55

KIMBERLEY 64

CHAPTER III

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

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

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

CHIEVELEY CAMP 187

THE BATTLE OF COLENSO 188

FACSIMILE OF MS. OF MR. RUDYARD KIPLING'S WAR POEM "THE
ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR" 203

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS--VOL. II.

CHART SHOWING STAFF APPOINTMENTS MADE
AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR _At front_

1. _COLOURED PLATES_

PAGE
"ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM."
The Black Watch after the Battle of Majesfontein.
By R. Caton Woodville _Frontispiece_

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_

THE OUTBREAK OF WAR--THE DRAKENBERG MOUNTAINS 6

THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR--TRANSPORT LEAVING
ENGLAND FOR THE CAPE