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The Times History of the War in South Africa, 1899-1902; aia of The War in South Africa of The War in South Africa 1899-1902 Edited by L. S. Amery Fellow of All Souls With many Photogravure and other Portraits, Maps and Battle Plans Vol. VII Index and Appendices LONDON SAMPSON Low, MARSTON AND COMPANY, LTD. loo, SOUTHWARK STREET, S.E. 1909 LONDON : PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, DUKE STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND GREAT WINDMILL STREET, W PREFACE THE various appendices and the index which make up the present volume are the work of Mr. G. P. Tallboy, who has acted as secretary to the History for the last seven years, and whom I have to thank not only for the labour and research comprised in this volume, but for much useful assistance in the past. The index will, I hope, prove of real service to students of the war. The general principles on which it has been compiled are those with which the index to The Times has familiarized the public. The very full bibliography which Mr. Tallboy has collected may give the reader some inkling of the amount of work involved in the composition of this history. I cannot claim to have actually read all the works comprised in the list, though I think there are comparatively few among them that have not been consulted. On the other hand the list does not include the blue-books, despatches, magazine and newspaper articles, and, above all, private diaries, narratives and notes, which have formed the real bulk of my material. L. S. AMERY. CONTENTS APPENDIX I PAGE. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS, 1899-1909 . 1-16 APPENDIX II REGIMENTAL CASUALTIES, WITH PERIOD OF SERVICE OF EACH REGIMENT AND ENGAGEMENTS AT WHICH PRESENT ........ 17-23 APPENDIX III OFFICIAL TABLE OF CASUALTIES, WITH SUMMARY . 24-25 APPENDIX IV LiST OF MEDALS AND CLASPS ..... 25 APPENDIX V BIBLIOGRAPHY ....... 26-56 INDEX . 57-209 1foi8tor\> OP THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA APPENDICES APPENDIX I CHEONOLOGICAL TABLE OF EVENTS, 1899-1909* 1899. Oct. 7. British army ordered to mobilize. Sir George White lands at Durban. 10. Boer ultimatum received. Beply of British Government delivered. Plumer arrives at Tuli. 11. Beginning of the war. Sir G. White goes to Ladysmith. enter ,, 12. British Agent leaves Pretoria. Boers Natal by Botha's Pass and cross western Transvaal border. Armoured train captured by Boera at Kraaipan. ,, 13. Canada offers 1,000 volunteers. 14. General Buller embarks at Southampton. Boers cut the railway near Modder River. Baden-Powell engages Boers outside Mafeking. ,, 15. Boers occupy Lobatsi, Taungs, and Fourteen Streams. Martial law proclaimed in northern Natal. 16. Kimberley invested. Cronje bombards Mafeking and demands sur- render. Joubert reaches Newcastle. Local forces of Cape Colony called out. Martial law proclaimed in northern Cape Colony. 18. ,, Militia reserves called out. Boers occupy Vryburg. 19. ,, Boers occupy Elandslaagte and capture supply train. Belmont Station taken by the Boers. 20. Battle of Talana. First Australian contingent sails. 21. Battle of Elandslaagte. 22. General Yule retires from Dundee on Ladysmith. 23. of ,, Death General Penn-Symons at Dundee. Dundee occupied by tha Boers. Martial law proclaimed throughout Natal and Zululand. 24. Battle of Bietfontein. 25. ,, Assault on Mafeking repulsed. 26. ,, General Yule reaches Ladysmith. Plumer re-occupies Bhodes Drift. 27. ,i Successful night sortie from Mafeking. Boers concentrate round Ladysmith. Kimberley garrison engages Boers at Macfarlane's Siding. 30. Battle of Ladysmith or Lombard's Kop. Surrender of 850 British at Nicholson's Nek. First Canadian contingent embarks at Quebec. * See Vol. I., pp 381-4, for leading events in South Africa up to 1899. VOL. VII. B 2 '/'// K WAR IX SOUTH Ah* HI' 'A 1899. Oct. 81. General Buller lands at Cape Town. Boer attack on Mafeking re- pulsed. Nov. 1. Boers seize Norval's Pont bridge, and invade Cape Colony and Zululand. 2. Ladysmith invested and bombarded. Plumer, attacked at Rhodes Drift, retires on Tuli. Canada offers a second contingent. and evacuated ft 3. Colenso, Bnrghersdorp, Stormberg Naauwpoort by British. Martial law proclaimed in De Aar district. the surrender of t) 4. Wessels demands Kimberley. 7. Baden-Powell makes a night attack on Boer laager outside Mafeking. 9. General attack on Ladysmith repulsed. 11. Fifth Division called out. 12. Lord Methuen takes over command at Orange River. 13. Boers attack Kuruman and occupy Aliwal North. 15. Armoured train wrecked by Boers near Chieveley. Boers enter Burgher'sdorp. Martial law extended to central and northern districts of Cape Colony. 16. Gatacre lands at East London. Hildyard with reinforcements arrives at Estcourt. Martial law proclaimed in Hay district. 17. Boers occupy Weenen. 18. General Wauchope re-occupies Naauwpoort. arrives at ,, 20. French Naauwpoort. ,, 21. Lord Methuen commences his advance. for Natal. shell ,, 22. Buller leaves Cape Town Boers Mooi River. 23. Battle of Belmont. Battle of Willow Grange. 25. Battle of Enslin (or Graspan). Successful sortie from Kimberley. General Buller arrives at Maritzburg. Colonel Holdsworth attacks Boer laager at Deerdepoort. 