INDEX
- Abraham’s Kraal (or Driefontein), action of, 149
- Acton Homes, 156
- Afghan War, Cavalry in, Introduction, vi (footnote), xi
- Alderson, Colonel E. A. H., 94, 180, 181, 196
- American Civil War, 9, 11–14, 52, 217, 290, 330, 352
- Artillery, with mounted troops, 147–9, 236–8, 364
- Austrian Cavalry (present day), 293, 315, 359
- “Austrian Official History of the War of 1866,” 351
- Austro-Prussian War (1866), 11, 111, 351, 352
- Baknlaagte, action of, 244–6, 256, 265
- Bank Kop, action of, 247, 248
- Barberton, 206, 207, 209, 282
- Barkley West, 199
- Bayonet, contrast of, with lance and sword, 24, 26, 166 for Cavalry, 364, Introduction, xii
- Belfast, British capture of, 205
- Belmont, action of, 76
- Benson Colonel G. E., 235, 244–6
- Bergendal, battle of, 205–7
- Bernhardi, General von, author of “Cavalry in Future Wars” (translated by C. S. Goldman; Introduction by General Sir J. French), 9, 13, 14, 17, 27, 28, 33, 44, 52, 128–9, 194, 266, 281, 283, 287, 352
- comparison of, with “Cavalry Training,” and other writers, Chapter XIII.
- Bethune’s Mounted Infantry, 72–3, 155, 199
- Beyers, General, 232
- Biddulphsberg, action of, 200
- Biggarsberg, 199 pursuit at, by mounted riflemen, 264
- Birkbeck, Colonel W. H. (reports on Russo-Japanese War), 350–1
- Block-house system, 225–6
- Bloemfontein, capture of, 149 halt at, 178–84
- Blood River Poort, action of, 244, 247
- Boschbult, action of, 249
- Boschman’s Kop, action of, 247–8, 258
- Botha, General Louis, on the line of the Tugela, 151–66
- on the retreat to Pretoria, 188–94
- negotiations for peace, 201
- from Pretoria to Komati Poort, 204–9
- in guerilla war, 214, 230, 231–2, 244–5
- Bothaville, action of, 212, 256, 264, 332
- Bouwer’s Hoek, action of, 230, 339
- Brabant’s Horse, 93, 150 Colonial Defence Force, 185, 187, 200
- Brandfort, action of, 191
- Brandwater Basin, Prinsloo’s surrender at, 173, 201
- Briggs, Colonel C. J., 217, 240
- British Officers’ Reports (Russo-Japanese War), 340, 346–51
- Broadwood, BrigadierBrigadier-General R. G., 100, 139, 179–83
- Buffelspoort, destruction of convoy at, 214
- Buller, General Sir Redvers, at Colenso, 73–4, etc.
- from Colenso to the relief of Ladysmith, 151–67
- onwards to Komati Poort, 184–209
- use of Cavalry by, 162–3, 198–9, 283–4
- Burnett, General Sir C. J., report on Cavalry in Russo-Japanese War, 347, 351
- Burn-Murdoch, Colonel, 160–2
- Byng, Colonel the Hon. J. H. G., 217
- Cæsar’s Camp, 154
- Canadian Mounted Rifles, 205
- Cape Mounted Police, 56, 150
- Cape Mounted Rifles, 56, 230
- Carrington, General Sir F., 187
- “Cavalry Training” (Official Manual) (1907), 1–3, 9, 26, 27, 35, 41, 43, 59, 233, 252, 263, 341, 345, 349, 360
- comparison of, with Bernhardi’s “Cavalry in Future Wars,” Chapter XIII.
- Official Manual (1898), 51
- “Cavalry in Future Wars,” by General von Bernhardi. See Bernhardi
- “Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War,” by Count Wrangel. See Wrangel
- Chaotao, Japanese Cavalry at, 340
- Chardeh Valley, action of, 1879, Introduction, xi
- Charges, British (South African War), with the arme blanche, at Talana, 62
- at Elandslaagte, Chapter IV., 261–2
- at Maeder’s farm, 88–9
- at Klip Drift, 99–112, 261
- at Diamond Hill, 197, 261
- at Welgevonden, 256, 261
- at Zand River, 283
- Charges of mounted riflemen:
- at Paardeberg, 120–2
- at Vaal River, 196
- at Witpoort, 205
- at Victoria Nek, 213
- at Wildfontein, 257
- Charges, Boer (South African War), 181–2, 212–13, and Chapter XI.
- summary of, and remarks on, Chapter XI. and Chapter XII.
