1900, 232;
fights a succession of rearguard actions with Cronje, 275 _et seq._

Klip River, the, 20.

Koch, General, 39;
occupies Elandslaagte, 48.

Koorn Spruit, reverse at, 313.

Kruger, President, 28;
his ultimatum converts the dream of Imperial Federation into
a "most pregnant fact," 74;
anecdote of his "roaring" and "bellowing," 122;
and Joubert, 196.

Ladysmith, 15, 20, 22;
causes which led to its investment, 27;
Sir George White takes command at, 36;
all communications with, cut off November 2, 67;
decisive part played by, in the campaign, 111;
importance of its tenure on the events of the campaign, 178;
siege of, 192 _et seq._;
successful sorties by the British against Gun Hill and Surprise
Hill, 215;
Boer attack on Caesar's Camp and Wagon Hill, 239;
relief of, by General Buller, 303.

Lambton, Captain, and the naval guns, 190.

Landman's Drift, 40.

Macdonald, General Hector, 268;
at Paardeberg, 289.

Mafeking, 33, 106;
heroic endurance, 112;
importance of its defence, 123;
Kruger refuses to allow Cronje to storm it, 122.

Magersfontein, 81;
battle of, 162-167.

Majuba Day, Cronje surrenders on, 289.

Majuba Hill, 18, 22.

Methuen, General Lord, appointed commander of the British corps at
Orange River bridge, 109;
and the battle of Belmont, 148-150;
and the battle of Graspan, 150-152;
and Modder River battle, 152-161;
and the battle of Magersfontein, 162-167.

Meyer, Commandant Lucas, 39.

Milner, Sir Alfred, 28.

Modder River, battle of, 152-161.

Modern arms, power of, greatly exaggerated, 159, 161.

Mooi River, the, 19.

Naauwport Junction, 33, 104.

Napoleon, 184, 186.

Natal, 9;
the rivers of, 21;
opening of the campaign in, 28;
campaign from the investment of Ladysmith through the battle of
Colenso, 177 _et seq._

Naval brigade with guns from the _Powerful_ gets into
Ladysmith, 66.

Nelson's dictum on "five minutes of delay," 58, 130.

Newcastle occupied by the Boers 38.

New Zealand and the war, 75.

Nicholson's Nek, the disaster at 63-65.

Orange Free State, its neutrality possibly more dangerous to the
British than its hostility, 14.

Orange River, strategic importance of the, 113.

Origin of the two Boer states, 6.

Over-sea transport of troops, &