South Africa and the Transvaal War (Vol. 1-8)
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Louis Creswicke. South Africa and the Transvaal War (Vol. 1-8)
South Africa and the Transvaal War (Vol. 1-8)
Table of Contents
Volume 1
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
THE GROWTH OF THE TRANSVAAL
THE BOER CHARACTER
SOME DOMESTIC TRAITS
CHAPTER II
THE ORANGE FREE STATE
THE GRONDWET
TRANSVAAL DISSENSIONS
ZULU DISTURBANCES
THE POLITICAL WEB
THE WEB THICKENING
THE ZULU WAR
ISANDLWANA
AFFAIRS AT HOME
TOWARDS ULUNDI
THE VICTORY
CHAPTER III
SIR GARNET WOLSELEY AT PRETORIA
MR. GLADSTONE OUT OF OFFICE AND IN OFFICE
THE COMMENCEMENT OF REBELLION
THE FATE OF CAPTAIN ELLIOT
LAING'S NEK
INGOGO
MAJUBA
THE SIEGE OF PRETORIA
RETROCESSION
THE BETRAYED LOYALISTS
CHAPTER IV
THE CONVENTIONS
MR. KRUGER
GERMANS AND UITLANDERS
CHAPTER V
MR. RHODES
RHODESIA—UNCIVILISED
RHODESIA—CIVILIZED
GOLD
DIAMONDS
CHAPTER VI
THE TRANSVAAL OF TO-DAY
ACCUMULATED AGGRAVATIONS
MONOPOLIES AND ABUSES
THE FRANCHISE
THE REFORM MOVEMENT
THE CRITICAL MOMENT
THE RAID
AFTER DOORNKOP
THE FATE OF RAIDERS AND REFORMERS
THE ULTIMATUM
APPENDIX
CONVENTION OF 1881
CONVENTION OF 1884
Volume 2
Table of Contents
CHART OF STAFF APPOINTMENTS MADE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR,
LINES OF COMMUNICATION
NATAL FIELD FORCE
STAFF OF 1st ARMY CORPS
1st ARMY CORPS—1st DIVISION
1st ARMY CORPS—2nd DIVISION
1st ARMY CORPS—3rd DIVISION
STAFF OF CAVALRY DIVISION
CHAPTER I
THE CRISIS AT HOME
IN SOUTH AFRICA
THE OCCUPATION OF DUNDEE
THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE
ELANDSLAAGTE
THE RETREAT FROM DUNDEE
SIR W. PENN SYMONS—GLENCOE
THE BATTLE OF REITFONTEIN
LADYSMITH
THE BATTLE OF LOMBARD'S KOP
THE DISASTER OF NICHOLSON'S NEK
THE SIEGE OF LADYSMITH
CHAPTER II
THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING
KIMBERLEY
CHAPTER III
NATAL
THE INVASION OF CAPE COLONY
THE BATTLE OF BELMONT
THE BATTLE OF GRASPAN
THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER
AFTER THE FIGHT
CHAPTER IV
THE INVESTMENT OF LADYSMITH
ESTCOURT
ARMOURED TRAIN DISASTER AT CHIEVELEY
ESTCOURT
THE FIGHT ON BEACON HILL
LADYSMITH
ESTCOURT AND FRERE
SURPRISES AT LADYSMITH
FRERE CAMP
CHAPTER V
ACTIVITY AT THE CAPE
WITH GENERAL GATACRE
THE REVERSE AT STORMBERG
AT MODDER RIVER
THE BATTLE OF MAJESFONTEIN
CHAPTER VI
CHIEVELEY CAMP
THE BATTLE OF COLENSO
Volume 3
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE SITUATION
DOINGS AT CHIEVELEY
CHRISTMAS AT THE CAPE AND NATAL
CHAPTER II
MAFEKING
KURUMAN AND ELSEWHERE
MAFEKING, November
KIMBERLEY
CHAPTER III
LIFE WITH GENERAL GATACRE
WITH GENERAL FRENCH
CHAPTER IV
THE COLONIALS AT BELMONT
COLONEL PILCHER’S RAID
ACTIVITIES AND SURPRISES
AT MODDER RIVER
CHAPTER V
CHRISTMAS AT LADYSMITH
THE ATTACK ON WAGON HILL
CHAPTER VI
BULLER’S SECOND ADVANCE
THE FLANK MOVEMENT
SPION KOP
THE THIRD GREAT EFFORT—VAAL KRANTZ
DISAPPOINTMENT AT LADYSMITH
LORD ROBERTS AT THE CAPE
CHAPTER VII
THE WONDER OF THE WORLD
FIRST CANADIAN CONTINGENT
THE SECOND CANADIAN CONTINGENT
STRATHCONA’S HORSE
NEW SOUTH WALES
VICTORIA
NEW ZEALAND
QUEENSLAND
SOUTH AND WEST AUSTRALIA
WEST AUSTRALIA
TASMANIA
THE BUSHMEN’S CORPS
INDIA’S CONTINGENTS
