigns of both Marlborough and
Wellington. The Grenadier Guards is the senior regiment of infantry in
the army. The devoted royalists clinging to Charles II. in 1656 formed
the first nucleus of this gallant regiment. The Coldstreams were raised
in 1660, by General Monk, when Parliament consented to give a brigade of
guards to Charles II. The splendid work done by the Guards in the present
war speaks for itself.
=Gun.=--The modern word for cannon of all kinds.
=Gunner.=--A private in the Royal Artillery. The duties of the gunner are
manifold--he has to be instructed in drill and in the services of the
various natures of ordnance, heavy and light, to be acquainted with
ammunition, mode of using it, and caution required in dealing with it. In
other days few gunners were attached to either train or battery, only one
per gun, assisted by a matross. The duties of a matross were only in some
ways similar to those of the present gunner. The men belonged to a class
termed artificers, and were engaged more for the usefulness of their
trade than for the knowledge of artillery. With the increase of guns came
the increase of gunners, and the mere artificer was superseded, and the
gunner became the handy, well-instructed, yet dashing man he has proved
himself to be.
=Harrismith.=--Situated near the Natal border in the Orange Free State,
an important trading centre and a highly approved health resort.
Population--mostly British--1700.
=Heidelburg.=--Town on the rail 50 miles south of Pretoria. Population
about 2500.
=Heliograph.=--An apparatus invented by Mr. H. C. Mance, for telegraphing
by means of the sun's rays reflected from mirrors. The mirror, generally
of steel, mounted on a stand, is movable, so that its reflections flash
in given figures across the sky. The process has been adapted to the
Morse system of dots and dashes, and messages have been successfully
carried over a distance of 150 miles. The signal can be read in ordinary
weather without telescopes up to 50 miles.
=Helmet.=--A head-dress of light cork or wicker generally covered with
kharki, to protect the troops from the sun. It is the universal
head-dress for officers and men in India.
=Honourable Artillery Company.=--A volunteer force--the oldest military
body in England.
=Horse Artillery.=--Mounted branch of the British Service. On account of
its mobility, it acts with cavalry. Field Artillery is also a mounted
branch.
=Hospital= (Military).--They are of three kinds, general, field, and
convalescent. Cases of infectious nature are sent to a general hospital
specially appointed for their reception. Field hospitals are temporary
establishments for the care of sick and wounded in the vicinity of the
field of battle. Serious cases, when practicable, are sent off to the
nearest general hospital in the rear. Convalescent hospitals describe
themselves.
=Hospital Ships.=--They serve either as stationary hospitals, or, if sick
accumulate, can sail home or to the nearest station, discharge, and
return to fill again. One of these, the _Maine_, was organised by Lady
Randolph Churchill, and proved invaluable.
=Howitzer.=--Short siege gun throwing lyddite shells at a high angle, so
that they can descend upon a fortress or besieged town. They have a range
of over 8000 yards. There are also field howitzers.
=Hussars.=--Light cavalry. Derived from the Hungarian (_huss_) twenty and
(_ar_) pay, because every twenty houses had to provide one horse soldier.
=Imperial Light Horse.=--_See_ vol. iii. p. 165.
=Infantry.=--Foot soldiers. The words derived from the Spanish soldiery
of the _infanta_, and the term _infanteria_ was applied to them, in
consequence of their being the troops of the Infanta of Spain. The
British infantry was declared by Marshal Soult "the finest in the world."
There are 109 infantry regiments in the British army. The oldest of
these, formed between 1660 and 1662, are the Guards, the 2nd Queen's
(raised for the defence of Tangiers), and the 3rd Buffs (the old London
train-bands).
=Intelligence Department.=--A branch of the Quartermaster-General's
Department, which has for its object the collecting and sifting and
arranging information useful to Government or army in peace or war.
=Intrench= or =Entrench=.--To secure a position or body of men against
the attack of the enemy by digging a ditch or trench.
=Invest.=--To surround a place and prevent all communication with the
outer country.
=Irregular Troops.=--Troops which do not belong to the regular forces.
Until lately there were no such troops in the British Army, now it is
almost impossible to enumerate them. In India there are several irregular
forces of cavalry and infantry for the protection of Native States.
=Jack.=--The nation's "pet" name for a sailor, as "Tommy" is the "pet"
name for a soldier.
=Jacobsdaal.=--Small town in the Orange Free State.
=Jagersfontein.=--Small town sixty miles south-west of Bloemfontein. In
its valuable diamond mine have been found both the largest and the most
perfect stones yet discovered. The largest specimen was brought to light
in 1893, the most flawless one in 1895.
=Johannesburg.=--This important city extends over an area of six miles,
its parks alone occupying an area of 84 acres. Rural population in 1896
was 48,331, of which 38,868 were whites. District population, 102,078, of
which 50,907 were whites. Johannesburg was declared a Municipality in
1896. Fine hotels, public buildings, churches, clubs, and theatres
abound. There are 126 miles of road, and most of the streets are
regularly laid out with several open squares at intervals. Cabs, trams,
jim rickshaws, and omnibuses ply for hire; electric lights brighten the
streets, while public-houses and low canteens innumerable, where the
vilest and most poisonous liquor is sold, deface them. These, together
with gambling hells, &c., contrive to make the place a sink of
abomination equal to Chicago. The cost of living in Johannesburg is
enormous. The board and lodging of a bachelor is estimated at about £8
per month. Clothing and food are said to be nearly 50 per cent. dearer
than in Europe. Seven newspapers exist, two of which are published in
Dutch. Johannesburg in 1886 was represented by some straggling shanties
dotting the line of reef now forming the Wemmer and Ferreira Company's
ground. When the existence of the reef, till then unknown, was
discovered, steps were taken to secure a more convenient locality, and as
a result the present township was laid out in the December of that year.
The spot chosen was one of the bleakest and highest in the Transvaal, and
land was of so small value for agricultural purposes, that farms were
known to change hands for the price of a team of oxen. In 1895, however,
two stands in Commissioner Street sold for £22,000, and in 1897, one in
Pritchard Street fetched £40,000. The reefs that have brought about the
transformation run east and west of the city, a distance of about 130
miles, and all around the country is dotted with battery houses, and
other buildings connected with the working of the mines. Regarding the
output, _see_ vol. i. p. 129.
=Karoo.=--Hottentot name for a dry place, but now denoting certain
districts.
=Kharki.=--A dust-coloured material in wool or calico used for the
uniforms of soldiers, in order to make them less distinguishable from a
distance. Indian troops are always clothed in kharki. Of late, every
article used on service has been painted or dyed the same colour, from
guns, carriages, and scabbards, to horses, and the attire of the Naval
Brigade.
=Kilt.=--A dress worn by Highlanders, consisting of a loose petticoat,
extending from waist to knees. It dates from the seventh century, when
the kilt was made of skins.
=Kit.=--A military term expressing the regimental necessaries of a
soldier.
=Kimberley.=--A flourishing town whose existence dates from the year
1870, when diamonds were discovered on two farms--Du Joits Pan and
Bulsfontein (_see_ vol. i. p. 133). Since that date the place has widened
with astounding rapidity, growing gradually from a mining camp into a
large somewhat irregularly planned town full of corrugated iron
buildings, dotted at intervals with edifices of more substantial nature.
The principal public buildings are the High Court of Griqualand West,
with its imposing clock tower, the adjacent Post and Telegraph Offices in
the market-square, the Public Library, said to contain the best
collection of books in South Africa, the Kimberley Club, the Masonic
Temple, the Hospital, and the Sanatorium on the Beaconsfield Road. There
are hotels in plenty, and churches of all denominations; also, a fine
park with recreation grounds, and two pavilions. The climate is
splendid--an ideal one for invalids. The population is about 28,718, of
whom 12,658 are of European extraction.
=Krupp Gun.=--A breech-loading rifled gun, taking its name from the
inventor.
=Kuruman.=--Though the surrounding country is scarcely attractive, land
is said to yield good pasturage, and water can be obtained by digging
from five to thirty feet. The price of Crown lands in Kuruman in 1896 was
at the rate of 2-3-1/2 per morgen.
=Kloof.=--A ravine.
=Kop.=--A hill.
=Kopje.=--The diminutive of kop.
=Kraal.=--Cattle fold.
=Kroonstad.=--An active little town situated 877 miles from Cape Town.
Population about 2000. It has several hotels, a charming climate, good
fishing on the Valsch River, golf links, a club, and several churches. A
railway connecting the place with the coal mines at Groenfontein is
shortly to be made. Superior coal has also been found some forty-five
miles off at Vierfontein, and near the town is the Lace Diamond Mine,
which (in 1899) produced about 1500 carats a month.
=Krugersdorp.=--A small town, situated twenty-two miles from
Johannesburg, where, on the 15th of December, a species of national
pilgrimage to celebrate the victory over the Kaffirs in 1836, and over
the British at Majuba in 1881, was made by the Boers. It is also notable
as the place where Dr. Jameson and his band surrendered in 1896. It
contains a monument to those who have fallen in the service of their
country.
=Laager.=--A fortification usually formed by placing waggons lashed
together in a circle, and covering them with tangled thorn and scrub. It
now signifies a camp.
=Ladysmith.=--This now historic town lies in a basin of the hills some
thirty miles from the Drakensberg range. Its population is about 4500,
exclusive of military. The climate is dry and bracing, and highly
recommended to those suffering from affection of the lungs. There are
many churches, a Public Library, a Town Hall, Court House, Jail, and
School. The town, which claims to be the third in importance in Natal,
derived its name from the wife of Sir Harry or Henry Smith, Governor of
Cape Colony. _See_ vol. i. p. 11.
