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.
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.
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;
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;
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;
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;