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Cassell's History of the Boer War, 1899-1902 H istory of the Boer W ar 1 8 9 9 - 1 9 0 2 REVISED AX DENLARGED EDITION AngloBoerWar.com ILL USTRA TED VOL I CASSELL a n d COMPANY, L im it e d LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE. MCMIII AngloBoerWar.com Til K COMMAND! K IN-CHIEF IN I HE FIELD: LORD ROHERTS WRITING DEM'VTCHKS IN IMS WAGGON TENT AT PAARDEUERG (/>> permission of the Proprietors of the "Graphic") CONTENTS OF VOL. I CHAPTER page I. T he F irst F ight—T alana IIill 1 II. The Causes of the War ....... 15 III. The Burghers Make Ready—Their First Moves 25 IV. The Battle of Elandslaagte ...... 32 V. Early Movements in Cape Colony—The Northern Border 49 VI; The W estern Border :—Mafeking—Vryburg—Kurumax— Kim- BERLEY ........... 59 VII. T he Arming of B ritain . 73 VIII. N atal—After the B attle of E landslaagte .... 9i IX. T he R etreat from D un dee ....... 101 X. How White Saved the Dundee Column—The Reconnaissance of Rietfonticin .......... 112 XI. How White Sallied Out—and Something of 4.7 121 XII. P epworth ...........AngloBoerWar.com i 37 XIII. N icholson’s N ek .......... 144 XIV. N orthern Cape Colony— A S kirmish at B elmont 156 XV. T he Siege of Mafeking ........ 166 XVI. F rom N icholson’s N ek to the A rrival of R einforcements— R econnaissances and S kirmishes ...... 18 r XVII. T he Siege of Ladysmith—T he B ombardment—T he F irst A ttack . 2 0 r XVIII. Some S kirmishes and a N ight A ttack ..... 215 XIX. W ith Methuen—T he F irst S teps towards K imberley 223 XX. O n the R oad to K im berley—T he B attle of B elmont 234 XXI. W ith Methuen—E nslix ........ 243 XXII. Modder R iver .......... 249 X X III. Stormberg ........... 265 XXIV. W ith Methuen—Mageksfontetn ....... 275 XXV. B efore Colenso .......... 293 XXVI. Colenso ........... 300 XXVII. T he E mpire’s R eserved ........ 325 XXVIII. The Siege of Ladysmith (continued) ...... 336 XXIX. T he I mperial Y eomanry ........ 350 XXX. The Siege of Ladysmith (<continued) ...... 358 XXXI. W ith Methuen—After Magersfontein ..... 366 XXXII. T he A ssault on L adysmith ....... 375 XXXIII. French in Cape Colony—Some Successes and a Disasier 404 XXXIV. With Buller—The Natal Campaign (continued) .... 416 XXXV. T he Siege of K im berley—T w o Sorties and a Great Loss 427 IV HISTORY OF THE BOER WAR. CHAPTRK PAGE XXXVI. Buller Moves Again ......... 45i XXXVII. Warren’s Movement on the Left Flank—Capture of Spion Kop 465 XXXVIII. On Spion K o p ........................................................................................................ 495 XXXIX. T h e R e t r e a t ........................................................................................................ 507 XL. Roberts Takes Command—And a Word on Strategy 517 XLI. Cape Colony—Gatacre’s Minor Movements .... 528 XLII. With French—Fighting and Manoeuvring ..... 543 XLIII. The Siege of Kimberley (continued ...... 553 XLIV. Kimberley R elief Force—Macdonald Moves .... 563 XLV. The New Plan of Campaign—French’s March to Kimberley . 567 XLVI. The March on Kimberley (continued) ...... 574 XLVII. A Convoy Lost and a Town Won ...... 583 XLVIII. The Relief of Kimberley ........ 5*8 XLIX. The Flight and the Pursuit of Cronje ..... 595 L. Operations in the North of Cate Colony— A Chapter about C o lo n ia ls .......... 608 LI. Towards Ladysmith once More—The Capture of Vaal Krantz 622 LII. Vaal Krantz and Back Again ....... 63S LIII. The Battle of Paardeberg ....... 643 LIV. The Week in the Laager ........ 657 LV. A Successful Night Attack—The Surrender of Cronje . 669 LVI. The Relief of Ladysmith—The Prologue .... 676 LVII. The Relief of Ladysmith—The First Act .... 684 LVIII. The R elief of Ladysmith—The Second Act .... 692 LIX. The R elief of Ladysmith—The Third Act .... 702 AngloBoerWar.com LX. The Siege of Mafeking (continued; ...... 712 LXI. The R elief of Ladysmith—Finale ...... 721 LXII. In Ladysmith—The End of the Siege ..... 73f> LXITI. Cronje's Last March ......... 74‘> LXIV. The Siege of Mafeking (continued) ...... 75* LXV. The Queen and Her People ....... 768 LXVI. The March on Bloemfontein—Poplar Grove .... 7/8 LXVII. Negotiations—The Battle of Driefontein .... 787 LXVIII. To Bloemfontein ......... 797 LXIX. The Other End of the Line—Clements’ and Gatacre’s Opera­ tio n s ........... 808 LXX. Bloemfontein—Supplies—And a Folly ..... 821 LXXI. Koorn Spruit : A D is a s te r ....... 833 LXXII. The Death of Joubert—Action at Karee Siding 855 LXXIII. A Lost Reputation—Reddersburg ...... 867 LXXIV. Subduing the Land—The South-West Free State 877 LXXV. T h e S o u th -E a st C o r n e r ................................................................................. 8S2 LXXVI. The Siege of Wepener ........ 895 LXXVII. To the Relief of Wepener ..................................................................... 