- Charges, Boer (South African War), Bernhardi on, 254, 307
- Charges, Russo-Japanese War, 328, 348
- Clements, General R. A. P., 93, 150–1
- Colenso, battle of, 73–4
- Colesberg, French’s operations round, 85–91
- Colvile, General Sir H., 187, 200
- Convoys, attacks on, directions of “Cavalry Training” about, 318–19
- Cookson, Colonel, 249
- Cossacks. See Russian Cavalry
- Crimean War, 11, 18, 111, 261,
- Cronje, General Andries, 98
- Cronje, General Piet, at battle of Magersfontein, 81
- during relief of Kimberley, 91–112
- at and before Paardeberg, Chapter VII., Part I.
- Custozza, battle of, Introduction, viii
- Delagoa Bay Railway, attacks on, 214
- De la Rey, General, 81, 149, 200, 204–5, 214, 231–3, 248, 256, 357
- De Lisle, Colonel, 196
- Denison, Colonel, author of “History of Cavalry,” 11
- De Wet, General Christian, at Nicholson’s Nek, 72
- with Cronje, 89
- at Waterval, 102, 119, 123
- at Paardeberg, 123–5
- at Poplar Grove, 130–40, 149
- at Sannah’s Post, Reddersburg, Wepener, etc., 179–84
- raids on railway, June, 1900, 200–1
- first hunt of, 201–4
- second hunt of, 211–13
- third hunt of, 229–30
- in guerilla war, 211–13, 231, 240
- allusions to, 172, 331–2
- De Wet, General Piet, 179–83, 200
- Dewetsdorp, actions at, 183–4
- Diamond Hill, battle of, 189, 193–4, 196–7, 261, 285
- District Mounted Troops (Cape Colony), 218–19
- Dixon, Brigadier-General H. G., 241
- Drives, 225–7
- Dronfield, action of, 113–16, 120, 128, 138, 148, 181, 246, 338
- Dundonald, General the Earl of, 156, 160–2, 199
- Du Toit, General, 113
- Faber’s Put, action of, 199
- Fen-shui-ling Mountains, 341
- Ferreira, General, 101, 113, 117
- Forrest, General (American Civil War), 11, 255
- Franco-German War (1870), 11, 111, 352
- Colonel Henderson on, Introduction, vii–ix
- Francs-tireurs, 302, Introduction, vii
- Frederikstad, siege of, 211
- French, General Sir John, 8, 9, 10, 17, 19, 22, 169–70
- at Elandslaagte, Chapter IV.
- at Lombard’s Kop, 70–2
- at Colesberg operations, 86–90
- relief of Kimberley, 91–112
- interception of Cronje at Paardeberg, 116–18
- parallel with De Wet, 124–6
- at Poplar Grove, 130–46
- at Karee Siding, 178–9
- at Dewetsdorp, 183–4
- from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, 187–204
- from Pretoria to Komati Poort, 204–9
- at Zand River, 193, 279–82, 286
- at Doornkop (outside Johannesburg), 196
- at Middelburg, 205, 282
- at Bergendal, 206
- in march to Barberton, 209
- in Cavalry march, East Transvaal, October, 1900, 211–12, 216
- on the abnormal character of the South African War, 266–8
- French, General Sir John, on Cavalry work in the Russo-Japanese War, 329–34, 339, 343, 345
- on von Moltke’s criticism of the Prussian Cavalry, 351
- French Cavalry (present day), 293, 359
- Fronemann, General, 98
- Gallwey, Colonel, 243
- Garratt, Colonel F. S., 257
- Gatsrand, 230
- Geduld, action of, 241
- German Cavalry (present day), 293, 359
- Glasko, General, 349
- Goedvooruitzicht, action of, 235
- Goldman, C. S., author of “With French in South Africa,” translator of Bernhardi’s “Cavalry in Future Wars,” founder of the Cavalry Magazine, etc., 9, 10, 17, 19, 64, 88, 109–10, 140, 142–4, 162, 174, 222, 254, 266, 301, 308, 314, 325, 333, 337
- on the abnormal character of the Boer War, 270–87
- Gordon, Brigadier-General J. R. P., 100, 125, 139
- Graspan, action of, 76–81, 239
- Grenfell, Colonel, 249–52
- Grootvlei, action of, 231
- Guerilla war in South Africa, 45, Chapter X.
