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PREFACE

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

PARENTAGE

EARLY SERVICE—GIBRALTAR AND CHATHAM

JERUSALEM, 1867 TO 1870

DOVER, SHOEBURYNESS, AND THE ORDNANCE FACTORIES, 1871 TO 1876

SOUTH AFRICA, 1876 TO 1879

CHATHAM, 1880 TO 1882

EGYPT AND ARABIA PETRÆA, 1882 TO 1883

CHATHAM, 1883–4

BECHUANALAND EXPEDITION, 1884–5

CANDIDATE FOR PARLIAMENT, 1885

SUAKIN, 1886

CHIEF COMMISSIONERSHIP OF POLICE, 1886 TO 1888

STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, 1889 TO 1894

THAMES DISTRICT, 1895 TO 1898

CHAPTER I

THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR

WARREN CROSSES THE TUGELA

CHAPTER II

POSITION OF AFFAIRS

CHAPTER III

ADVANCE TO VENTER’S LAAGER AND ATTACK OF THE RANGEWORTHY HILLS

ATTACK OF THE RANGEWORTHY HILLS

CHAPTER IV

BOER DEMORALISATION—TACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF SPION KOP

CHAPTER V

CAPTURE OF SPION KOP AND ITS ABANDONMENT

CHAPTER VI

AFTER WITHDRAWAL—BOER COMMENTS

CHAPTER VII

SOME CRITICISMS

PRECAUTIONS TAKEN AND ARRANGEMENTS MADE

APPENDIX

EXTRACTS FROM DESPATCHES

INDEX