xpulsion of British subjects from, 246;
manifestoes issued by upon the outbreak of war, 257;
their treatment of British residents on the declaration of war, 292;
fall of, 329;
the British case against, 357 to 359.
Reserves, Insufficient supply of, 323, 331.
Retrocession, The, 255.
Rhodes, Cecil, 34, 35, 83;
his scheme of commercial federation, 38, 39;
his comment on Dr. Jameson's Raid, 40;
actual cause of the failure of his plan, 45;
his methods, 46;
his alliance with the Afrikander Bond, 46;
his alliance with J. H. Hofmeyr, 65;
an incident in his political career, 66;
his speech of March 12th, 1898, 67;
recognised by the Bond as its enemy, 68;
his resignation, 93, 96;
his return to political life, 97;
the actual chief of the Progressives, 117;
opposed at Barkly West, 118 (note);
returned for both Barkly West and Namaqualand, 121;
his tactics after the election following upon Sir Gordon Sprigg's
dissolution of Parliament, 122, 123;
his interview with Lord Milner, 124 (note); his anger at the impotence
of England, 306;
endorses the appeal for the suspension of the Cape constitution, 479.
Rhodesia, 84, 192;
demonstration in of confidence in Lord Milner's statesmanship, 215;
petition from to the Queen, 216;
organisation of the defences of, 269;
warned by Lord Milner, 298.
Ripon, The Marquess of, 37, 498 (note).
Roberts, Lord, 329 (note);
a result of his occupation of Bloemfontein, 156;
appointed to the South African command, 321;
strength of his force, 322, 332 (note);
his despatches, 326 to 328, 339, 341, 352;
his tactics at Paardeberg, 332, 333;
his alleged instructions from the Government, 333;
a reply to criticism of German General Staff upon his strategy, 334;
his campaign, 343;
his decision to advance on Johannesburg and Pretoria, 352;
his qualities as a captain of war, 353;
why he did not carry out Lord Milner's suggestion as to the defence of
the Cape, 353;
his occupation of Pretoria, 369;
his enforced halt at Bloemfontein, 384;
his approaching return to England, 398;
his recognition of the difficulty of the task of disarmament, 413;
relinquishes command of the forces in South Africa, 419;
agrees with Lord Milner's views on the proposed proclamation to the
burghers, 420;
his proclamation, 424;