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The Project Gutenberg Ebook of South Africa and the Transvaal War Vol. II. by Louis Creswicke TRANSCRIBERS' NOTE For speed of loading, many illustrations have been provided as thumbnails, linked to larger versions of the images [Pg i] "ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM." Downloaded from www.gendatabase.com THE BLACK WATCH AFTER THE BATTLE OF MAGERSFONTEIN. From the Drawing by R. Caton Woodville. [Pg iii] SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR BY LOUIS CRESWICKE AUTHOR OF "ROXANE," ETC. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS IN SIX VOLUMES VOL. II.—FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR TO THE BATTLE OF COLENSO, 15TH DEC. 1899 EDINBURGH: T. C. & E. C. JACK 1900 [Pg v] CONTENTS—VOL. II. PAGE CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE vii Downloaded from www.gendatabase.com CHAPTER I PAGE THE CRISIS AT HOME 1 IN SOUTH AFRICA 2 THE OCCUPATION OF DUNDEE 7 THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE 14 ELANDSLAAGTE 20 THE RETREAT FROM DUNDEE 32 SIR W. PENN SYMONS—GLENCOE 35 THE BATTLE OF REITFONTEIN 36 LADYSMITH 38 THE BATTLE OF LOMBARD'S KOP 41 THE DISASTER OF NICHOLSON'S NEK 45 THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH 51 CHAPTER II PAGE THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING 55 KIMBERLEY 64 CHAPTER III PAGE NATAL 70 THE INVASION OF CAPE COLONY 76 THE BATTLE OF BELMONT 86 THE BATTLE OF GRASPAN 92 THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER 97 AFTER THE FIGHT 108 CHAPTER IV PAGE THE INVESTMENT OF LADYSMITH 110 ESTCOURT 119 ARMOURED TRAIN DISASTER AT CHIEVELEY 121 ESTCOURT 126 THE FIGHT ON BEACON HILL 132 LADYSMITH 135 ESTCOURT AND FRERE 139 SURPRISES AT LADYSMITH 145 FRERE CAMP 151 CHAPTER V PAGE Downloaded from www.gendatabase.com ACTIVITY AT THE CAPE 154 WITH GENERAL GATACRE 159 THE REVERSE AT STORMBERG 163 AT THE MODDER RIVER 168 THE BATTLE OF MAJESFONTEIN 171 CHAPTER VI PAGE CHIEVELEY CAMP 187 THE BATTLE OF COLENSO 188 FACSIMILE OF MS. OF MR. RUDYARD KIPLING'S WAR POEM "THE ABSENT- 203 MINDED BEGGAR" [Pg vi] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS—VOL. II. PAGE CHART SHOWING STAFF APPOINTMENTS MADE AT THE At front COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR I. COLOURED PLATES PAGE "ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM." The Black Watch after the Battle of Majesfontein. Frontispiece By R. Caton Woodville OFFICER OF THE 9TH LANCERS 38 SERGEANT, KING'S ROYAL RIFLES 80 PRIVATE AND CORPORAL OF THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS 96 SERGEANT AND PRIVATE OF THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS 102 SIGHTING A NAVAL FIELD GUN 128 SERGEANTS OF THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY WITH A 12-POUNDER 144 SERGEANT-MAJOR OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS 154 2. FULL-PAGE PLATES PAGE THE OUTBREAK OF WAR—THE DRAKENSBERG MOUNTAINS 6 THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR—TRANSPORT LEAVING ENGLAND FOR 16 THE CAPE THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE 26 BEFORE LADYSMITH—HORSE ARTILLERY GALLOPING TO TAKE UP A 42 NEW POSITION LADYSMITH, NATAL 54 Downloaded from www.gendatabase.com NIGHT SORTIE FROM MAFEKING 64 THE BATTLE OF BELMONT 90 THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER 106 SCENE ON THE TUGELA 112 REPELLING AN ATTACK FROM THE TRENCHES AROUND LADYSMITH 138 FROM FRERE TO CHIEVELEY 150 STORMBERG PASS 160 THE MODDER RIVER 172 THE BATTLE OF COLENSO—QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST SURREY) 188 REGIMENT LEADING THE CENTRAL ATTACK THE BATTLE OF COLENSO—THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS ATTEMPT TO 192 FORD THE TUGELA THE BATTLE OF COLENSO—THE LAST DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO 198 SAVE THE GUNS 3. FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS PAGE LIEUT.