=Lancers.=--A regiment of cavalry armed with lances. This nature of
cavalry was much appreciated by the great Napoleon, who placed great
reliance on some Polish lancer regiments.
=Landdrost.=--Stipendiary magistrate to collect the revenues of a
district.
=Lee-Metford.=--Magazine rifle bearing the name of its inventors, Mr. Lee
and Mr. Metford.
=Lieutenant.=--Ranks next below a captain. The senior lieutenant takes
command of a company in the event of accident to the captain.
=Lieutenant-Colonel.=--Ranks next below a colonel in the army.
=Lieutenant-General.=--Ranks next below a general.
=Life Guards.=--Mounted bodyguard of the sovereign. These regiments
distinguished themselves in the Peninsula, at Waterloo, and in Egypt.
They seldom leave this country, save on special occasions.
=Lourenço Marques.=--A Portuguese township in Delagoa Bay, situated 7090
miles from Southampton, with which it is connected by a service of
steamers _viâ_ Durban. Boats returning to Europe _viâ_ the Suez Canal
call here. The importance of Delagoa as a trading station and as a base
of railway to the interior has long been recognised, and in 1887 Colonel
M'Murdo (having obtained a concession from the Portuguese Government in
1883) formed a company to connect Lourenço Marques with Komati Poort on
the Transvaal frontier. This railway was confiscated by the Portuguese in
June 24, 1889, compensation to the shareholders (as a result of
arbitration which was placed in the hands of three Swiss jurists) having
only recently been awarded.
=Lyddite.=--A very powerful explosive, the exact composition of which is
a secret. The early experiments of lyddite were made at Lydd, a small
town in Kent, from which it derives its name. Its effects are so deadly
that the mere concussion of the displaced air particles serves to kill
any one who may be within fifty yards of the shell.
=Mafeking.=--This small but world-famous town, 870 miles from Cape Town,
was considered as a gateway to Rhodesia, and standing as it does on the
route to Mashonaland, between Bechuanaland and the Transvaal, its
importance as a centre for distribution is evident. The Molopo River and
the Ramathlabama Spruit, a few miles north of the town, form the southern
boundary of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
=Major.=--The lowest rank of field officer. Being a field officer he is
mounted on all parades and going into action. To every infantry battalion
there are four, and to every squadron of cavalry one.
=Major-General.=--The lowest grade of general officers. A brigade in the
army is properly a major-general's command.
=Majuba Hill.=--Scene of the Boer triumph over Sir George Colley in 1881.
Near this spot is the grave of the gallant general, and not far off are
the burial places of Colonel Deane at Laing's Nek and the men who fell in
their country's cause. It is four miles distant from Charlestown.
=Marines.=--A body of men under the control of the Admiralty--for service
in the navy or on shore. They have been described as "amphibious
animals," because they are equally at home on land or at sea. They form
part of naval brigades landed for service on shore, and co-operate with
the sailors. The force consists of two branches, Royal Marine Artillery
and the Royal Marine Light Infantry. They were first raised in 1664. A
finer and more serviceable set of men it is difficult to find.
=Martial law.=--Martial law means no law at all. According to the Duke of
Wellington it represents the will of the general who commands the army.
Proclamation of martial law cautions the inhabitants of the district
concerned, that in consequence of rebellion or other rising, the
responsibility of superseding the jurisdiction of the ordinary tribunals
for the protection of property and persons rests with the military
authorities, who will act as they think expedient for the public safety.
=Mauser.=--A rifle sighted up to 2200 yards, but capable of much longer
range, of which the bullet leaves the muzzle at a speed of 2300 feet per
second. It weighs three quarters of a pound less than the Lee-Metford,
and is much neater in appearance. The Mauser is a favourite rifle with
the Boers though its magazine is only capable of holding five cartridges,
while that of the Lee-Metford will accommodate ten.
=Maxim Guns.=--Guns of small bore weighing 59 lbs., sighted up to 2500
yards.
=Mobilisation.=--Fitting an army for the field--bringing the units to war
strength and calling out the reserves. The success of a war depends
largely on the rapidity with which armies can be got ready previous to
their being concentrated on the threatened points, and thus enabled to
take the aggressive. In the Swiss army the whole organisation is so
completely carried forward in time of peace that at the outbreak of
hostilities the headquarters staff need do no more than telegraph the one
word--mobilise. The rapidity with which foreign armies can be mobilised
has been gradually increasing. In 1866 the Prussian armies, 220,000
strong, reached the frontiers of Saxony and Silesia in a fortnight. In
1870 Germany took nine days to mobilise, and eight days more to send an
army of 400,000 men and 1200 guns to the French frontier.
=Mounted Infantry.=--Good shots of the infantry mounted and joined into
separate companies. The Boers have taught us the value of mounted
infantry, and in the near future they will probably become a permanent
arm of the British forces.
=Naauwpoort.=--Situated at the junction of the branch line to De Aar and
the main line to Pietersburg, _viâ_ Bloemfontein and Pretoria. It is
about 270 miles distant from Port Elizabeth.
=Nachtmaal.=--The Communion Service. Held quarterly by the Boers, who
congregate from different parts to partake of it together.
=Natal.=--_Terra Natalis_, or Christmas land, was so named by its
discoverer, Vasco da Gama, on the 25th of December 1497. Population
900,000, a tenth of whom are whites. Natal became a British Colony in
1843, and in 1856 was made independent of Cape Colony. The total area of
New Natal is 35,000 square miles. Pietermaritzburg is the capital, and
its most flourishing seaport is Durban. The climate is excellent, and has
been likened to that of "Kashmir with a dash of English South Down
thrown in." It is called the Garden of South Africa, and its
picturesqueness is generally commented on. Some declare the scenery to be
reminiscent of Scotland, though on a larger scale. Perhaps this very
likeness to their native land may have influenced the early British
explorers to settle in the place, which from then till now has been
everywhere redolent of the Scotsman. The names of Glencoe and Dundee bear
witness to his early enterprise, and the railway system, so admirably
managed, serves to show how energetically he has continued to make this
region entirely his own. The revenue for 1898 was £2,121,034; the
expenditure £1,923,978. The Postal Telegraph Service acquired a profit of
£36,767. Since 1897 Natal has supplied free of cost 12,000 tons of coal
to the British Navy.
=Naval Brigade.=--A detachment of seamen, marines, and guns landed from
men-of-war to assist the army ashore. A Naval Brigade did signal service
in the siege of Sebastopol, and earned twelve out of sixty-two Victoria
Crosses presented to the British forces. In the Indian Mutiny and in the
Zulu War they were again active, and several times in African campaigns
the bluejacket has shown the desperate valour, fertility of resource, and
versatility of accomplishments that have earned for him the nickname of
"The Handy Man."
=Nek.=--Junction between two hills.
=Newcastle.=--Population 1746. This small town, eighty miles north of
Ladysmith, is noted for its coal. The place, situated at the foot of the
Drakensberg range, was used as the base of military operations in 1881.
=Non-Commissioned Officer.=--The title includes staff-clerks, sergeants,
corporals, and bombardiers. Above them in rank are sergeant-majors and
bandmasters, who are warrant officers. "Non-coms." are described as "the
backbone of the army," many of them, when their officers have been
stricken down, having led the men to victory. _See_ vol. iv. p. 104.
=Nordenfeldt Gun.=--Modern gun named after its maker.
=Nullah.=--An Indian term. The dry bed of a stream. Like donga.
=Objective.=--A technical military term signifying the aim or object of
the military combinations and movements in the theatre of war.
=Occupation= (Army of).--An army that remains in possession of a newly
acquired country, retaining it as a kind of hostage till peace is signed
and the war indemnity paid. Armies of occupation are usually fed at the
expense of the defeated nation.
=Operations Military.=--General movements of armies in the field. They
are of two kinds, strategical and tactical; the former undertaken before
being within reach of the enemy, the latter being developed during the
battle.
=Orange Free State.=--Area about 50,000 square miles, bounded on the
north by the Transvaal, the east by Natal and Basutoland, and on the
south and west by Cape Colony. Population in 1898, 400,000, two-thirds of
whom were blacks. Revenue, £799,757. Expenditure, £956,752. Postal
service profit, £2510. Telegraph service, £3140. The place is rich in
diamonds, gold, iron, saltpetre, and various other metals and minerals of
less valuable description.
=Organisation.=--The organisation of an army is the duty of a general
staff in time of peace, and should be so perfect in detail as not to
break down in the eventuality of war. Owing to the unpreparedness and
inferiority of France in the matter of organisation, she was beaten by
Germany in 1870 and 1871.
=Parole.=--An officer in the hands of the enemy may be permitted to
proceed to his country on _parole_, having promised not to take up arms
against his captors till the war is over.
=Patrol.=--A party of men moving between the line of posts, to keep one
informed of the state of the other. Also a body of men told off for
purposes of quelling disturbances, picking up stragglers, &c.
=Pickets.=--The real outposts of any body of troops are the pickets with
their dependent small bodies, patrols, and vedettes. As a rule twenty to
thirty men is a reasonable strength for a picket.
=Pietermaritzburg.=--Capital of Natal. Population 20,155, consisting of
11,309 whites, 2692 Indians, 6151 natives. It possesses some fine
buildings, hotels and churches, a theatre, a museum, and a library. It
boasts three newspapers and a lunatic asylum.
