Loreburn, Lord, his attitude during the war, 496.
Lorenzo Marques, Transvaal ammunition despatched from, 237.
Loyalists, The compensation of, 384.
Lucas, General, 564.
Lytton, Sir E. B., 20, 21 (notes).

McCallum, Sir Henry E., 470.
Mafeking, 259;
the role played by, 179 (note);
capture of an armoured train outside, 304;
relief of, 329.
Mafeking Volunteers, The, 282 (note).
Magaliesberg, The, 455.
Magersfontein, 321;
a result of the defeat at, 8.
Majuba Hill, the British defeat at, 43, 186, 255;
evacuated by the Boers, 329.
Malan, Commandant, 432.
Malan, Mr., 349, 410, 477.
Manchester, meeting at, 251, 257.
Maritzburg, 271, 321;
public meeting at, 249, 250.
Martial law, declaration of in additional districts, 411, 478, 482;
its administration, 484, 485.
Martial Law Board, The, 484, 485.
Massingham, Mr., 154 (note).
_Merits of the Transvaal Dispute, The_, Captain Mahan's, 579 (note).
Merriman, J. X. 61, 69, 93, 97;
report of his Grahamstown speech in the _Cape Times_, 62;
his letter of March 11th, 1898, to President Steyn, 114;
joins the Schreiner Cabinet, 124, 142;
his motives in associating himself with the objects of the Bond, 143,
144, 148;
his association with the Diamond Mines at Kimberley, 149;
his partisanship, 149;
his desire to induce President Krueger to grant a "colourable measure
of reform," 151, 152;
sounds Lord Milner as to the possibility of an inter-state Conference,
152;
his appeal to Mr. Fischer, 161;
his breach with Mr. Schreiner, 361;
his offer to range himself on the side of the Republics, 376 to 378;
repudiation of Pres. Krueger's statement as to his intimacy with Mr.
Hargrove, 380; his views as to the treatment of the rebels, 391;
his denunciation of the policy of the Home Government, 391, 474;
purpose of his visit to England, 495;
banquet in his honour, 496;
his frankness as to his mission, 497;
his attack on Lord Milner, 497;
attends the meeting at the Queen's Hall, 498.
Methuen, Lord, his engagements, 305; forces at his disposal, 321.
Meyer, J. L., his views on the war, 574.
Middelburg, 458.
Middelburg Terms, The, 471, 554, 557 (note), 558, 559, 561, 562, 568
(note).
Military criticisms on the war, 330 _et seq._
"Military Notes," estimate in of Boer forces, 181 (note).
Military preparations, d