-GENERAL J. D. P. FRENCH 22 MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. PENN SYMONS, K.C.B. 32 GENERAL JOUBERT 48 COLONEL ROBERT S. S. BADEN-POWELL, the Defender of 58 Mafeking RIGHT HON. SIR REDVERS HENRY BULLER, K.C.B., V.C. 74 LIEUT.-GENERAL LORD METHUEN, C.B. 86 GENERAL SIR GEORGE STEWART WHITE, V.C., G.C.B., the 118 Defender of Ladysmith MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW G. WAUCHOPE, C.B. 176 4. MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT PAGE COLOURED MAP OF SEAT OF WAR At Front MAP OF NORTHERN NATAL 9 POSITION OF FORCES BEFORE THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE 15 THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE 17 POSITION OF FORCES BEFORE THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE, NOON 21 PLAN OF BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE 25 MAP OF LADYSMITH AND SURROUNDING HEIGHTS 42 THE CREUSOT QUICK-FIRING FIELD GUN, OR "LONG TOM" 44 4.7-INCH NAVAL GUN ON IMPROVISED MOUNTING 52 12-POUNDER NAVAL GUN ON IMPROVISED CARRIAGE 52 15-POUNDER FIELD GUN 62 AN ARMOURED TRAIN 68 THE MAXIM GUN 79 Downloaded from www.gendatabase.com LORD METHUEN'S LINE OF ADVANCE 87 PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF BELMONT 90 PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER 101 COMPLETE MACHINE GUN DETACHMENT OF MOUNTED INFANTRY 118 THE 5-INCH HOWITZER OR SIEGE GUN 127 FACSIMILE OF PAGE OF NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN LADYSMITH 137 DURING THE SIEGE TELEGRAPH SECTION OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS 144 4.7 NAVAL GUN ON CAPT. PERCY SCOTT'S IMPROVISED CARRIAGE 154 MAP ILLUSTRATING THE OPERATIONS ON THE SOUTH OF THE ORANGE 164 RIVER BATTLE OF MAJESFONTEIN 174 SKETCH PLAN OF POSITIONS AT MAJESFONTEIN 176 SKETCH PLAN OF BATTLE OF COLENSO 191 MAP SHOWING THE ATTEMPTED PASSAGE OF THE RIVER BY 194 GENERAL BULLER ON DECEMBER 15 [Pg vii] CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE—VOL. II. OCTOBER. 11.—Boer Ultimatum time-limit expired. Great Britain commenced to be at war with Transvaal and Orange Free State. 12.—Text of Great Britain's reply to Boer Ultimatum issued. It stated that the conditions demanded were such as her Majesty's Government deemed it impossible to discuss. Mr. Conyngham Greene recalled. Armoured train captured by Boers near Mafeking. Colonel Baden-Powell moved a large force outside Mafeking, and took up a strong defensive position. 13.—Newcastle abandoned. 14.—Sir R. Buller and Staff left England. 15.—Boers occupied Newcastle. 16.—Dundee evacuated. 17.—Parliament opened. Successful sortie by Colonel Baden-Powell from Mafeking. Armoured train in action near Kimberley during reconnaissance. 18.—Mr. Balfour announced that the Militia and Militia Reserves were to be called out. 19.—Transvaal flag hoisted at Vryburg. Downloaded from www.gendatabase.com 20.—Boers repulsed by British at Talana Hill (Glencoe). 21.—General French, with about 2000 men, attacked a Boer force under General Kock at Elandslaagte. 22.—General Symons promoted to be Major-General. General Yule retired from Dundee on Ladysmith. 23.—Death of General Symons. Mafeking bombarded. Transvaal National Bank seized at Durban. 24.—Sir George White engaged Boers at Reitfontein. Services accepted of Sir William M'Cormac, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, to attend the wounded. 26.