Contents.


CHAP. PAGE

PREFACE iii

I. ANTECEDENTS 1

II. DARK DAYS 5

III. ENGAGEMENTS 21

IV. IN TIGHT CORNERS 43

V. TO THE CAPE COLONY 56

VI. WOUNDED 70

VII. COURT-MARTIALLED 81

VIII. WHY WE SURRENDERED 102

IX. THE BOER AS SEEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE WAR 118

X. THE RISING IN THE CAPE COLONY 149