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PREFACE BY COL. THEODORE BRINCKMAN, C.B. 5

THE AUTHOR TO THE READER 9

CHAPTER

 the war clouds gather 19

 and the war storm breaks 24

 the invasion of natal 30

 defeated at elandslaagte 40

 pursued by the lancers 44

 risking joubert's anger 59

 the boer general's superstitions 68

 "great powers" to intervene 72

 colenso and spion kop fights 78

 the battle of vaalkrantz 88

 the turn of the tide 100

 the great boer retreat 110

 driven from the biggarsbergen 124

 dispirited and demoralised 133

 occupation of pretoria 145

 battle of donkerhoek ("diamond hill") 150

 i become a general 161

 our camp burned out 175

 battle of bergendal (machadodorp) 181

 two thousand british prisoners released 185

 a government in flight 193

  an ignominious dispersal 204

 a dreary trek through feverland 212

 pains and pleasures of commandeering 237

 punishing the pro-british 246

 battle of rhenosterkop 258

 the second christmas at war 278

 capture of "lady roberts" 285

 a dismal "happy new year" 302

 general attack on british forts 307

 a "bluff" and a battle 322

 execution of a traitor 333

 in a tight corner 339

 eluding the british cordon 348

 boer government's narrow escape 358

 a government on horseback 377

 blowing up an armoured train 382

 trapping pro-british boers 388

 brutal kaffirs' murder trail 402

 capturing a freebooter's lair 411

 ambushing the hussars 416

 i talk with general blood 421

 mrs. botha's baby and the "tommy" 425

 the last christmas of the war 435

 my last days on the veldt 442

 i am ambushed and captured 449

 shipped to st. helena 462

 life in bonaparte's prison 471

 how we blew up and captured trains 485

 how we fed and clothed commandos 496

 our friend the enemy 506

 the fighting boer and his officer 515

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