916 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE PAGE The Commander-in-Chicf in the Field Hoisting Horses on Board a Transport 78 Fronds. Troops’ Quarters on Board the Brae- Sir William Penn Symons . i mar Castle .... 79 The Storming of Talana Hill . 3 The Duke of Connaught Hoisting the Sketch Map of North-West Natal . 5 Queen’s Flag on the Maine . 81 Hussar Scout ..... 8 General Buller in the Bay of Biscay 84 “ General Symons Reels in His Saddle The Queen’s West Surrey Regiment Mortally Wounded” . .1 0 Entraining at Cosham . 89 Bloemfontein . 15 Departure of the New Zealand Con­ A Boer Father and Son Ready for the tingent ..... 90 Front . .17 Escorting Wounded Boer Prisoners into The Rout at Majuba Hill . 18 Ladysmith . * 9 3 Dr. Jameson and His Staff . 21 Map of Ladysmith and Country Round 95 Map of South African Railway System 25 A War Balloon “ on the March ” . 97 General Map of South Africa . AngloBoerWar.com. 26 Bringing the Wounded from Elands- A Candidate for the Victoria Cross . 30 iaagte to Ladysmith . 99 Gordon Highlanders Resting on the General Yule . .102 Way to Elandslaagte . 32 “ The Soldiers Wade Through the General French . -33 Waschbank River” . 106 “ A Shell Dropped on the Limber of The Famous 4.7 Gun at Home : the Gun”. -35 Loading . .109 Trumpeter John James Shurlock . 37 The Camp of the Devons at Ladysmith 113 Native Despatch-Carrier Caught by Rictfontein : Helping a Wounded the Boers . 41 Comrade . .114 Commandant Kock and Commandant Rictfontein: Artillery in Action . 117 Schiel ..... 44 Departure of the Tantallon Castle for The Impel ial Light Horse in a Skirmish 46 South Africa . .120 Cape Town and Table Bay . 48 A 4.7 Gun on Temporary Platform . 121 A British Shell and a Boer Gun . 49 General Sir George White . .123 Crossing a Drift . 5 2 Armoured Train and War Balloon Out­ Mounted Infantry Scouting . 55 side Ladysmith . .126 Boers Moving a “Long Tom'-L . 58 Twelve-pounder Naval Gun and Colonel Baden-Powell 59 Gunners . .129 In the Trenches at Mafeking . 62 Commissioner Street, Johannesburg . 131 Kuruman : part of the Camp . 63 A Naval Gun Passing Through Lady­ View in Kuruman . 6 4 smith . -132 Scouts ...... 65 Sir George White’s Headquarters at The Right Hon. Cecil Rhodes . 67 Ladysmith . 135 Men of the Naval Brigade Moving a A Volunteer Camp in Natal . .136 Gun ..... 69A Brush w'ith the Enemy . 137 Old Comrades . 7 2 The Leicesters Under Shell Fire . 142 The New South Wales Lancers Leaving Ladysmith . 143 London ..... 7cThe 10th Mountain Battery . 1 4 7 VI PAGE PAGE The Last Cartridge ISO Sir Redvers Buller .... 293 Heliographing .... 156 The Country round Colenso 2 9 6 A Hot Corner .... 159 Buller Standing on the Mound by the Major Scott Turner l6l Guns ..... 301 Dawn after the Battle 164 Plan of the Battle of Colenso . 302 Bloemfontein ..... 165 The Heroes of the Guns 305 Filling a Balloon .... 167 “ A Few Accomplish the Impossible " 308 “ Shells 1 !’—a Common Sight at Mafe- Bird’s-eye View of the Battle of k'nB ..................................... 169 Colenso ..... 313 South African Police on a Night March 172 !< Men Drop by the Way, but on The Art of Trench Construction 175 Rushes the Line ” 317 The Night Attack . 177 The Death of Lieutenant Roberts t2I A Kaffir Chief .... l8l Private of the C.I.V. 325 Boer Picket Near Ladysmith . 185 Conferring the Freedom of the City on The Last Train from Ladysmith 189 the C.I.V........................................ 328 Mr. Winston Churchill 193 The Farewell Service at St. Paul s . 333 “ The Dublins . Responded as Best ‘ • The Lancers Were Fond of Drawing They Could ” 197 the Enemy’s Fire ” . 337 Bringing Up the Guns 201 A Naval Gun and Sandbag Emplace­ Ladysmith : General View of the ment at Ladysmith . 340 Camp ..... 204 “ Went Up the Hill like Cats ” 345 Ammunition Running Short. “ Fix Stock Farm near Ladysmith . 349 Bayonets ! ’ • . 2 0 0 The Prince of Wales Inspecting the War Balloon Ready to Go Up 21 2 Imperial Yeomanry . 35i “ Then Came a Stiff Job for the “ Good-bye ” ....................................... 353 Artillery ” .... 216 A Private of the Imperial Yeomanry 3 5 5 The Interior of an Armoured Train . 221 “ The Sappers Lay Violent Hands on General Lord Methuen, C.B. 2^3 the Howitzer ” 361 Jamestown, St. Helena . 22 5 Returning from the Sortie 364 The Reconnaissance towards BelmontAngloBoerWar.com 227 Outspanncd on the Veldt 366 Map of Ix>rd Methuen's Advance be­ Cavalry Stall Headquarters, Modder tween De Aar and Kimberley 230 River ..... 3r*> The Sailor's Toy .... 233 The Naval Brigade Carry a Broken The Attack on the Kopje 235 Gun up a Kopje 372 Lieut.-General Korestier Walker 238 Colonel Dick Cunyngham 37 5 The Chaplain’s Heroism . 241 Map of the Attack of Jan.
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