SOUTH AFRICA AND THETRANSVAAL WAR

THE QUEEN LISTENING TO A DISPATCH FROM THE FRONT.
From the Picture by S. Begg

South Africa
and the
Transvaal War

LOUIS CRESWICKE

AUTHOR OF “ROXANE,” ETC.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

IN SIX VOLUMES

VOL. IV.—FROM LORD ROBERTS’ ENTRY INTO THE FREESTATE TO THE BATTLE OF KARREE

EDINBURGH: T. C. & E. C. JACK

MANCHESTER: KENNETH MACLENNAN, 75 PICCADILLY

1900

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.

At the Ballantyne Press

CONTENTS——Vol. IV.

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE	vii
CHAPTER I
The Vote of Censure	1
Kimberley	14
General French’s Ride, February 12 to 15	30
Strategy versus Tactics	37
The Herding of Cronje, February 16 to 18	49
The Battle of Paardeberg, February 18	54
Trapped	62
The Surrender of Cronje	71
CHAPTER II
Mafeking, December and January	80
CHAPTER III
At Poplar Grove	95
The Fight at Driefontein, March 10	101
At Bloemfontein, March 13	108
CHAPTER IV