=Pietersburg.=--A gold-producing locality 240 miles north-east of
Pretoria.
=Pigeons= (Carrier).--Birds known as homing pigeons that supply the most
simple and practical means of transmitting orders to a distance during
military operations. Carrier pigeons are said to have been used by the
ancient Roman navigators as a species of pigeon telegraph before the time
of the Cæsars.
=Pont.=--Ferry over a river.
=Pontoon.=--Flat-bottomed open boat like a punt, used by Royal Engineers
for supporting temporary bridges by which troops can cross a river.
=Poort.=--Funnel-shaped gap between mountains.
=Port Elizabeth=, 839 miles by rail from Cape Town, is the second city of
importance in Cape Colony. Population 25,325, of which 13,000 are of
European origin. The town was named after the wife of Sir Rufane Donkin,
who there erected a pyramid to her memory. There are many hotels,
churches, and libraries, and the general appearance of prosperity and
modernity that pervades the place has caused it to be called the
Liverpool of South Africa.
=Potchefstroom.=--The most ancient town of the Transvaal, situated
eighty-eight miles from Johannesburg. Population 5000. It was the
original seat of the Boer Government, and later in 1881 became the scene
of Colonel Winslow's resistance to the Boers. After stoutly holding out,
starving and fighting, and losing one-third of his men, he surrendered to
Cronje, only to find that ten days previously an armistice had been
proclaimed.
=Pretoria.=--The capital of the Transvaal, lies thirty-two miles north of
Johannesburg. Population 12,000. It has many fine public buildings, the
chiefest being the splendid Government Buildings, which were erected at a
cost of £200,000. The newly completed Courts of Justice are also
immensely imposing. There is an English Cathedral, and many churches of
all denominations, a public library, a public hospital, a museum, some
large hotels, and several clubs, notably the Pretoria Club. The
President's house is at the western extremity of Church Street, the main
business thoroughfare. The new market buildings on Market Square were
erected at a cost of £35,000.
=Rand.=--Short of Witwatersrand.
=Reconnaissance.=--The art of reconnoitring--examining a portion of the
country with a view to ascertaining its resources for movements and
subsistence of the army.
=Regiment.=--Consists of two or more battalions of infantry. A cavalry
regiment is composed of three or four squadrons.
=Rooinek.=--Boer name for the British, signifying red neck.
=Rustenberg.=--Population 500. Situated east of Pretoria, near the
Magaliesberg range.
=Shell.=--A hollow projectile filled with explosive so arranged as to act
by means of a fuse, and, at a certain point and time, spread destruction
by the forcible dispersion of its fragments. The common shell, which is
used for destroying earth-works, fortifications, and solid matters, is
filled with powder which forms the bursting charge, and is fitted with
either a time or a percussion fuse according to the nature of ordnance
from which it is fired. The Shrapnel shell is similar in external form,
but is filled with bullets (sand shot), cemented together with rosin. It
was invented by Colonel Shrapnel, R.A., in 1808. The object in using
Shrapnel shell is to give the projectile at long distances the power and
efficacy of case shot, and to cover a large space of ground with its
effects. Against artillery it has the effect of placing men and horses
_hors de combat_, which is the most efficacious way of silencing the fire
of a battery.
=Shelter Trenches.=--Trenches constructed in the presence of the enemy as
cover for troops from the action of shot and shell.
=Siege.=--A regular organised attack on a fortified position by means
chiefly of artillery. Sir John Jones, the author of "Peninsula Sieges,"
says "the most celebrated commanders and best engineers are agreed that
as a general principle the besieging army should vary in proportion to
the strength of the garrison according to the numbers of the garrison;
and as an approximation have fixed that proportion at 5 to 1 when the
garrison consists of 15,000 men, 6 to 1 when of 10,000 men, 7 to 1 when
of 5000, 8 to 1 when of 3000, and in still greater proportion when it
consists of a less number." This curious computation is explained by the
fact that the more numerous the garrison the smaller the besieging army
need be in proportion to it, since the attack of a similar front or
fronts of fortification is little different. If the garrison contain 5000
or 10,000 men, the guards of the trenches and other duties increase
proportionately, but the work does not.
=Spruit.=--A stream.
=Spy.=--Persons sent into the enemy's camp to gain information regarding
the intentions of the enemy. There are two classes of spy: the spies who
betray their own people to the enemy, and those who go to the enemy in
the interests of their own party. In both cases martial law orders the
death of a detected spy.
=Squadron.=--A fourth division of a cavalry regiment, divided in two
troops each, commanded by a captain.
=Stad.=--A town.
=Staff.=--A body of officers appointed to assist a general in command, to
form a link between him and the various branches of the army, and thus
give coherence to all its parts.
=Subaltern.=--A term applied to a commissioned officer in the army, under
the rank of captain.
=Succour.=--Assistance in men, stores, or ammunition.
=Sword.=--Offensive weapon in use throughout the world. One of the arms
of the British cavalry. During the Anglo-Saxon period swords were made of
iron, two-edged, long, and straight.
=Team.=--Two or more horses or animals harnessed together.
=Trek.=--A journey.
=Troop.=--Two troops form a cavalry squadron. Each troop is commanded by
a captain and two lieutenants.
=Tugela River.=--River dividing Zululand from Natal.
=Tuli.=--Town, 340 miles from Pretoria. The junction of several roads
radiating towards Victoria, Bulawayo, Mangwe, Mafeking, and Pretoria. The
direct road from Tuli to Bulawayo, cut in 1874 for the Zeederberg Service
of coaches (now discontinued), reduced the distance from Pretoria to
Bulawayo to 500 miles.
=Uitlander.=--A resident in the Transvaal not entitled to the Franchise.
The term is generally applied to Europeans resident in or around
Johannesburg, of which before the war there were some 50,000, mostly
British. _See_ vol. i. p. 146.
=Uitspan.=--To unharness and halt. The reverse of inspan.
=Uniform.=--Dress of officer or soldier. So-called because men of same
rank and duties are clothed in a uniform manner.
=Union Jack.=--National flag of Great Britain. The original English flag
was the banner of St. George. On the union of Scotland with England the
banner of St. Andrew was added, and on the union of Ireland, that of St.
Patrick. It now consists of a red and white diagonal cross (the last two
being side by side), on a blue ground.
=Unit.=--Euclid describes number to be a collection of units. In military
organisation the term unit is applied to a single portion upon which any
part of an army, regiment, &c., is formed. A company is the unit of a
regiment; a battery, that of a brigade of artillery.
=Unlimber, to.=--To disconnect the limber from the gun or carriage.
=Veldt.=--An open plain.
=Victoria Cross.=--A decoration in form of a bronze Maltese Cross,
conferred on members of the Army, Navy, or Volunteers who have
distinguished themselves in face of the enemy by abnormal deeds of valour
at risk of their lives. The V.C. was instituted in 1856 at the conclusion
of the Crimean War, when sixty-two were earned. The cross was then made
from the cannon captured at Sebastopol with the Royal Crest in the
centre, and underneath, the words "For Valour." It is worn with a red
ribbon in the Army--a blue one in the Navy.
=Vierkleur.=--Four-coloured Boer flag. The colours are red, white, and
blue in horizontal lines, with a perpendicular line of green near the
staff.
=Volunteers.=--Citizen soldiers who voluntarily fight in defence of their
country. The oldest Volunteer Corps is the Hon. Artillery Company,
instituted in 1485. The Volunteer movement gained ground in 1793-94, when
invasion was threatened by France. The force enrolled numbered 70,000, of
which 41,000 were Irish.
=Voortrekker.=--One of the early trekkers.
=War.=--The present war is the fortieth war that has taken place during
the reign of Queen Victoria. In 1854 there was the Crimea; in 1838, 1849,
and 1878 came wars against Afghanistan; four wars against China in the
years 1841, 1856, 1849, and 1860; two against the Sikhs in 1845 and 1848;
three against the Kaffirs in 1846, 1854, and 1877; three against Burma,
1850, 1852, and 1885; nine in India, in 1857, 1860, 1863, 1864, 1868,
1869, 1890, 1895, and 1897; three in Ashantee, 1864, 1873, and 1896; a
war against Abyssinia, 1867; a war against Persia, 1852; a war against
the Zulus, 1878; a war against the Basutos, 1878; a war in Egypt, 1882;
three in the Soudan, 1894, 1896, and 1899; a war with Zanzibar, 1890; a
war against the Matabele, 1894; and finally two wars against the
Transvaal, 1881 and 1899-1900.
=Waterworks.=--The Waterworks at Sanna's Post, on the Modder River, are
situated twenty miles from Bloemfontein. By means of powerful pumps the
water is raised from the level of the river to the top of Bushman's Kop,
nearly half-way to the town. From that point it flows into Bloemfontein
by the force of gravitation. The works are capable of delivering 250,000
gallons of water daily. There are thirty-four miles of pipes, laid down
at a cost of £80,000.
=Yeomanry.=--The Yeomanry Cavalry of Great Britain is chosen from among
the gentlemen and yeomen of each county. They are liable to be called out
in aid of the civil power, and in case of invasion would have to assemble
for actual service. For Imperial Yeomanry, _see_ vol. iii. p. 168.
=Zululand.=--Situated north-east of Natal, east of the Transvaal, and
south of Amatongaland. Area, about 10,456 miles; population 170,000,
including only 1200 whites. It became part of Natal in 1897. Gold and
various minerals have been found there in appreciable quantities.
