system of, 75-79;
proclamations by, 52, 275;
strength of, 1, 49, 334, 335, 409, 410.
Boer commandos:
assembly of, behind the Drakensberg, 47;
preliminary distribution of, at beginning of war, 49, 50;
waiting in July, 1899, till grass fit to invade Colonies, 116.
_See also_ COMMANDOS.
Boer Intelligence Department. _See_ INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT.
Boksburg commando. _See_ COMMANDOS.
Boomplaats, 70.
Border Horse. _See_ COLONIAL UNITS.
Border Mounted Rifles. _See_ COLONIAL UNITS.
Border regiment (1st). _See_ REGULAR UNITS.
Boshof commando. _See_ COMMANDOS.
Bosman's Drift, 244, 247.
Botha, Commandant Christian, 342.
Botha, General Louis, 264, 265, 332-375, 389.
Botha, Commandant (Mafeking), 409.
Botha's Drift, 405.
Botha's Pass, 49, 58, 124.
Bottomley, Captain H., 272.
Brabant, Brig.-General E. Y., C.M.G., 415, 435;
raises mounted corps, 206, 286.
Brabant's Horse. _See_ COLONIAL UNITS.
Brabazon, Major-General J. P., C.B., 282, 394, 405, 406.
Brackenbury, Lieut.-General Sir H., K.C.B., K.C.S.I., 7, 16, 18, 19,
26, 28, 29, 32, 33.
Brakfontein Nek, 335.
Brett, Captain C. A. H., 398.
Bridge, Colonel C. H., C.B., 416, 417.
Bridle Drift (Colenso), 310, 314, 341, 342, 346, 348, 352-354, 356.
Bridle Drift (Magersfontein). _See_ VOETPAD'S DRIFT.
Brigades. _See_ CAVALRY _and_ INFANTRY BRIGADES.
British Agent at Pretoria, 1;
leaves, 123.
British Army, 87-95;
distribution of the, previous to the war, 89;
composition of the, 91;
effective strength of the armed land forces of the Empire, 92-95;
number of troops in South Africa when war began, 1, 2, 89;
regiments of the, _see_ REGULAR UNITS;
short service system in the, _see_ SHORT SERVICE SYSTEM _and_ RESERVES;
organisation of, as affected by conditions of shipping, 115.
British Government. _See_ CABINET.
British Intelligence Department. _See_ INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT.
British Kaffraria, 385.
British Navy, duties of the, 96.
_See also_ ADMIRALTY _and_ NAVY.
British Regular Army (European), effective strength of the, 92;
(Colonial), 92;
(India), 92.
British Regular Units. _See_ REGULAR UNITS.
British South Africa Police. _See_ COLONIAL UNITS.
Broadwood, Brig.-General R. G., 437, 442.
Brocklehurst, Major-General J. F., M.V.O., 181.
Brooke, Colonel L. G., 353.
Brown's Drift, 246, 308, 309, 322.
Brynbella Hill, 271-273.