- Hamilton, General Bruce, 235
- Hamilton, General Sir Ian, in South African War, 187–8, 188 (footnote), 190, 193, 197, 249
- as observer of Russo-Japanese War, 348–9
- Hart’s Hollow, fighting at, 164
- Hei-kou-tai, battle of, 349
- Heilbron, action near, 201
- Helvetia, capture of, 214, 232
- Henderson, the late Colonel G. F. R. (author of “Stonewall Jackson,” “Science of War,” etc), Introduction, vi–ix, and 13, 14, 353
- Hertzog, General, 211, 229
- Holland, action of, 247
- Horses (South African War), condition of, 95–6, 144–6, 189, 197–8, 275–7
- Household Cavalry, 197
- Houtnek, action of, 188
- Hsin-kai-ho, destruction of bridge at, 340
- Hunter, General Sir A., 187–8, 198–9, 201
- Hunts of Christian de Wet, (1) 201–3; (2) 211–13; (3) 229–30
- Hutton, General E. T. H., 196–7, 209
- Imperial Light Horse, 56, Chapter IV. (at Elandslaagte), 73, 152, 185–8, 199, 240
- Imperial Mounted Troops (present day), 4–5, 370–1
- “Infantry Training” (Official Manual), 38, 197, 253, 323
- Inniskilling Dragoons, 256
- Itala, Fort, attack on, 232
- Japanese Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War, 323, 345–9, Chapter XIV., 363
- Johannesburg, fighting outside, 191, 196
- Joubert, General, 61, 72–3, 151
- Kaapsche Hoop, 209
- Kalkfontein (Poplar Grove), 135–6, 140
- Kanin, Prince, 340, 348
- Karee Siding, action of, 178–9
- Kekewich, Colonel, R. G., 231, 249
- Kemp, General, 207–8, 240–3, 248, 249–52
- Kimberley, siege of, 74–5
- Kitchener, General Lord, at Paardeberg, 120–2
- Kitchener’s Kopje (battle of Paardeberg), 123, 130
- Kleinfontein, action of, 248, 319
- Klip Drift, charge at, 98–112
- allusions to, 116, 117, 119, 128, 144, 146, 148, 194, 261, 274, 314
- Lord Roberts on, Introduction, x
- Klipfontein, pursuit at, 197
- Knox, General Charles, 212
- Koch, General, 61, 62
- Komati Poort, advance of British army to, from Pretoria, 204–9
- Komati River, action of, and Boer charge at, 212–13, 239
- Koedoesberg, 91
- Koodoos Drift, 116, 117
- Korn Spruit. See Sannah’s Post
- Kritzinger, General, 211, 229
- Kroonstad, 191, 193, 281
- Kruger, President, 138 (at Poplar Grove), 208 (at Komati Poort)
- Kuram, operations in, 1879; Introduction, vi (footnote)
- Kuroki, General, 341
- Kuropatkin, General, 336–7, 340, 348, 352
- Labuschagne’s Nek, action of, 151
- Ladysmith, battle of (or Lombard’s Kop), 48, 70–2, 152
- Lake Chrissie, action of, 231
- Lambourne Downs, manœuvres at, 1909, 323
- Lancers, 9th, 230
- Langerwacht, action of, 231–2
- Liao-yang, battle of, 340–1
- Lichtenburg, attack on, 232
- Liebenberg, General, 200, 249
- Lindley, actions near, 197, 200
- Lombard’s Kop, battle of. See Ladysmith, battle of
- Lotter, Commandant, capture of, 230, 264, 339
- Lydenburg, 206–7
- Lubbe, Commandant, 98
- McClernand, Colonel, of the United States Cavalry, at Russo-Japanese War, 328, 346
- McCullagh, Francis (author of “With the Cossacks,”)Cossacks,”) 336, 338
- Machadadorp, 282
- Maeder’s farm, action of, 88–9
- Mafeking, 74, 198
- Magersfontein, battle of, 81–3
- Cronje at, February, 1900, 91–112
- Mahon, Brigadier-General B. T., 199–200
- Manchuria, war in (1904–5), 10, 12, 195–6, 227, 230, 242, 303, 321, 323, 353
- history of Cavalry work in, Chapter XIV.
