XXVII. WAS OURS A GUERILLA WAR? 225

XXVIII. NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ENEMY 230

XXIX. PRESIDENT STEYN'S NARROW ESCAPE 242

XXX. THE LAST PROCLAMATION 246

XXXI. BLOCKHOUSES AND NIGHT ATTACKS 260

XXXII. MY COMMANDO OF SEVEN HUNDRED MEN 267

XXXIII. A SUCCESS AT TWEEFONTEIN 275

XXXIV. I CUT MY WAY THROUGH SIXTY THOUSAND TROOPS 284

XXXV. I GO TO THE TRANSVAAL WITH PRESIDENT STEYN 298

XXXVI. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS 305

XXXVII. THE END OF THE WAR 319

CORRESPONDENCE 325

APPENDICES

A.--REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE GENERAL REPRESENTATIVES HELD AT
VEREENIGING IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC ON THE 15TH OF
MAY, 1902, AND THE FOLLOWING DAYS 333

B.--THE CONFERENCE AT PRETORIA BETWEEN THE COMMISSION OF THE
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND LORDS KITCHENER AND MILNER
(MAY 19TH-MAY 28TH, 1902) 365

C.--MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE SPECIAL NATIONAL
REPRESENTATIVES AT VEREENIGING, SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
THURSDAY, THE 29TH OF MAY, 1902, AND THE FOLLOWING DAYS 397

INDEX 429

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THREE YEARS WAR

CHAPTER I

I Go on Commando as a Private Burgher

In the month of September, 1899, the burghers of the Orange Free State
were notified, under the Commando Law, to hold themselves in readiness
to go on active service at the shortest possible notice.

Before proceeding any further I should like to explain that portion of
the Commando Law which dealt with commandeering. It stipulated that
every burgher between the ages of sixteen and sixty must be prepared to
fight for his country at any moment; and that, if required for active
service, he must provide himself with a riding-horse, saddle and bridle,
with a rifle and thirty cartridges--or, if he were unable to obtain a
rifle, he must bring with him thirty bullets, thirty caps, and half a
pound of powder