THE SOUTH AFRICAN VOLUNTEERS6
Cape Colony
Natal
THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY
THE CITY IMPERIAL VOLUNTEERS
CHAPTER VIII
AT COLESBERG
LORD ROBERTS’S ADVANCE
“FIGHTING MAC” AT KOODOESBERG
APPENDIX
THE STORY OF SPION KOP
LIST OF STAFF
Volume 4
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
THE VOTE OF CENSURE
KIMBERLEY
GENERAL FRENCH’S RIDE
STRATEGY VERSUS TACTICS
THE HERDING OF CRONJE
THE BATTLE OF PAARDEBERG
TRAPPED
THE SURRENDER OF CRONJE
CHAPTER II
MAFEKING IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY
CHAPTER III
AT POPLAR GROVE
THE FIGHT AT DRIEFONTEIN
AT BLOEMFONTEIN
CHAPTER IV
MAFEKING IN FEBRUARY
CHAPTER V
AT CHIEVELEY AGAIN
LADYSMITH
THE BATTLE OF PIETERS
EXPECTATION
THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH
THE FORMAL ENTRY
CHAPTER VI
CHANGES IN CAPE COLONY
AT BETHULIE
CHAPTER VII
BLOEMFONTEIN UNDER BRITISH RULE
THE BATTLE OF KARREE
CHAPTER VIII
MAFEKING IN MARCH
COLONEL PLUMER’S OPERATIONS
LIST OF STAFF
APPENDIX
KURUMAN12
Volume 5
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
DISASTER AT KOORN SPRUIT
THE REDDERSBURG MISHAP
THE ESCAPE OF PRISONERS FROM PRETORIA
PREPARATIONS FOR ACTION
WITH LORD METHUEN—THE BATTLE OF BOSHOF
CHAPTER II
MAFEKING, APRIL
AFFAIRS IN RHODESIA
CHAPTER III
THE SIEGE OF WEPENER
OPERATIONS FOR RELIEF
THE TENTACLES AT WORK
CHAPTER IV
THE GREAT ADVANCE4
FROM THABANCHU TO WINBURG AND WELGELEGEN (General Ian Hamilton)
TOWARDS THE ZAND RIVER TO KROONSTADT
CHAPTER V
MAFEKING
WITH COLONEL MAHON’S FORCE
ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER—THE INVASION OF THE TRANSVAAL VIA CHRISTIANA
THE RELIEF
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED BY THE BRITISH EMPIRE
CHAPTER VI
FROM KROONSTAD TO JOHANNESBURG
CHAPTER VII
GENERAL RUNDLE’S MARCH TO SENEKAL
GENERAL COLVILE AND THE HIGHLAND BRIGADE
FROM BOSHOP TO KROONSTAD
THE BATTLE OF BIDDULPH’S BERG (28TH AND 29TH OF MAY)
FIGHTING ON THE WESTERN BORDER
CHAPTER VIII
GENERAL BULLER’S ADVANCE TO NEWCASTLE
CHAPTER IX
THE INTERREGNUM AT PRETORIA
FROM JOHANNESBURG TO PRETORIA
APPENDIX
REARRANGEMENT OF STAFF
DEATHS IN ACTION AND FROM DISEASE
Volume 6
Table of Contents
OFFICIAL TABLE OF CASUALTIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
CHAPTER I
PRETORIA
THE BATTLE OF DIAMOND HILL
GUARDING THE COMMUNICATIONS—LORDS METHUEN AND KITCHENER
CHAPTER II
GENERAL BULLER’S OPERATIONS—ROUTING THE BOERS FROM LAING’S NEK5
GENERAL BULLER’S ADVANCE FROM LAING’S NEK TO STANDERTON
CHAPTER III
IN ORANGE RIVER COLONY, EAST. JUNE
IN THE WESTERN TRANSVAAL. JUNE
CHAPTER IV
JULY. THE BATTLE OF BETHLEHEM AND THE SURRENDER OF PRINSLOO
AFFAIRS IN AND AROUND PRETORIA—THE CAPTURE OF MIDDELBURG
PROTECTING THE KRUGERSDORP-POTCHEFSTROOM RAILROAD8
CHAPTER V
IN THE WESTERN TRANSVAAL—CHASING DE WET—THE SIEGES OF RUSTENBURG AND ELANDS RIVER
PLOTS AND PROCLAMATIONS. AUGUST.—THE TRIAL OF CORDUA
CHAPTER VI
GENERAL BULLER IN JULY AND AUGUST—CLEARING THE COUNTRY FROM VOLKSRUST TO BELFAST12
FROM AMERSFOORT TO VAN WYKS VLEI
CHAPTER VII
THE LYDENBURG CAMPAIGN
ORANGE RIVER COLONY
THE WESTERN TRANSVAAL
EXIT MR. KRUGER
CHAPTER VIII
GUERILLA WARFARE
AFTERWORD
BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF NOTABLE PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN19
RECIPIENTS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
LEXICON OF TERMS AND PLACES CONNECTED WITH THE CAMPAIGN
DEATHS IN ACTION AND FROM DISEASE
LIST OF CASUALTIES
Volume 7
Table of Contents
COMPOSITION OF COLUMNS
PEACE
THE SITUATION—FEBRUARY 1901
CHAPTER I
CONTINUATION OF THE DE WET CHASE, 1st to 10th MARCH—ACROSS THE ORANGE RIVER
LYTTELTON’S SWEEPING MOVEMENT—10th to 20th MARCH—THABANCHU LINE
CHAPTER II
CAPE COLONY—PURSUIT OF RAIDERS—MARCH AND APRIL—CHASING KRUITZINGER
CHAPTER III
THE OPERATIONS OF GENERAL FRENCH IN THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL, FROM 27th JANUARY to 16th APRIL 1901
CHAPTER IV
IN THE WESTERN TRANSVAAL—JANUARY TO MAY
APRIL. ORANGE RIVER COLONY—OPERATIONS OF GENERAL BRUCE-HAMILTON AND GENERAL RUNDLE
CHAPTER V
COMBINED MOVEMENT FOR THE CLEARANCE OF THE NORTHERN TRANSVAAL.—MARCH AND APRIL
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR BINDON BLOOD’S OPERATIONS NORTH OF THE LINE MIDDELBURG—BELFAST—LYDENBURG
COLONEL GRENFELL AT PIETERSBURG
CHAPTER VI
GENERAL ELLIOT’S OPERATIONS FROM KROONSTAD
GENERAL ELLIOT’S OPERATIONS—SECOND PHASE
CHAPTER VII
GENERAL BRUCE-HAMILTON’S OPERATIONS, ORANGE RIVER COLONY (SOUTH)
MAJOR-GENERAL C. KNOX, ORANGE RIVER COLONY (CENTRE)
CHAPTER VIII
LORD METHUEN, TRANSVAAL (SOUTH-WEST)
CHAPTER IX
OPERATIONS BETWEEN THE DELAGOA AND NATAL LINES
BRIGADIER-GENERAL PLUMER IN THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL
MAJOR-GENERAL BEATSON’S OPERATIONS
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR BINDON BLOOD. EASTERN TRANSVAAL
ACTIVITIES AROUND STANDERTON AND HEIDELBERG
CHAPTER X
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GRENFELL’S OPERATIONS—TRANSVAAL, N
SITUATION AND SKIRMISHES IN CAPE COLONY
CHAPTER XI
ORANGE RIVER COLONY, S.—MAJOR-GENERALS BRUCE-HAMILTON AND C. KNOX—JULY
ORANGE RIVER COLONY, N.—MAJOR-GENERAL ELLIOT
ORANGE RIVER COLONY, E.—LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR L. RUNDLE
ORANGE RIVER COLONY, N.—COLONEL RIMINGTON—BRIGADIER-GENERAL BULLOCK—BRIGADIER-GENERAL SPENS
TRANSVAAL, S.W.—OPERATIONS OF GENERAL FETHERSTONHAUGH—CLEARING THE MAGALIESBERG—JULY
TRANSVAAL, E.—LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR BINDON BLOOD
STANDERTON-HEIDELBERG—LIEUTENANT-COLONEL COLVILLE
CAPE COLONY—JULY
THE SITUATION—AUGUST
CHAPTER XII
ORANGE RIVER COLONY—AUGUST
ORANGE RIVER COLONY, S.—BRIGADIER-GENERAL PLUMER
ORANGE RIVER COLONY, E.—MAJOR-GENERAL ELLIOT—AUGUST
SWEEPING THE KROONSTAD DISTRICT—BRIGADIER-GENERAL SPENS—AUGUST
OPERATIONS NEAR HONING SPRUIT AND THE LOSBERG—LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GARRATT
SCOURING THE MAGALIESBERG—COLONELS ALLENBY AND KEKEWICH
TRANSVAAL, S.W
THE PIETERSBURG LINE—LIEUT.-COLONEL GRENFELL
THE TRANSVAAL (NORTH-EAST)—GENERAL BLOOD’S OPERATIONS
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL COLVILLE’S OPERATIONS
NATAL—LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR H. HILDYARD
CAPE COLONY—LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR J. FRENCH
CHAPTER XIII
NATAL AND THE EASTERN TRANSVAAL—SEPTEMBER 1901