DEATHS IN ACTION AND FROM DISEASE
The following is a list of the officers who have died in South Africa
from June 5th to December 19th, 1900:--
JUNE 1900
=6.=--Fever at Bloemfontein: Capt. G. Murrell. Fever at Johannesburg:
Capt. the Hon. L. R. D. Gray. Fever at Kroonstad: Sec. Lieut. R.
Forrester.
=7.=--In action at Roodeval: Lieut.-Col. B. Douglas, and Sec. Lieut. B.
J. Horley. In action at Rhenoster: Capt. Gale. Fever at Kroonstad: Capt.
G. P. Ellison. Wounds at Pretoria: Lieut. A. J. G. Meek.
=8.=--Fever at Kroonstad: Lieut. Kerans. Dysentery at Bloemfontein: Maj.
Power.
=9.=--Suddenly at Pretoria: Capt. W. G. Thomson. Fever at Wynberg: Capt.
E. F. Harrison. Fever at Newcastle: Lieut. S. F. Brooks and Vet. Lieut.
E. T. C. Ensor.
=10.=--Fever at Bloemfontein: Lieut. A. Byrne. Pneumonia at Johannesburg:
Lieut. W. J. Berry.
=11.=--In action at Diamond Hill: Lieut.-Col. the Earl of Airlie, Maj.
the Hon. L. H. D. Fortescue, Lieut. the Hon. C. W. H. Cavendish, and
Lieut. W. B. L. Alt. In action at Almonds Nek: Capt. W. D. O'Brien, Capt.
H. Mann, and Lieut. N. M. Johnson. Fever at Bloemfontein: Capt. T. S.
Hichens. In action at Zand River: Maj. L. J. Seymour.
=12.=--In action at Diamond Hill: Capt. C. J. K. Maguire, Lieut. P. W. C.
Drage, and Sec. Lieut. W. S. Luce.
=13.=--Fever at Newcastle: Capt. F. Hunnard, D.S.O.
=14.=--Wounds received at Zand River: Lieut. W. Harrison.
=15.=--Wounds received at Bappisfontein: Lieut. Hon. C. M. E. Freke.
Wounds at Kroonstad: Lieut. Blanchard and Sec. Lieut. R. H. Hall.
=17.=--In action near Kwisa: Capt. M. Wilson.
=19.=--Fever at Cape Town: Surg. Lieut.-Col. J. S. Forrester.
=20.=--Fever at Bloemfontein: Lieut. B. B. Waddell-Dudley.
=21.=--Wounds at Pretoria: Lieut. Kortwright.
=22.=--In action at Honing Spruit: Maj. H. T. de C. Hobbs. Fever at
Wynberg: Sec. Lieut. W. G. Rait.
=23.=--Fever at Johannesburg: Capt. J. B. T. Pratt. Poisoning at
Volksrust: Lieut. N. M'Lean.
=24.=--Wounds at Bloemfontein: Capt. Lord Kensington. Wounds at
Heidelberg: Capt. F. J. Whittaker.
=25.=--In action at Ficksburg: Capt. E. B. Grogan and Lieut. G. L. D.
Brancker.
=27.=--Fever at Dewetsdorp: Sec. Lieut. J. S. Preston.
=28.=--Fever at Kroonstad: Surg. Lieut.-Col. J. Creagh.
=30.=--Fever at Heilbron: Lieut. J. Hunter.
JULY 1900
=1.=--Fever at Bloemfontein: Lieut. G. P. Rayner.
=3.=--In action near Lindley: Sec. Lieut. W. G. Belcher.
=6.=--Wounds at Pleiserfontein: Maj. H. E. Oldfield. Dysentery at
Johannesburg: Lieut. J. B. Grylls.
=7.=--Wounds received at Bethlehem: Capt. J. B. S. Alderson. In action at
Rustenburg: Capt. Machattie. In action at Rietfontein: Capt. Currie and
Lieut. Kirk.
=11.=--Fever at Durban: Lieut. P. W. Tindal-Atkinson, R.N. In action near
Krugersdorp: Capt. D. R. Younger. In action at Nitral's Nek: Lieut. T.
Conolly, Lieut. G. F. Prichard, and Sec. Lieut. T. D. Pilkington. In
action at Derdepoort: Sec. Lieut. K. K. Mackiller.
=12.=--Dysentery at Marrandellas: Capt. H. C. W. Hamilton.
=16.=--In action near Pretoria: Lieut. H. L. Borden and Lieut. G. B.
Burch. Fever at Vrede: Vet. Lieut. Fenner.
=19.=--In action at Palmietfontein: Maj. Moore. Wounds at Pretoria: Capt.
B. B. Church.
=20.=--Fever at Newcastle: Lieut. W. H. Kenyon.
=22.=--In action at Majate Pass: Capt. C. W. Robertson.
=23.=--In action at Retief's Nek: Capt. Sir W. G. Barttelot. In action at
Stabbert's Nek: Capt. W. Gloster. Pneumonia at Pretoria: Capt. F. S.
Kent.
=24.=--In action at Bronkhorst Spruit: Lieut. A. Ebsworth.
=25.=--Murdered at Pretoria: Col. C. W. H. Helyar. Wounds at Retief's
Nek: Maj. E. M. Wiltshire.
=26.=--Syncope at Pretoria: Sec. Lieut. W. V. St. C. M'Laren.
=28.=--Wounds at Potchefstroom: Lieut. Drew. Fever at Winburg: Sec.
Lieut. H. B. D. Bird.
=29.=--In action at Stephanusdrai: Capt. E. Q. Robertson.
AUGUST 1900
=5.=--Wounds at Paardekop: Capt. M. S. Wellby.
=6.=--In action at Elands River: Lieut. J. W. Annat.
=7.=--Wounds at Durban: Capt. E. Lucas.
=9.=--In action at Rietfontein: Lieut. A. M. Knowles.
=14.=--At Naauwpoort: Lieut. and Quartermaster P. J. Gleeson. Wounds:
Sec. Lieut. Gibson.
=18.=--At Pietermaritzburg: Sir W. Stokes, Consulting Surgeon to the
Forces.
=19.=--Wounds at Crocodile Drift: Lieut. H. Bradburn.
=20.=--In action at Klip Drift: Lieut.-Col. Spreckley. In action at
Haman's Kraal: Lieut. R. F. Flowers. Wounds at Pretoria: Lieut. J. Leash.
=21.=--In action at Ottoshoop: Lieut. A. G. Gilpin.
=23.=--In action at Geluk: Capt. A. Savory.
=25.=--At Durban: Lieut.-Col. A. G. S. Wade-Gregory. In action: Lieut. J.
H. Robbins.
=26.=--In action near Brandwater Basin: Capt. W. S. Clarke.
=27.=--In action at Bergendal: Capt. G. L. Lysley and Lieut. Abbot.
Wounds at Nylstroom: Lieut. D. M. M. Oliver.
=28.=--Sunstroke: Capt. W. B. Norwood.
=29.=--Wounds: Capt. E. G. Campbell. Wounds at Nooitgedacht: Capt. A. D.
Plomer.
=30.=--Wounds received at Bergendal: Capt. W. H. W. Steward. Wounds at
Waterval Onder: Lieut. J. L. Lawlor.
SEPTEMBER 1900
=3.=--Wounds at Mafeking: Capt. R. Arbuthnot. Wounds received at Belfast:
Lieut. J. C. Harrison.
=7.=--Wounds received at Newcastle: Maj. Hilliard.
=10.=--In action at Welverdiend: Lieut. T. B. Maddocks.
=12.=--In action at Wonderfontein: Lieut. R. J. L. White.
=16.=--In action at Hekpoort: Lieut. H. T. Stanley.
=19.=--From blood poisoning contracted at the Tugela: Lieut. J. T. Lowry.
=24.=--Fever at Barberton: Lieut. L. H. Gilliat.
OCTOBER 1900
=1.=--In action at Kruger's Post: Sec. Lieut. H. W. Cuming.
=4.=--In action near Lindley: Capt. H. Wiltshire.
=6.=--In action near Bultfontein: Lieut. A. H. Thomas.
=9.=--Wounds received at Kaap Muiden: Capt. G. L. Paget. In action at
Kaap Muiden: Capt. A. D. Stewart. In action at Dwarsvlei: Sec. Lieut. J.
R. Williams-Ellis. Fever at Pretoria: Sec. Lieut. P. A. M'Cutchan.
=13.=--In action at Machadodorp: Capt. H. W. Taylor. In action at
Dalmanutha: Lieut. F. W. Wylam and Lieut. P. A. T. Jones. In action at
Jagersfontein: Lieut. E. M. Hanbury.
=14.=--In action at Ventersburg Road Station: Lieut. H. K. Attfield.
=16.=--In action near Bethel: Sec. Lieut. A. W. Swanston.
=17.=--Tuberculosis at Pretoria: Capt. E. St. A. Pearse.
=19.=--In action near Bethel: Sec. Lieut. N. Calvert.
=20.=--In action at Weltevreden: Capt. G. E. B. Wood.
=21.=--In action near Frederikstad: Lieut. E. H. Finch.
=25.=--In action at Frederikstad: Capt. W. L. Baillie. In action at
Vrede: Lieut. J. C. Browne.
=29.=--Fever at Pretoria: Prince Christian Victor.
=30.=--In action at Ventersburg: Maj. J. Hanwell.
NOVEMBER 1900
=1.=--Wounds received at Syferfontein: Capt. W. B. Chappell-Hodge.