26. Boers occupy Stormberg Junction. 27. Gatacre moves to Putter's Kraal. Boers complete their retirement on Colenso. 28. Battle of Modder River. 29. First Canadian contingent arrives at Cape Town. 80. Sixth Division announced for South Africa. Dec. 1. Canadian and Australian contingents leave Cape Town for the front. Plumer makes a reconnaisance into the northern Transvaal. 2. ,, Boers occupy Dordrecht. 4. ,, Boers advance and intrench at Magersfontein. 5. Buller at Frere. 7. ,, Successful night sortie from Ladysmith. French occupies Arundel. Prinsloo attacks Enslin, but is repulsed. 10. Gatacre makes a night attack on Stormberg. Successful sortie from Ladysmith and capture of Surprise Hill. 11. Battle of Magersfontein. General Wauchope killed. 13. Sir Charles Warren and part of Fifth Division arrive at Cape Town. Seventh Division to be mobilized at Aldershot. Boer attack at Arundel repulsed. 15. Battle of Colenso. 16. Dingaan's Day. Buller asks for 8,000 irregular mounted infantry. Lord Mayor's offer to raise corps of City Imperial Volunteers accepted. Offer of second Canadian contingent accepted. Buller orders construction of railway from Modder River to Jacobsdal. ,. 17. Whole of the first-class reserves called out. ., 1*3. Lord Roberts appointed Commander-in-Chief in South Africa with Lord Kitchener as Chief of Staff. Government allow twelve battalions of Militia to volunteer for service abroad. Yeomanry contingent accepted. APPENDIX J 3 1899. Dec. 19. Further Australian contingents offered. 20. Formation of City of London Imperial Volunteers for South Africa announced. Second New Zealand contingent offered. for Natal. ,, 21. Warren leaves Cape Town for Africa. ,, 23. Lord Roberts departs South 24. Imperial Yeomanry to be enlisted. Dordrecht occupied by Dalgety. Tree Fort. ,, 26. Unsuccessful attack by Baden-Powell on Game 27. Boers evacuate Eensburg. Plumer leaves Tuli. district of German mail ,, 29. Boers invade Upington Cape Colony. steamer Bundesrath seized. Dalgety withdraws from Dordrecht. 30. French occupies Rensburg. 31. Plumer reaches Palapye. 1900. Jan. 1. French attacks Boers at Colesberg. Colonel Pileher captures Boer laager at Sunnyside. Surrender of Kuruman. 2. Douglas occupied by Pilcher. ,, 3. Boer attack on Cyphergat repulsed. 6. at ,, Reverse to Suffolk Regiment Colesberg. Boer attack on Ladysmith. 10. Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener arrive at Cape Town. General Buller moves forward towards Springfield. Dundonald seizes Potgieter's Drift. 11. Lord Strathcona offers to raise a regiment of 500 mounted men. ,, 14. Plumer occupies Gaberones. 15. Martial law extended to Philipstown and Hopetown. 16. Warren moves to Trichardt's Drift. 18. Dundonald in action near Acton Homes. Eighth Division to mobilize at Aldershot. 19. Warren moves up Venter's Spruit and attacks Boer right flank. Preparations made for mobilization of Eighth Division. 20. Second New Zealand contingent sails for South Africa. 24. Spion Kop. of his force ,, 25. Buller commences withdrawal across the Tugela. ,, 27. Alderson occupies Prieska. 28. arrives at to confer ,, French Cape Town with Lord Roberts. Feb. 3. Highland Brigade leaves Modder River for Koedoesberg Drift. 5. Buller captures Vaalkrantz. 6. ,, Lord Roberts leaves Cape Town for Modder River. Clements succeeds to the command at Colesberg. 7. Vaalkrantz evacuated. Macdonald in action at Koedoesberg. 8. Lord Roberts reaches River. ,, Modder Kekewich reports serious situation at Kimberley. Buller and his ,, 10. main army return to Chieveley. ,, 11. Lord Roberts's great flank march begins. 12. French occupies De Kiel's Drift. Roberts at Ramdam. De la Rey's attack at Colesberg repulsed. Plumer makes unsuccessful night attack on Boers near Crocodile Pools. 13. French occupies Klip Drift. Clements retires to Arundel. 14. Fourth attempt to relieve Ladysmith. Buller seizes Hussar Hill. 15. ,, Relief of Kimberley after cavalry charge at Klip Drift. Lord Roberts at Jacobsdal. De Wet attacks supply park at Waterval. 16. Cronje evacuates position at Magersfontein. Boer rearguard actions at Drieputs and Dronfield. 17. Cronje stopped at Paardeberg. Action at Bird River. Colonial Division occupy Dordrecht. Dundonald seizes Cingolo. Third New Zealand contingent sails for South Africa. Lord Roberts ill at Jacobsdal. B 2 4 THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA 1900. Feb. 18. Battle of Paardeberg. Lyttelton captures Monte Cristo. 19. Buller takes Hlangwane Hill. Lord Roberts arrives at Paardeborg. Gloucesters attack Kitchener's Kopje. 20. Cronje's laager bombarded. De Wet attempts to relieve Cronje. Colenso occupied. Further attack on Clements. Boer withdrawal from Colesberg begins. 21. Fifth Division advances across the Tugela. Kitchener's Kopje captured. 22. British occupy Barkly West. Buller occupies Wynne Hills. Kitchener proceeds to Naauwpoort to expedite the repair of the railway and bridges. 23. Boer reinforcements from Natal and Colesberg repulsed in attempt to relieve Cronje. Buller unsuccessfully attacks Inniskilling Hill. 26. Lumsden's Horse sail from India. 27. Surrender of Cronje. Over 4,000 prisoners taken. Boers evacuate Colesberg. Clements re-occupies Rensburg.
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