- Mars la Tour, battle of, 321
- Methuen, General Lord, 76–82, 91, 127, 131, 198, 203, 249
- Meyer, General, 61, 151
- Middleburg, capture of, 205, 282
- Middlepunt (Poplar Grove), 137–9, 143
- Milner, Lord, 228
- Mishchenko, General, raid of, 337–9, 342
- Modderfontein, capture of, 232
- Modder River, battle of, 76–7
- Moedwil, action of, 231
- Moltke, von, 45, 336–7, 351
- Mooifontein, action of, 243
- Morgan, Colonel (American Civil War), 11, 255
- Mounted Infantry, regular, 4, 5, 15, 17, 37–8, 53–4, 85–6, 94, 123, 165, 169, 217–18, 254–5, 263–4, 293, 308, 356–7, 366–8, also Introduction, xvi
- Mukden, battle of, 337, 340, 341, 348–9, 351
- Naganuma, Colonel, raid by, 340, 348
- Natal Carbineers, 61, 152, 155 (footnote)
- Natal Mounted Police, 56, 155 (footnote)
- Negrier, General de, 300, 316, 325, 344, 353
- New South Wales, mounted riflemen from, 56
- New South Wales Lancers, 76
- New Zealand, mounted riflemen from, 56
- Nicholson’s Nek, fight at, 71–2, 153, 207, 234
- Night attacks, South African War,
- Night raids, British, 235–6
- Niu-chuang, 338
- Nodzu, General, 341
- Nogi, General, 341, 348
- Nomenclature of mounted troops, 16–17, 88, 356–7
- Nooitgedacht, action of, 214, 215, 231, 234
- “Official History of the Russo-Japanese War” (British General Staff), 335, 348
- “Official History of the South African War” (German General Staff), 107–9, 125–30, 158, 166, 295–7
- “Official History of the South African War,” (British), 14, 60, 65, 71, 110, 118–19, 125, 141–2, 158–9, 174, 181, and references passim
- Oku, General, 348
- Paardeberg, battle of, 120–30
- Pen-hse-hu, action of, 341, 348–9
- Pepworth Hill, attack on, 154
- Petrusberg, 132
- Pieter’s Hill, battle of, 157–9, 162, 165
- Pietersburg, 208
- Pilcher, Colonel, 91
- Plumer, Colonel, 74, 186, 200, 283
- Pohlmann, Commandant, 207
- Poplar Grove, action of, 131–149
- Porter, Colonel T. C., 139
- Potgieter, Commandant, 250
- Pretoria, advance to, 184–204
- Prinsloo, General M., 173, 201
- Prospect, Fort, attack on, 233
- Protectorate Regiment, 56
- Pursuit, Bernhardi on, 302, 304–6
- Pursuits (South African War),
- British, at Elandslaagte, 61–9
- interception of Cronje, 113–20
- Poplar Grove, 134–149
- after Pieter’s Hill, 153–163
- Klipfontein, 197
- Pursuits, Boer, at Stormberg, 83
- Sannah’s Post, 179–183, and Chapter XI.
- Quaggafontein, action of, 231
- Queensland, mounted riflemen from, 56
- Raids (South African War), British, 91, 91–112 (relief of Kimberley), 199–200 (relief of Mafeking), 195, 262, 279, 282. See also Night Raids
- Raids, Boer: De Wet’s on railway, June, 1900, 201, 230
- on Cape Colony: (1) November to December, 1900, 212, 229; (2) January to March, 1901, 229–30
- by Hertzog and Kritzinger, 229–30
- by Smuts, 229–30
- by Botha on Natal, 230, 244
- Raids (Manchurian War), Russian, Mishchenko’s, 337–9
- Japanese, by Naganuma and Hasegawa, 340
- Raids, Bernhardi on, 282, 338, 340. See also American Civil War, Stuart, Wilson
- Ramdam, 98
- Rawlinson, Colonel Sir H., 235
- Reconnaissance, 59, 73, 77, 91, 203, 227, 262, 322–3
- Reddersburg, action of, 183
- Reitz, action near, 240
- Reitzburg, 201
- Rennenkampf, General, 340
- Rensburg, 87, 151
- Repington, Colonel A’Court, Military Correspondent of the Times, 292–4, 314–15, 325, 359
- Revue des deux Mondes, article by General de Negrier, 300
- Rhodesian Field Force, 186
- Rhodesia Regiment, 56, 74
- Ridley, Colonel C. P., 94
- Rietfontein (Natal), action of, 70
- Rimington, Brigadier-General M. F., 217, 256
- Rimington’s Guides, 76
- Roberts, Field-Marshal Earl, on the arme blanche per Cavalry, Introduction
- arrival in South Africa, 85
- his command up to the capture of Bloemfontein, Chapters VI., VII.
- from Bloemfontein to Komati Poort, Chapter IX., 224
- Preface to “Cavalry Training,” (1904), 352, Introduction, v, xi
- Roodekraal, action of, 257, 264
- Roodewal, action of, 249–253, 265, 305
- Rundle, General Sir Leslie, 184, 187, 200
- Russian Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War, 334–7, Chapter XIV.
