573;
its terms compared with the Middelburg terms, 568 (note);
acceptation of the British terms, 571, 572;
generosity of the terms, 580;
leniency of the terms, 581;
immediate effect of the terms, 583.
Victoria, offers a military contingent, 251.
Victoria, Queen, presentation of the second petition to, 131, 194;
petitions to for justice to the Uitlanders, 216;
proposed letter to from Krueger, 376;
death of, 481 (note).
Vigilance Committee, The, 500.
Viljoen, General, a telegram to, 426.
_Volksblad_, The, 351 (note).
Volksraad, The, discusses the question of accepting the joint inquiry,
237;
refuses it, 237.
Vosloo, Mr., 477.
_Vossische Zeitung_, The, 399 (note), 469 (note).
Vryburg division, the return of representatives for, 121.
Vryburg, goes over to the Boers, 280.

Walrond, M. S. O., 167.
Walter, M. P. C., 213 (note).
War Commission, The, 318, 319 (note), 324 (note);
General Sir Wm. Butler's evidence before, 175 (note), 181 to 183.
War, Declaration of, 297;
the first days of, 304;
the conduct of, 316;
area of the country over which it was waged, 326, 339;
difficulties of carrying on, 328;
general conclusions arising from the events, and military criticisms
on, 330 _et seq._;
the unnecessary prolongation of, 360;
economic consequences of, 439;
moral effect of its recrudescence, 440;
method of waging it, 450 to 453.
_War in South Africa, The Official History of_, vol. i. p. 309 (note)
_et seq._
_War in South Africa, The_, Sir Conan Doyle's, 469 (note).
War Office, The, efficiency of, 339.
Watson, Dr. Spence, 498 (note).
Webb, Mr., arrest of, 131.
Wessels, Andries, 428.
Wessels, C. J., 260, 555.
White, Montagu, 232.
White, Sir George, shut up in Ladysmith, 320, 344.
Willcocks, Sir William, his report on irrigation, 516 to 518.
Williams, Colonel Hanbury, 167.
Willoughby, Sir John, 44.
Wilson, H. F. C., 515, 526.
Wilson, M.P., H. J., 498 (note).
Witwatersrand Gold Mines, The, 25, 31, 36.
Witwatersrand, The, Krueger raises the Vier-kleur on, 31.
Wodehouse, 346, 379.
Wodehouse, Sir Philip, 275.
Wolmarans, A. D., 168, 555.
Wolseley, Lord, his advice to the Salisbury Cabinet, 177, 188, 190, 309,
322, 331;
his task, 317, 318.
Woolls-Sampson, Col. Sir Aubrey, 88;
forms the Imperial Light Horse, 179.
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