=2.=--In action at Witkop: Capt. Chalmers. Of hepatitis at Wynberg: Capt.
J. Loughlin.
=5.=--In action near Bothaville: Lieut.-Col. P. W. J. Le Gallais, Capt.
F. Engelbach, and Lieut. W. A. G. Williams, D.S.O.
=9.=--Wounds at Vrede: Sec. Lieut. H. G. W. Woodhouse.
=10.=--Wounds received at Bothaville: Maj. N. C. Welsh.
=12.=--Fever at Standerton: Lieut. H. P. Pigott.
=13.=--Fever at Mooi River: Capt. N. M. Lynch. At Barberton: Capt. L. H.
Hawkes. Wounds at Kimberley: Lieut. W. Rolfe.
=16.=--In action at Thabanchu: Sec. Lieut. L. Paxton.
=21.=--Disease at Daniel's Kriel: Capt. M. K. Crozier.
=23.=--In action at Tiger's Kloof: Lieut. A. M. Southey.
=28.=--Disease at Prieska: Capt. H. Masterman.
=29.=--In action at Rhenoster Kop: Lieut.-Col. G. E. Lloyd, D.S.O. Wounds
at Krugersdorp: Lieut. H. G. Berghuys.
=30.=--Wounds near Ladybrand: Lieut. W. H. Dobbie.
DECEMBER 1900
=3.=--Fever at Pretoria: Col. L. J. A. Chapman. Fever at
Pietermaritzburg: Capt. H. D. Marshall.
=5.=--Concussion of the brain at Germiston: Lieut. H. C. Ingram.
=7.=--Fever at Pretoria: Vet. Lieut. D. C. Barningham.
=9.=--Wounds at Lichtenburg: Lieut. F. Arbuthnot.
=10.=--Fever at Pietermaritzburg: Lieut.-Col. Stoneman.
=11.=--Lightning at Dundee: Lieut. J. F. Thompson-Pegge. In action at
Vryheid: Lieut. W. A. D. Lippert.
=12.=--Wounds at Vryheid: Lieut.-Col. J. M. Gawne and Lieut. W. E. S.
Woodgate.
=13.=--In action at Nooitgedacht: Lieut.-Col. N. Legge, D.S.O., Capt. J.
A. E. MacBean, Capt. A. J. C. Murdoch, Capt. W. Atkins, Lieut. J. C. C.
Reid, Capt. H. de C. Moody, Lieut. W. Skene, Lieut. A. C. Campbell. Fever
at Springfontein: Lieut. Lord O'Hagan. Fever at Pretoria: C. W. P.
Dalyell.
=19.=--Disease at Cape Town: Maj. E. G. Giles.
LIST OF CASUALTIES
As it has been found impossible to mention the number of casualties that
occurred during the numerous desultory engagements which followed the
occupation of Pretoria, lists of some of the wounded are here appended:--
JULY 1900
At Kruisfontein, on the 1st: Lieut. Horace Cole, Imperial Yeomanry.
At Waterval: Capt. Donald M'Lean-Howard, Lord Strathcona's Corps
(missing).
At Bakenkop, on the 3rd: Maj. Rae, New Zealand Bushmen (slightly); Lieut.
J. C. Collins, Roberts's Horse (dangerously).
At Paardeplatt, on the 19th: Capt. H. I. Nicholl, Mounted Infantry,
Bedfordshire Regiment; Lieut. Sir F. Burdett, 17th Lancers.
At Zinkerbosch, on the 21st: Lieut. R. H. Greig, Royal Engineers.
Among officers wounded in action near Kosk's River were: Lieut. A.
Eckford, New South Wales Contingent; Lieut. L. Leask, Lieut. R. H. Walsh,
Queensland Mounted Infantry; Capt. F. J. Ingolby, Lieut. John Davis,
Capt. C. Hall, West Australian Contingent.
At Spitz Kop, on the 22nd: Lieut. C. C. Wilson, Westmoreland and
Cumberland Yeomanry, attached to 8th Hussars (severely).
Near Stinkhoutboom, on the 24th: Capt. C. H. M. Doughty, 1st Royal Welsh
Fusiliers; Lieut. B. C. Dwyer, 2nd Leicester Regiment; Lieut, A. A. C.
Taylor, 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers; Capt. R. L. Adlereron, Lieut. A. J.
C. Murdoch, 1st Cameron Highlanders.
At Rooi Koppies: Capt. Rogers, Volunteer Company Gordon Highlanders.
At Stephanusdrai, on the 29th: Capt. W. R. Marshall, Derbyshire Regiment.
AUGUST 1900
At Paardekop, on the 3rd: Capt. M. S. Wellby, 18th Hussars (died from
wounds).
Near Ottoshoop, on the 6th: Lieut. Collins, South Australian Bushmen.
At Derdepoort, on the 9th: Lieut. Howell, Somerset Yeomanry (attached for
duty to Transvaal Constabulary).
At Rietfontein: Col. G. J. Younghusband, 3rd Batt. Imperial Yeomanry.
On the 12th: Lieut. F. G. Newton, Queensland Mounted Infantry.
At Zilicats Nek, on the 20th: Capt. Bonham Christie, Reserve of Officers,
attached for duty to 1st Mounted Infantry.
On the 25th: Brig.-Gen. M. O. Little (severely).
At Doornhoek, on the 26th: Maj. Robinson, Natal Border Mounted Rifles.
At Jachtfontein, on the 29th: Lieut. L. J. Wyatt, 2nd North Staffordshire
Regiment.
At Kwaggasfontein, on the 31st: Capt. J. P. Farrar, Lieut. J. H. Beswick,
Capt. A. Rose-Innes, Capt. J. M. Fairweather, Capt. and Adjt. (temp.
Maj.) R. H. Price, Capt. J. Donovan, Kaffrarian Rifles.
At Welverdiend: Lieut. G. H. J. S. Smyth, 9th Lancers.
SEPTEMBER 1900
Near Warmbaths, on the 1st: Capt. E. W. Brooke, Army Service Corps.
At Waterval Onder, on the 3rd: Lieut. F. Darling, West Australian Mounted
Infantry.
At Boschfontein, on the 11th: Lieut. Lang, 2nd Worcester Regiment.
At Bethlehem, on the 12th: Lieut. Power, 8th Imperial Yeomanry.
At Witpoort, on the 20th: Lieut. the Hon. W. E. Guinness, 12th Batt.
Imperial Yeomanry.
At Kail Vlei: Lieut. Clifford, 1st Batt. Imperial Yeomanry
At Zandfontein, on the 25th: Capt. G. M. H. Stirling, Essex Regiment;
Lieut. J. Higson, Queensland Bushmen.
At Doornkop, on the 28th: Lieut. Sherrard, R.E. (dangerously).
OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER
Among the wounded in various engagements were: Lieut. Richardson, Natal
Mounted Rifles; Capt. E. Molyneux, 12th Bengal Lancers (severely); Lieut.
Stubbs; Capt. N. Luxmoore, 1st Devonshire (dangerously); Lieut. S. A.
Slater, 57th Co. Imperial Yeomanry; Capt. G. M. H. Stirling, Essex
Regiment (slightly); Lieut. J. Higson, Queensland Bushmen (severely);
Capt. Lord Loch, Grenadier Guards (severely): Lieut. L. E. L. Parker,
R.A.M.C. (slightly); Lieut. Noel Money, 5th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry
(slightly); Major C. E. Duff, 8th Hussars; Second Lieut. H. Gilmour, 16th
Lancers; Lieut. W. S. Brancker, R.H.A.; Lieut. H. T. Pomfret, Imperial
Yeomanry; Lieut. O. Humphrey, Cape Mounted Rifles; Capt. H. M. Trenchard,
Royal Scots Fusiliers; Capt. R. E. P. Gabbett, Second Lieut. H. V. Kyrke,
Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Major A. E. Cavendish, Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders; Col. F. G. Blair, Imperial Yeomanry (slightly wounded);
Lieut. R. B. B. England, 14th Batt., Lieut. J. Crocker, 3rd Batt., and
Capt. P. Davidson, 5th Batt. Imperial Yeomanry; Sec. Lieut. A. Cameron,
1st Gordon Highlanders; Major Broke, R.E.; Lieut. H. J. Hall, Lieut. P.
G. Anstruther, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders; Capt. J. W. Yardley, Lieut. E.
Paterson, Lieut. J. Harris, 6th Dragoons; Capt. H. Delmé-Radcliffe,
Lieut. W. Best, Lieut. F. H. Nangle, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; Capt. D. H.
A. Dick; Sec. Lieut. A. G. Bruce, Sec. Lieut. J. Elliott, Royal Scots
Fusiliers; Capt. H. M. Brown, N.S.W. Bushmen; Lieut. W. Rolfe, Cape
Mounted Rifles; Lieut. C. H. Mullins, Marshall's Horse; Capt. D. J.
Glasford, 1st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Sec. Lieut. Lord G. R.
Grosvenor, 2nd Scots Guards (slightly); Lieut. J. H. Elmsley, Lieut. L.
E. W. Turner, Lieut. H. Z. C. Cockburn, 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles;
Capt. G. H. Reynolds, Capt. T. R. Stannus, Lieut. Viscount Ennismore,
Imperial Yeomanry (slightly); Lieut. J. G. Craik, 2nd Seaforth
Highlanders (slightly); Surg. Hartley, Lovat's Scouts (slightly); Capt.