TRANSVAAL (WEST)
OPERATIONS ON THE VAAL
OPERATIONS IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY, N
MAJOR-GENERAL ELLIOT.—ORANGE RIVER COLONY, E
EVENTS IN CAPE COLONY
CHAPTER XIV
PROGRESS IN OCTOBER 1901
TRANSVAAL (EAST)
TRANSVAAL (WEST)
OCTOBER IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY
OPERATIONS IN CAPE COLONY
CHAPTER XV
THE CLOSE OF 1901—PROGRESS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
TRANSVAAL (EAST)
TRANSVAAL (WEST)
ORANGE RIVER COLONY
THE SWAZI BORDER
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
TRANSVAAL (EAST)—DECEMBER
IN THE NORTHERN TRANSVAAL
TRANSVAAL (WEST)
ORANGE RIVER COLONY
CAPE COLONY
THE SITUATION—JANUARY 1902
THE LOYALISTS OF THE CAPE COLONY
THE SOLDIERS’ CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
CHAPTER XVI
THE NEW YEAR—JANUARY 1902. TRANSVAAL (EAST)
TRANSVAAL (NORTH)
TRANSVAAL (WEST)
ORANGE RIVER COLONY
A BIG TRAP FOR DE WET
CAPE COLONY
CHAPTER XVII
THE EVENTS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1902. TRANSVAAL (EAST)
TRANSVAAL (WEST)
ORANGE RIVER COLONY—MAJUBA DAY
THE CAPE COLONY
CHAPTER XVIII
THE CLOSE OF HOSTILITIES—MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY 1902. TRANSVAAL (EAST)
FINISHING CLEARANCE OF THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY
TRANSVAAL (WEST)—MARCH
CAPE COLONY—MARCH
THE SITUATION—APRIL AND MAY
APPENDIX
THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS—COMMENCED MARCH 12, 1902—CONCLUDED MAY 31, 1902
PRELIMINARY OVERTURES
THE QUESTION OF INDEPENDENCE
SURRENDER OF INDEPENDENCE
FOR A “YES” OR “NO” VOTE
MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S EMENDATIONS
THE SUBJECT OF BANISHMENT
THE FIRST DRAFT AGREEMENT
THE SIGNING OF THE TERMS
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE AFTER THE BATTLE OF COLENSO, DECEMBER 15, 1899
RECIPIENTS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
Volume 8
Table of Contents
EMIGRATION
SOUTH AFRICAN FEDERATION
LAW AND LANGUAGE
THE AFRICANDER PARTY
RHODESIA
PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES
THE FUTURE OF THE MINING INDUSTRY
THE AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK
NATAL
THE SOUTH-WESTERN CORNER OF THE CAPE COLONY
BASUTOLAND
“THE CONQUERED TERRITORY”
THE TRANSVAAL
WOOL-GROWING
SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS
SOUTH AFRICAN INDUSTRIES
HEALTH RESORTS OF SOUTH AFRICA
HEALTH RESORTS IN THE COAST-BELT
THE SPAS OF SOUTH AFRICA
COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS
THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY
APPENDIX. MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND THE BOER GENERALS
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Louis Creswicke
From the Foundation of Cape Colony and the Boer Ultimatum to the Conclusion of Hostilities
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"Under the direction of Major R. White (assisted by Lieutenant Jesser-Coope) the column was formed under cover of the slope.
"Soon after this the patrols which had been sent out to the south returned, and reported that the ground was clear of the Boers in that direction.
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