INDEX Page numbers for Maps and Photographs are shown in bold. á Court, Charles, 243 Het Volk movement, 263 abaQulusi peoples, 73 language divide, 252–253 Abyssinian campaign (1867–68), 224, native attacks on, 199, 208 225, 233 politics and nationalist ideology, Adams, Buck, 25 134–135, 262–266 Africa religious outlook, 141 British Army acclimatization to, social stratifi cation, 6–7, 260–261 153–157 wars against the Zulu, 3–4 colonial coastal enclaves, 222 agriculture High Commission Territories, cooperatives and societies, 255, 262 299n.21 post-war reconstitution of, 252–253 impact of WWI on, 296 post-war social stratifi cation and, linkage to European history, 10 260–263 “new African history”, 291 Standerton Farmers’ Association, 268 “new military history”, 291, 293–294 agterryer. See also Boer commando “old military history”, 287–288 auxiliaries; Khoisan slave trade, 296 Boer and British use of, 5 Victorian society perceptions of, Boer paternalism toward, 130–132 149–152 care for war wounded, 139–140 African carriers, WWI, 292–293, defi ned, 51 297–298 domestic services, 138–139 African levies, 309. See also loyalty and services, 124–125, military units, African 134–139, 144 Anglo-Zulu War (1879), 52–55 mobilization for military service, Ashanti War (1873–1874), 230–233 127–128 British attitude toward, 158–159 as source of entertainment, 140–141 Fingo peoples as, 29–32, 36, 38–40, statistics on commando service, 42, 45–46 132–133 lack of discipline, 66–67 war memories and historiography, performance in battle, 56–57 123–124 recruitment and training, 49–50 Albert, Prince Consort, 89, 94, 96, 104, soldier written accounts of, 155 107 training and deployment, 53–54 Alberts, J. J., 207, 262, 270 Zula iNkomendala, 72–73 Alexander, W., 18 African polities, 252, 255, 260, 262 Algeria, 98–99 African warfare Alison, Sir Archibald, 228 inter-colonial cooperation against, Aliwal Native Reserve, 36–37 278–279 AmaMfengu, 16. See also Fingo prisoners and non-combatants in, 46 (Mfengu) peoples surprise and dawn attack, 277–278 Amatola Mountains, 18, 23, 30–31, 111 Afrika Korps, 302–303 Amery, Leo, 244 Afrikaners. See also Boer commandos Anglo-Boer War, First (1880–81), 62, admission to Transvaal Volunteers, 126 256 Anglo-Boer War, Second (1899–1902), British attitudes toward, 166–167 68–74, 251–252, 254–255, 257–258, Dutch Reformed predikant, 263–264 260. See also Afrikaners; Boer 328 index commando auxiliaries; Boer Australia, 101 commandos Ayliff , J., 41 Boer mobilization of agterryer, 5, 127–128 Badenhorst, C. C. J., 199, 206 British use of Zulu in, 4 Baden-Powell, Robert, 164 Buller role in, 241–242 Balfour, Arthur, 188 repatriation and reconstruction from, Barue peoples, 302 252–253 Basuto peoples, 35–37, 53, 63, 309 South African Light Horse in, Basutoland (Lesotho), 299n.21, 325 243–249 Battle of Abu Klea/Abu Kru (1885), Vereeniging peace treaty of 1902, 7, 162–163 195–196 Battle of Amoafo (1874), 164 Victorian society indiff erence to, Battle of Atbara (1898), 154–155 149–152 Battle of Belmont (1899), 142 Anglo-German Legion. See British Battle of Berea (1852), 35–36 German Legion (BGL) Battle of Centane (1878), 40 Anglo-Zulu War (1879), 309 Battle of Colenso (1899), 156, 159–160, Battle of Islandlwana, 55–60 163–164, 179–180, 244–245 Buller and Frontier Light Horse in, Battle of Diamond Hill (1900), 196 237–241 Battle of Gingindlovu (1879), 155 use of African levies, 52–55 Battle of Graspan (1899), 142 use of mercenaries in, 15 Battle of Gwangqa (1846), 23 Wolseley role in, 7 Battle of Hlobane (1879), 239–240 written accounts of, 151–152 Battle of Inkerman (1854), 89, 100 annexation, Cape Colony, 2–3 Battle of Islandlwana (1879), 55–60, 149, Appleyard, J. W., 21–22, 27–28 152, 239 April, Jacobus (agterryer), 129–130, Battle of Khambula/Kambula (1879), 57, 137–138 151, 155, 162, 166, 240 Articles of Capitulation for the Battle of Kirbekan (1885), 161–162 Formation of a Foreign Legion, 91, Battle of Magersfontein (1899), 142, 144, 96–97, 106–107, 118 153 Articles of War and Mutiny Act (1857), Battle of Majuba (1881), 166 106 Battle of Mome Valley (1906), 276 Asante expeditions, 164–165, 222, 227 Battle of Omdurman (1898), 155 Ashanti Ring, 8, 221 Battle of Onderbroekspruit (1900), 123 Ashanti/Asante War (1873–74) Battle of Rorke’s Drift (1879), 63, 162 British initiation of, 222–223 Battle of Spioenkop (1900), 142 Buller service in, 235 Battle of Talana Hill (1899), 142 expedition to Kumasi, 223–224 Battle of Tamai (1884), 162 levies and native auxiliaries, 230–232 Battle of Tel-el-Kebir (1882), 157, logistical problems, 229–230 160–161, 167 offi cial military dispatches, 228–229 Battle of Ulundi/oNdini (1879), 151, press coverage and criticism, 224–226, 155, 162, 240 232–234 Bechuanaland (Botswana), 299n.21 published accounts, 227–228 Bekker, Johannes, 136 tactics and warfare, 162 Belgium/Belgians, 96, 252, 291, 299 war correspondence from, 167–168 Bester, A. J., 207 Wolseley’s press relations, 226–227 Beves, P. S., 266–267, 270, 276, 278 Wolseley’s reputation from, 7–8, Beyers, C. F., 199, 282–283 221–222, 287 Bhambatha (Zulu chief), 75, 272 askaris, 292–295, 304 Bhambatha Rebellion (1906), 9, 75–84, assimilation, 100, 134–136 272–277, 279, 281 Aston, George, 279 Biddulph, Robert, 228 asymmetrical warfare, 273, 277 Biggar, Robert, 51 Atbara, battle of, 155, 159, 163, 166 Bisset, John, 110.