G. T. Mair, R.H.A. (severely); Lieut.-Col. W. C. Ross, Durham Light
Infantry (dangerously); Capt. G. N. Colvile, Oxford Mounted Infantry
(severely); Lieut. A. S. Peebles, Suffolk Mounted Infantry (severely);
Lieut. C. Percy Smith, Middlesex Mounted Infantry (slightly); Capt. O.
Harris, West Riding Mounted Infantry (slightly); Maj. N. C. Welch,
Hampshire Mounted Infantry (severely); Lieut. J. D. Lyons, 13th Hussars;
Lieut. E. M. Baker, 2nd Manchester Regiment; Lieut. Hawke, R.F.A.
(accidentally injured); Maj. A. R. Austen, 2nd Shropshire Light Infantry
(slightly); Lieut. H. A. H. Stepney, 2nd Coldstream Guards (slightly);
Lieut. W. R. K. Mainwaring, Imperial Yeomanry (severely); Maj. E. E.
Hanbury, 2nd Scots Guards (severely); Lieut. Hon. H. Baring (severely),
Lieut. C. H. Gresson (slightly), Roberts's Horse; Lieut. F. C. Grey,
Imperial Yeomanry (severely); Lieut. Roos, Thorneycroft's Mounted
Infantry (severely); Capt. Wingfield-Digby, Gloucester Regiment
(slightly); Lieut. H. W. T. Elam, R.F.A. (slightly); Lieut. M. Home,
Highland Light Infantry (dangerously); Sec. Lieut. Cooke-Collis, Royal
Irish Rifles (slightly); Lieut. E. A. B. Clive, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders
(severely); Major Taylor, R.H.A.; Sec. Lieut. Moffat, 2nd South Wales
Borderers (slightly); Lieut. G. Conder, Veterinary Dept. (slightly);
Lieut. J. N. S. Stott, 3rd Norfolk (slightly); Capt. E. G. Elger, 2nd
Somerset Light Infantry (slightly); Lieut. E. N. Townsend, Lieut. H. J.
L. Oakes (severely), Capt. L. R. Acworth (slightly), 1st West Riding
Regiment; Lieut. O. Challis, R.A.M.C. (severely); Lieut. J. E.
Montgomerie, Lieut. C. L. Somerville (severely), Capt. G. Crawshaw, Capt.
S. C. Godfray, and Lieut. F. G. Tucker, New Zealand Mounted Infantry;
Lieut. F. Arbuthnot, Imperial Yeomanry (dangerously); Lieut. E. J. M.
Hanley, Queensland Mounted Infantry (severely); Lieut. S. R. Theobald,
9th Lancers (slightly); Capt. C. Warner, 17th Lancers (slightly); Lieut.
H. W. Compton, 5th Royal Fusiliers (severely); Capt. Dennison, Dennison's
Scouts (slightly); Capt. Bolitho, 27th Co. (slightly), Capt. R. W.
Purvis, 20th Co. Imperial Yeomanry (severely); Capt. Stevenson,
Kitchener's Horse (severely); Sec. Lieut. L. W. Gordon, 2nd Bedfordshire
(slightly); Lieut. A. Friedlander, Brabant's Horse; Maj. E. D. Cropper
(dangerously), Lieut. B. Napier, Imperial Yeomanry (since dead); Lieut.
D. F. Miller, New South Wales Bushmen (severely); Lieut. G. R. Taylour,
Royal Warwickshire Regiment (slightly); Capt. H. Cholmondeley, Brabant's
Horse (severely); Lieut. M. B. White (slightly), Capt. C. E. Radclyffe,
Rifle Brigade (slightly); Capt. H. H. Harvest R.F.A. (very severely),
Lieut. H. E. S. Wynne, R.F.A. (dangerously); Lord F. Blackwood, 9th
Lancers (severely); Lieut. C. J. Thackwell, 18th Hussars (severely);
Lieut. E. N. Kelly, Nesbitt's Horse.
INDEX
Africander Bond, origin and nature of, i. 115
Alice, Mount, iii. 94
Aliwal North occupied, iv. 170
Almond's Nek, battle of, vi. 29
Armoured train, ii. 59, 121, 125
Arundel, _see_ Colesberg
Baden-Powell, Colonel, at Mafeking, ii. 55;
his clever ruses and energy, iii. 32;
remarkable letter to the Boers, 38;
private letter home, 39;
his "Manual on Scouting," 53;
despatch to Colonel Nicholson, iv. 91;
correspondence with Snyman, v. 47;
receives a message from the Queen, 49;
sends a message to Lord Roberts, 51;
attacked by Eloff, 110;
relief, 131, 134;
further operations, vi. 40;
arrives at Pretoria, 40;
at Rustenburg, 70;
guerilla war, 125.
_See_ Mafeking
Balloon, range of country visible from Mount Alice, iii. 98
Barberton, vi. 108
Barton, Maj.-General, at Colenso, ii. 190
Bastion Hill, capture of, iii. 101
Basutoland, i. 12
Beacon Hill, fight at, ii. 132
Beaconsfield, i. 44
Bechuanaland, i. 114
Belfast attacked, vi. 93
Belmont, engagement near, ii. 81;
battle of, 86;
casualties, 92;
colonial forces at, iii. 60
Bethlehem, battle of, vi. 42
Bethulie, saving the bridge at, iv. 171;
capturing the station, 173
Biddulph's Berg, battle of, v. 161-68
Bloemfontein, i. 11;
conference, 182;
surrender of, iv. 107-11;
fever, 177;
army at, 185;
preparations for the advance northwards, v. 32;
life in, 38;
on the eve of the great advance, 87
Bloomplaats, battle of, i. 12
Boer brutality outside Kimberley, iii. 43;
at Spion Kop, 115
Boers, origin and early history of, i. 1;
their character, 15
Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial, i. 51
Boshof, battle of, v. 38;
casualties, 45
Botha, General, conference at Kroonstadt, iv. 180;
conference with General Buller near Majuba, vi. 27;
great activity along Delagoa line, 55;
guerilla tactics, 142;
conference with Kitchener, 150
Brabant, General, and the relief of Wepener, v. 64-68, 75-81;
further operations, vi. 38, 42;
guerilla war, 125
Brandfort occupied, v. 91
British South Africa Company, origin of, i. 122
Bronker's Spruit, massacre of, i. 71
Buller, General, ii. 6;
arrives at the Cape, 73;
at Pietermaritzburg, 139;
Colenso, 188;
his despatch, 199;
his second advance, iii. 92;
his force, 92;
at Spearman's Farm, 96;
his plan, 97;
at Spion Kop, 115 and appendix;
Vaal Krantz, 117;
plans for another attempt, iv. 121;
forces as reorganised, 123 (_see_ Pieters Hill, Ladysmith, &c.);
advance to Newcastle, v. 171;
his forces, 171, vi. 27;
routing the Boers from Laing's Nek, vi. 27;
conference with Botha, 27;
Majuba, 29;
to Standerton, 32;
arrives in Pretoria, 56;
Lydenburg campaign, 93;
clearing the country from Volksrust to Belfast, 88;
returns home, 122
Buluwayo, i. 120, 124
Bushmen's corps, iii. 158
Cæsar's Camp, attack on, iii. 81;
casualties, 90
Campbell-Bannerman, his views on the war, iii. 15
Canadian contingents, iii. 138-148
Cape Colony, early history of, i. 2;
invaded by the Boers, ii. 76;
loyalty of, 156;
volunteers, 159, iii. 161;
invaded by De Wet, vi. 134;
the call to arms, 138
Cape Town, enthusiasm at, ii. 156;
the call to arms, vi. 138
Carrington, General, his force arrives at Beira, v. 53;
plans, 127;
in the Western Transvaal, vi. 70
Cetchwayo, i. 30, 34, 57
Chamberlain, Mr., i. 148;
and the Jameson Raid, 174;
speech, Feb. 5, 1900, iv. 11
Chelmsford, Lord, i. 40 _et seq._
Chermside, General, operations in Free State, v. 71, 78
Chieveley, armoured train disaster at, ii. 121, 153, 187; iii. 93;
army returns to, iv. 121
Christian, Prince, vi. 123
Christmas day in the field, iii. 15
Churchill, Mr. Winston, ii. 36, 73;
captured, 122;
story of his escape, iii. 11;
his letter to Mr. de Sousa quoted, 97;
marvellous escape near Dewetsdorp, v. 72
Clements, General, vi. 42 _et passim_;
guerilla war, 134
Clery, Sir C. F., his force, iii. 92
Clery, General, details of his force, ii. 160;
general order at Colenso, 189
City Imperial Volunteers, iii. 171
Coke, Major-General, iii. appendix
Colenso evacuated, ii. 54;
advance towards from Estcourt, 141;
bridge destroyed, 144-45;
battle of, 154;
casualties, 197
Colesberg, ii. 73, 85;
operations near, iii. 52;
disaster to the Suffolks, 175;
remarkable operations, 176;
the Australians at, iv. 164
Colley, Sir George, i. 70, 78 _et seq._
Colonies, the, response of, ii. 2, iii. 136
Colvile, General, and the Lindley affair, v. 161-168
Congreve, Captain, his account of battle of Colenso, ii. 200
Conventions: Sand River, i. 12;
of 1881, 106 and appendix;
of 1884, 110 and appendix
Cronje, General, i. 70;
treachery, 106;
and the Jameson Raid, 166, 172-73;
invests Mafeking, ii. 55 _et passim_;
leaves Mafeking in disgust, iii. 32;
his position at Majesfontein, iv. 31;
his position turned, 30-79;
