ner's, 90 to 92, 99, 104, 107.

Kafir, invasion of 1834-5, The, 15.
Kafirs, British policy towards, 12 _et seq._
Kafir wars, The, 17.
Karree Siding, 363.
Kei River, The, the Kafir's line of, 13.
Kekewich, Colonel, calls for arms, 304.
Kitchener, Lord, 303;
appointed Chief of the Staff to Lord Roberts, 321;
his losses before Paardeberg, 332;
instructed to proceed to De Aar, 354;
reduces to order the north-midland districts of the Cape, 362;
defamatory libel on, 381;
agrees with Lord Milner's views as to the proposed proclamation to
the burghers, 420, 421;
his address to the Burgher Peace Committee, 422;
failure of his peace negotiations with L. Botha, 434;
his accession to the command, 452;
the troops at his disposal, 453;
origin of his system of blockhouse defence, 455;
his expectations of the blockhouse lines, 456;
reports the creation of mobile columns, 456;
his reply to the official Boer complaint against the system of Burgher
Camps, 463 (note);
discusses with Lord Milner the nature of the reply to Botha's overtures
for peace, 471;
instructions to his officers as to procedure in military courts, 481;
permits the mines to re-open, 489;
differs from Lord Milner's views of the terms of the surrender, 551,
560;
directed to put forward a copy of the correspondence between the
British and Netherlands Governments to the Boer leaders, 552;
assures the Boer leaders that no terms will be granted maintaining the
independence of the Republics, 553;
is authorised to refer the leaders to the offer made to General Botha
at Middelburg, 554;
refuses the terms of the Boer peace commissioners, 557;
announces "peace" to Lord Milner, 572;
records his appreciation of the energy and tact displayed after the
signing of the peace treaty by Generals Louis Botha, De la Rey, and
C. De Wet, 573;
his last words addressed to the Colonial Governments and the Secretary
of State for War, 573 (note);
the efficiency of his blockhouse system, 576.
Kimberley, 259, 271, 286 (note), 455;
the diamond industry at, 23;
plans for the defence of, 178, 278, 279;
Lancashire Regiment sent to, 288;
is cut off, 304, 305;
relief of, 328;
effective occupation of the district of, 453.
Kimberley, The Earl of, 27.
Kimberley Volunteers, The, 280, 282