- Russo-Japanese War. See Manchuria, War in
- Russo-Turkish War (1877), Introduction, vii, 11, 352
- Saddle-fire, 32, 182, 213, 243, 247, 251–2, 255, 362
- Samsonoff, General, 340
- Sannah’s Post, action of, 179–183
- Schoemann, General, 88
- Scobell, Colonel, 149, 217, 230, 339
- Scottish Horse, 245–6, 250
- Screens, mounted, 86–90, 189–90, 262, 281
- Seven Kopjes. See Poplar Grove
- Sha Ho, battle of, 340
- Shea, Major, 231
- Shen-tan-pu, battle of. See Hei-kou-tai
- Sheridan, General (American Civil War), 11, 128, 341, Introduction, vii
- Shisnikoff, Colonel, 338–9
- Shock, physical conditions of, 25–9
- moral value of, 35–40
- training for, 40–2, 358
- absence of, in South Africa, 65, 145, 241, 246, 248, 260–1, 269, 277
- absence of, in Russo-Japanese War 327–8
- Bernhardi on, 301, 309–15, 320–4
- Wrangel on, 316, 342–7
- Smalldeel, 28
- Smith-Dorrien, General H. L., 212, 231
- Smuts, General J. C., 229–30, 231, 340
- South African Constabulary, 218, 250
- South African Light Horse, 73, 155
- South African War, account of mounted operations in, Chapters III.-XII.
- was the war “abnormal?”, 14, 15, 18–20, Chapter XII.
- Spaits, Captain (author of “Mit Kosaken durch die Mandschurei,”)Mandschurei,”) 336–8
- Spion Kop, battle of, 155–6, 193, 234
- Springhaan’s Nek, action of, 213
- Stackelberg, General, 341
- Steyn, President, 172, 201, 204, 207–8
- Steyn, Commandant, 123–4
- Stormberg, night attack on, 83
- Stuart, General (American Civil War), 11, 13, 195, 340, Introduction, vii
- Sunny side, raid at, 91
- Symons, General Sir W. Penn, 61
- Tafel Kop, action of, 246
- Tai-tse-ho River, 327, 340
- Talana, battle of, 48, 62, 64, 69, 275
- Telissu, battle of, 337, 348–9
- Theron, Commandant, 203
- Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry, 72–3, 155
- Tigerkloof Spruit, action of, 240
- Tigerpoort Hills, action at, 204–5
- Times, leading article in (September, 1909), 292–4
- Times History of the South African War, 60, 100–1, 220–1, and references passim
- Town Guards (Cape Colony), 218
- Tschondschu (or Tiessu), action of, 344
- Tucker, General C., 149, 178–9
- Turning movements, South Africa, 191–5
- Tweebosch, action of, 248–9
- Tweefontein (Transvaal), action of, 199
- (Orange River Colony), action of, 231
- Umbulwana Mountain, 160
- United States Cavalry, 316
- Vaal River, crossing of, 191, 196
- Vendutie Drift, 117
- Ventersburg road, 280
- Vet River, action of, 191, 196
- Victoria, mounted riflemen from, 56
- Victoria Nek, combat at, 213, 256
- Viljoen, General Ben, 205, 207–8, 214, 232, 243
- Vlakfontein, action of, 241–3, 245, 256, 259, 319
- Von Donop, Colonel, 249
- Vryheid, attack on, 232
- Wagon Hill, battle of, 154, 165, 234
- Warren, General Sir C., 156, 187, 198
- Waterval, action of, 102, 123, 131, 264, 282
- Welgevonden, action of, 256, 261
- Wepener, siege of, 183
- White, General Sir George, 61, 70–2, 151–4
- Wildfontein, action of, 257, 264
- Wilmansrust, action of, 231, 256
- Wilson, General (American Civil War), 195
- Witpoort, action at, 205
- Woolls-Sampson, Colonel Sir A., 60, 235
- Wrangel, Count, of the Austrian Cavalry, author of “Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War,” 10, 41, 145, 280, 300, 315–17, 325, 335, 340–8, 352
- Yen-tai Mines (battle of Liao-yang), 337, 340
- Yeomanry, the present, 4, 5, 15, 89, 324, 356–7, 368–9, also Introduction, xvi
- Yeomanry (South African War), first contingent of, 86, 184–8, 199, 200
- second contingent, 218–19
- Ying-kou, raid on, 337–8
- Yzer Spruit, action of, 233, 248–9, 319
- Zand River, action of, 188, 191, 193, 279–81, 283, 285–6, 307
- Zarps (Transvaal Police), 149, 207
- Zilikat’s Nek, action of, 205, 234