—Generals Yule and White joined forces at Ladysmith. Bombardment of Mafeking commenced. 28.—Boers were closing round Ladysmith. Proclamation issued declaring the Boer "commandeering" of certain portions of Cape Colony null. 30.—Engagement at Lombard's Kop. Sir George White sent out from Ladysmith to Nicholson's Nek a Mountain Battery, with the Irish Fusiliers and the Gloucesters, to turn the enemy's right flank. Mules, with guns and reserve ammunition, stampeded into enemy's lines. After gallantly defending their position for six hours, men's ammunition was exhausted, and about 800 were captured. Naval Brigade did excellent work. 31.—Sir Redvers Buller landed at Cape Town. NOVEMBER. 1.—Boers invaded Cape Colony. 2.—Free Staters' position at Besters brilliantly taken by cavalry. Boers lost heavily; our casualties slight. Boers treacherously used white flag. Colenso evacuated by the British. Arrangements for a supplementary Naval Brigade completed. Orders issued for mobilising the Militia. 3.—Naauwpoort and Stormberg evacuated by the British garrisons. [Pg viii] 5.—Death of Commander Egerton, of Powerful. 6.—Ladysmith isolated. 9.—Boers attacked Ladysmith, and repulsed with heavy loss. Orders issued for mobilisation of a Fifth Division. 10.—Engagement of Belmont. Colonel Keith Falconer killed. 11.—Captain Percy Scott, of H.M.S. Terrible, appointed commandant of the forces defending Durban. 12.—Lord Methuen arrived at Orange River. Downloaded from www.gendatabase.com 14.—Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren appointed to command the Fifth Division for service in South Africa. 15.—Armoured train wrecked by Boers near Frere. Mr. Winston Churchill and a number of Dublin Fusiliers and Volunteers captured. Boers defeated at Estcourt. 16.—Fighting near Orange River. 17-22.—Transports arrived at Cape Town with 22,000 troops. 20.—Lord Methuen's force reached Witteputts. 23.—Lord Methuen attacked Boers at Belmont. Boers routed at Willow Grange. 25.—Lord Methuen engaged the Boers at Graspan (Enslin), and after four hours' hard fighting carried position. 26.—Mooi River Column joined at Frere by General Hildyard. 28.—Lord Methuen engaged enemy, 8000 strong, at Modder River, and after ten hours' desperate fighting, drove them back. 30.—Sixth Division for South Africa notified. DECEMBER. 2.—General Clery reached Frere. 3.—Transport Ismore wrecked 180 miles north of Cape Town—all troops landed. 6.—Sortie from Kimberley. Major Scott Turner killed. 7.—Arundel occupied by British. 8.—British sortie from Ladysmith, Lombard's Kop being carried. 9.—General Gatacre sustained serious reverse at Stormberg, having been misled by guides. Lieutenant-Colonel Metcalfe, 2nd Rifle Brigade, with 500 men from Ladysmith, captured Surprise Hill, destroying a howitzer. 10.—General French drove the enemy from Vaal Kop. 11.—Lord Methuen attacked 12,000 Boers entrenched at Majesfontein, but attack failed, although British troops held their position. Major-General Wauchope, Major Lord Winchester, and Colonel Downman killed. 13.—General French defeated 1800 Boers between Arundel and Naauwpoort. British loss, 1 killed, 8 wounded. 14.—Orders given for the mobilisation of a Sixth Division, and a Seventh in reserve. Sir Charles Warren and Staff arrived at the Cape. 15.—General Buller suffered a serious reverse at Colenso, troops having to retire to Chieveley, leaving behind 11 guns. General Hector Macdonald appointed to succeed General Wauchope. Downloaded from www.gendatabase.com CHART OF STAFF APPOINTMENTS MADE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR, AS ISSUED BY THE WAR OFFICE, 7TH OCTOBER, 1899.
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