flight, 40;
Paardeberg, 54;
trapped, 62;
surrenders, 70;
a prisoner, 74
Dalgety, Captain, the hero of Wepener, v. 54
De Aar, ii. 77 _et passim_
Deaths in action and from disease, January to June 1900, v. 195 _et passim_
Delarey, the guerilla war, vi. 125
De Wet attempts to relieve Cronje at Paardeberg, iv. 66;
conference at Kroonstadt, 100;
his great activity, vi. 21;
chased in the Eastern Transvaal, 70;
near Bethlehem, 45;
guerilla war, 125;
invades Cape Colony, 134
Diamonds discovered, i. 30;
effects, 132;
statistics, 135
Diamond Hill, battle of, vi. 12;
casualties, 18
Dick-Cunyngham, Colonel, death of, iii. 89, 90
Doornkop, _see_ Jameson Raid
Doornkop, battle of, v. 147;
casualties, 148
Douglas, the relief of and exodus from, iii. 66
Driefontein, fight at, iv. 101;
casualties, 104
Dundee, ii. 7 (_see_ Glencoe);
retreat from, 32, 37;
occupied by Boers, 38, 98;
wounded sent to Estcourt, 120;
occupied by the British, v. 174
Dundonald, Lord, ii. 151;
at Colenso, 190, 194; iii. 94, 100 _et passim_;
Ladysmith, iv. 153;
advance to Newcastle, v. 176
Durban, military occupation of, i. 10;
bank seized, ii. 70
Dutch disloyalty at the Cape, ii. 76, 143 _et passim_
Elandslaagte, ii. 14;
battle, 20;
casualties, 27
Elands River, operations at, vi. 70
Election, General, October 1900, vi. 127
Elliot, Captain, fate of, i. 73
Eloff, Commandant, attack on Mafeking, v. 109
Enslin, _see_ Graspan
Estcourt, ii. 116, 117;
the situation at, 119, 126, 131, 139, 143
Europe and the war, vi. 128
Farms, Dutch, description of, iii. 74
Fever at Bloemfontein, iv. 177
Fitzpatrick's "Transvaal from Within," i. 178
Force, total in the field, Dec. 1899, iii. 15
Forestier-Walker, General, ii. 79 _et passim_
Fort Wylie, _see_ Colenso
Franchise question, the, i. 141, 146, 179; ii. 5
French, General, at Elandslaagte, ii. 21;
Lombard's Kop, 43;
gets out of Ladysmith, 114;
his force, 159;
operations in Colesberg district, iii. 52, 174;
his famous ride to Kimberley, iv. 30;
back again on the track of Cronje, 49;
at Paardeberg, 65;
movements in Free State, v. 73 _et seq._;
moves northward towards Pretoria, 91, 96;
fighting near the Zand River, 104;
casualties, 105;
Doornkop, 147;
advance to Pretoria, 187;
battle of Diamond Hill, vi. 12;
capture of Middelburg, 54;
Lydenburg campaign, 93;
guerilla war, 125
Frere, ii. 139;
great activity at the camp, 151;
life in camp, 152
Frere, Sir Bartle, i. 33, 37 _et seq._
Gatacre, General, details of his force, ii. 160;
operations, 160;
Stormberg, 163;
operations, 18th Dec. to 20th Jan., iii. 47-52;
occupies Burgersdorp, iv. 169;
oath administered to rebels, 170;
at Reddersburg, v. 17;
recalled to England, 34
Geneva Convention, iv. 22
German tactics adopted by the Boers, iii. 3
Germany in South Africa, i. 114
Gladstone, Mr., his policy, i. 66
Glencoe, troops at, ii. 3, 7, 11;
battle of, 14;
casualties, 18;
occupied by the British, v. 174
Gold discovered, i. 30, 116;
the goldfields, 127, 137
Graspan, battle of, ii. 92;
casualties, 96
Griqualand, i. 11
Griqualand West, i. 132
Grondwet, the, i. 26
Guerilla war, vi. 125
Haldane, Captain, and Lieutenant Mesurier escape from Pretoria, v. 21
Hamilton, General Ian, ii. 5, 22;
at Lombard's Kop, 41;
composition of his division for advance on Pretoria, v. 35;
moves north from Bloemfontein, 74, 95;
crosses the Zand River, 102;
casualties, 104;
Doornkop, 148;
advance to Pretoria, 187;
battle of Diamond Hill, vi. 12;
capture of Middelburg, 54;
approaches Heidelberg, 34, 42;
Lydenburg campaign, 93
Harrismith occupied, vi. 112
Hart, Major-General, at Colenso, ii. 190;
his force, iii. 92, 94;
at Spion Kop, 100 _et seq._;
Vaal Krantz, 117;
at Pieters Hill, iv. 138
Heilbron occupied by Colvile, v. 156;
Highlanders captured near, vi. 6
Heliograph, humours of the, ii. 151
Highland Brigade at Koodoesberg, iii. 186;
at Paardeberg, iv. 56;
march to Heilbron, v. 156
Highlanders' devotion to their dress, iii. 77
Hildyard, Major-General, at Colenso, ii. 190; iii. 104, 117
Hlangwane Hill, ii. 194;
taken, iv. 128
Hollanders, Sir Bartle Frere's opinion of, i. 77
Hospitals question, the, vi. 144
Hunter, General, brilliant exploit at Ladysmith, ii. 146;
scheme to relieve Mafeking, v. 117;
occupies Christiana, 132;
moves to Johannesburg, vi. 35;
surrender of Prinsloo, 42
Imperial Yeomanry, iii. 167;
distinguish themselves at Boshof, v. 39, 41
India contingents, iii. 159
Ingogo, engagement, i. 85
Irish troops, matchless bravery of, iv. 140-144
Isandlwana, battle of, i. 40
Jacobsdaal, iii. 72, 73;
entered by Lord Roberts, iv. 47
Jameson, Dr., i. 122.
_See_ Jameson Raid
Jameson Raid, i. 149;
report to War Office, 157;
after Doornkop, 172;
fate of raiders and reformers, 177
Johannesburg (_see_ Gold, Jameson Raid, Reform Movement, &c.);
the mines threatened, v. 145;
Germiston occupied by Roberts, 149;
yields, 151;
entered by the British, 152;
the road to Pretoria, 185
Joubert, General, i. 70, 73, 79, 109; ii. 10, 14;
opinions on causes of the war (_see_ Ladysmith, 40);
conference at Kroonstadt, iv. 180;
death, 191;
remarks, 191
Karee, battle of, iv. 192;
casualties, 193
Karee Siding, incident at, iv. 189
Kekewich, Colonel, defends Kimberley, ii. 66 _et passim_;
his plan for defence of Kimberley, iv. 15
Kelly-Kenny, General, leaves England, iii. 14;
his part in the great turning movement, iv. 34-79
Kharki dress adopted, iii. 17
Kimberley (_see_ Diamonds), i. 133; ii. 3, 6;
description of, 64;
the garrison, 65;
early incidents of the siege, 66;
the opposing forces, 110;
engagement at, Nov. 4, iii. 39;
opposing forces, 41;
bombardment, 41;
humours, 41;
another engagement, Nov. 17, 42;
hopes of the besieged, 42;
strong reconnaissance, 25th Nov., 44;
again, 28th, 45;
death of Colonel Scott-Innes, 45;
further details of the siege, Nov.-Feb., iv. 14-30;
relief, 30, 36-79;
casualties, 63
Kimberley, Lord, i. 48, 100
Kipling, Mr. Rudyard, poem, in facsimile, ii. 203
Kitchener, Lord, leaves for the Cape, iii. 14;
his part in the great turning movement, iv. 32-79;
detects the flight of Cronje, 40, 51;
his organising genius, 42-44, 179;
at Paardeberg, 62;
guarding the communications, vi. 19;
in the Western Transvaal, 75;
succeeds Lord Roberts, 133;
conference with Botha, 151;
proclamation, 136
Knox, General, and the guerilla war, vi. 132 _et seq._
Komati Poort, vi. 110
Koodoesberg, battle of, iii. 186;
casualties, 189
Koorn Spruit, disaster at, v. 1;
casualties, 13
Kroonstadt, Lord Roberts enters, v. 106
Kruger, Mr., his father, i. 12;
becomes Commandant-General, 28, 108;
becomes President, 109;
visits England, 109;
his character, &c., 110;
and the Uitlanders, 138;
closes the drifts, 148;
Jameson Raid, 155;
Bloemfontein Conference, 183;
telegram to _New York World_, ii. 3;
proclamation, 4;
despatch to Lord Roberts, Feb. 3, 1900;
despatch, iv. 96;
at Poplar Grove, 100;
at Kroonstadt with Steyn, 180;
leaves South Africa, vi. 124
Kruger, Mrs., i. 178
Krugersdorp, i. 70.
_See_ Jameson Raid
Krugersdorp-Potchefstroom railroad, protecting the, vi. 66
Kuruman, story of, iii. 25;
gallant defence of, 215
Ladysmith, ii. 3;
the position at, 38;
Lombard's Kop, 41;
invested, 50;
the opposing forces, 110;
early days of the siege, 112, 126;
the siege, 136;
hospital fired on, 137, 140;
surprises at, 145;
communication established by heliograph, 151;
composition of the relief force, 152;
Christmas at, iii. 79;
activities, 80;
attack on Wagon Hill, 81;
privations, 125;
great sufferings, iv. 129;
relief, 153;
effect at home, 155;
formal entry, 156
Laing's Nek, i. 77;
routing the Boers from, vi. 27.
