XVII. A PAUSE AND A RENEWAL 231

XVIII. "WITHIN MEASURABLE DISTANCE" 250

XIX. HOPE DEFERRED 265

XX. SUN AND FEVER 279

XXI. RELIEVED AT LAST 291

APPENDIX 299




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR _Frontispiece_

MAP OF LADYSMITH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD 12

GENERAL SIR GEORGE STEWART WHITE, V.C., G.C.I.E., G.C.B., G.C.S.I. 18

PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF ELANDS LAAGTE 32

LOMBARD'S KOP 56

IMPERIAL LIGHT HORSE SHELTERS 77