Languages, i. 116
Leyds, Dr., i. 117
Lindley, capture of the Yeomanry at, v. 161-68
Lobengula, i. 120, 121-23
Lombard's Kop, battle of, ii. 41;
casualties, 45;
General Hunter's night attack on, 146
Lydenburg Campaign, the, vi. 93
Lyttelton, Major-General, at Colenso, ii. 190;
crosses the Tugela, iii. 95;
at Spion Kop, 100 _et seq._;
at Vaal Krantz, 117 and appendix;
succeeds General Buller, vi. 122
MacDonald, General Hector, arrives at Modder, iii. 76;
his career, Majuba, Omdurman, 76;
at Koodoesberg, 186;
wounded at Paardeberg, iv. 56;
occupies Harrismith, vi. 112
Mafeking, becomes British, i. 116;
Dr. Jameson at, 151; ii. 3, 6;
besieged, 55;
the garrison, 56;
armoured train attacked, 57, 59;
night sortie, 63;
heavy fighting, 63;
the opposing forces, 110;
further incidents, iii. 19;
_Daily Chronicle_ correspondent shot, 20;
the _Mafeking Mail_, 21;
the opposing forces in November, 25;
no surrender thought of, 31;
another sortie, 33;
dynamite mines, 33;
_Punch_ in Mafeking, 34;
sniping, 34;
humours of the siege, 36;
Lady Sarah Wilson, 36;
Baden-Powell's remarkable letter to the Boers, 38;
attack on Game Tree fort, iv. 80;
Cronje again, 83;
siege life, 84-94;
a magnificent defence, 93;
must hold out till May, 113;
events in February, 112;
in March, 194;
during April, v. 46;
May, in extremities, 109;
great attack by Eloff, 109;
casualties, 115;
relief (and casualties), 131, 134;
extraordinary enthusiasm throughout the Empire, 140
Mahon, Colonel, his dash for Mafeking, v. 117, 131, 134
Majesfontein, battle of, ii. 172;
casualties, 184
Majuba day at Paardeberg, iv. 69;
Buller's victory at, vi. 29
Majuba Hill, battle of, i. 86
Matabeleland, i. 113, 120
Matabele War, i. 122
Methuen, General, at De Aar, ii. 83, 86
(_see_ Belmont, Graspan, Modder River, &c.);
details of his force, 160 and 171;
Majesfontein, 172;
at Boshof, v. 38;
at Kroonstadt, 159;
guarding the communications, vi. 19;
further operations, 39;
protecting Krugersdorp railway, 66;
at Rustenburg, &c., 70;
guerilla war, 131
Middelburg, capture of, vi. 54
Militia, permitted to volunteer, iii. 3
Milner, Sir Alfred, i. 125, 182;
Sir Alfred issues proclamation, Oct. 11th, 1899, ii. 5;
again Oct. 28th, and letter to Mr. Chamberlain, 70;
telegram to the same, Nov., 155;
proclamation, Nov., 156;
congratulates Colonial troops, iii. 58;
appointed Governor of the Transvaal, &c., vi. 144
Modder River, battle of, ii. 97;
casualties, 107;
town occupied, 169;
situation at, iii. 73;
demonstration against Boer left, 76;
locusts, 77
Molteno, ii. 165
Monte Christo Hill taken, iv. 126
Naauwpoort. _See_ Colesberg
Natal Volunteers, iii. 166
Natal, early history, i. 7
Natal's splendid loyalty, ii. 71
Naval Brigade, at Ladysmith, ii. 44, 75, 83;
at Graspan, 95-96, 113, 141;
at Colenso, 190;
on Mount Alice, iii. 98
Newcastle, abandoned, 6, 8, 9
New Republic, origin of, i. 115
New South Wales contingents, iii. 148
New Zealand contingents, iii. 151
Nicholson's Nek, disaster at, ii. 45;
casualties, 45
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
Paardeberg, battle of, iv. 54;
casualties, 60, 67, 79;
feat by Canadians, 69;
the surrender and after, 71-79
Paget, General, vi. 42 _et passim_, 125, 132
Parliament, vote of censure, iv. 1;
M.P.'s at the front, 13
Peers at the front, iv. 13
Pieter's Hill, battle of, iv. 134;
casualties, 149
Pilcher's, Colonel, expedition to Sunnyside and Douglas, iii. 61;
itinerary, 67;
further adventures, 68
Pitsani, i. 150, 156 _et seq._
Plumer, Colonel, in Rhodesia, ii. 61;
his force, 110;
account of operations, iii. 27;
guarding the drift, 35;
operations for relief of Mafeking, iv. 204;
further efforts (April), v. 49, 53;
co-operates with Mahon and relieves Mafeking, 124, 131, 134;
the guerilla war, vi. 132
Pole-Carew, General, ii. 177;
operations in Free State, v. 73, 75, 77, 84;
battle of Diamond Hill, vi. 12;
capture of Middelburg, 65;
Lydenburg campaign, 93
Potchefstroom, i. 96, 106
Potgeiter's Drift, iii. 95;
pontoon captured, 95
Pretoria, siege of, i. 95;
British resident in, 108;
changed to diplomatic agent, 110;
fortifications, 179;
Mr. Kruger leaves, v. 179;
forts fired on, 180;
prisoners liberated, some removed, 181;
occupied by the British, 184;
escape of prisoners, v. 21;
list of officers imprisoned at, vi. 10;
affairs in and around, 54;
plot, 62;
further events, 81;
the Cordua plot, 85
Pretorius, i. 6, 12
Prieska occupied, iii. 78
Prinsloo, his surrender, vi. 42
Queensland contingents, iii. 153
Raad. _See_ Volksraad.
Railways in South Africa, i. 129;
Transvaal monopoly, 143; ii. 168
Reddersburg, mishap at, v. 16;
casualties, 20
Reform movement, the, i. 148 _et seq._
Reitfontein, battle of, ii. 36;
casualties, 38
Rensburg. _See_ Colesberg
Reverses, reason for, iii. 1;
criticism, 7
Rhodes, Mr. Cecil, i. 116;
his early career, 118;
and General Gordon, 118;
premier, 119;
and Rhodesia, 120;
his connection with the Jameson Raid, 150;
goes to Kimberley, ii. 65;
his devotion to the cause of the town, iii. 44;
his various activities, iv. 14-30;
heliograph message to Roberts, 28
Rhodesia, i. 118;
uncivilised, 119;
civilised, 124;
operations in, ii. 61, 110;
Northern, state of affairs in November, iii. 26;
Southern, state of affairs in, 31
Roberts, Lieutenant, his death at Colenso, ii. 193;
burial, iii. 8
Roberts, Lord, i. 101;
leaves England, iii. 7;
arrives, 131;
and the Colonial troops, 133;
correspondence with Kruger, 134;
arrives at the Modder, 185;
his despatch regarding Spion Kop, appendix;
his message to Rhodes, iv. 28;
his great plan to relieve Kimberley, 30;
his force as reorganised, 38;
issues "Notes for Guidance," 43;
enters Jacobsdaal, 47;
Proclamation, 48;
Paardeberg, 62;
receives Cronje's submission, 70;
march to Bloemfontein, 108-11;
characteristics, 178;
plans and changes, 185;
letter to Kruger, 192;
preparations for advance to Pretoria, v. 32;
distribution of force for subjection of Free State, 68;
his plan for advance northward, 89;
forces, 89;
advance begins, 91;
enters Kroonstadt, 106;
enters Johannesburg, 152;
enters Pretoria, 157;
issues a General Order, vi. 3;
plot in Pretoria, 62;
Lydenburg campaign, 93;
proclamation, 105;
appointed Commander-in-Chief, 121;
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 the _Esmore_, 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, _see_ Koorn 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.
_See_ Kimberley
Shepstone, Sir T., i. 31, 33, 37
Smith-Dorrien, General, and the guerilla war, vi. 126
South African Republic, name taken, i. 109.
_See_ Transvaal
South and West Australian Contingents, iii. 154
Spion Kop, engagement at, iii. 95, 96, 98, 100 _et 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, _see_ Glencoe
Tasmania contingents, iii. 157
Thabanchu occupied, v. 83
Thorneycroft, Colonel, iii. 114 _et 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 (_see_ Appendix), 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, _see_ Colenso; 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, 179 _et seq._
_See_ Appendix
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, 100 _et 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, 50 _et passim_.
_See_ Ladysmith
Willoughby's, Sir J., report to War Office on the Jameson raid, i. 157
Willow Grange, ii. 128.
_See_ Beacon Hill
Winburg, v. 97;
occupied, 100
Wolseley, Sir Garnet, i. 62;
his declaration, 65
Wood, Colonel Evelyn, i. 43 _et 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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Page 157: politican corrected to politician; Buchuanaland standardised
to Bechuanaland.
Page 169: In the entry for Hely-Hutchinson, the blank after 189 is as in
the original.
Page 202, 214: Jacobsdal standardised to Jacobsdaal.
Page 203, 205: Drakensburg standardised to Drakensberg.
Page 204: Jerra corrected to Terra in the entry for Natal.
Page 206: Pattrick corrected to Patrick in the entry for Union Jack;
Magaliesburg standardised to Magaliesberg.
Page 207: Sannah's standardised to Sanna's.
Page 209: hepititis corrected to hepatitis.
Page 215: Krugerdorp standardised to Krugersdorp.