XVIII. Horses, Mules and Men Arrive from America--The Author and Major Pretorius Make a Long Ride with Despatches--An Exciting Trip 237 XIX. De Wet Cornered Again--De la Rey Cornered too--General Kemp Fights a Good Fight--The Way by Which the Boers so Successfully Outwitted the English 268 XX. An Irish Boy's Strategy--His Sad Death--Cavalry Far Superior to Infantry 280 XXI. Kitchener Tries to Frighten the Boers--Failing, Takes Revenge on Women and Children--Capture of Fort Pison--English Surprise the Boers and are Routed 288 XXII. Artillery Boys Surprised--A Great Race--Murder of Two Young Boers under the Impression they were Members of the Irish Brigade--The only Naval Battle of the War 296 XXIII. General Louis Botha's Brilliant Charge--Our French Gun Captured--Major Pretorius Captured--A Close Call but all Ends Well--General De Wet's Daring Work 305 XXIV. Destruction of Women and Children--The Only Way to End the War--Scots Greys Routed--English Troops and Armed Kaffirs Fight Side by Side--General De Wet Completely Cornered 315 XXV. Peace Terms--Procedure to be Adopted in Selecting Prisoners of War for Return to South Africa 331 XXVI. Brutality of British Officers--Suffering in the Concentration Camp--Poisoning of Boer Prisoners at St. Helena 351 XXVII. A Perfect Spy System--Captain Naude and His Female Spies of Great Service--The Attitude of American Consuls 363 XXVIII. The English Arm Kaffirs--The Hague Conference and Civilization--Hands-Uppers and Their Position 375 Conclusion 400 A West Pointer With the Boers. CHAPTER I. LOBENGULA AND THE CHARTERED COMPANY. On the fifth day of December, 1894, I sailed on the _City of Berlin_ from New York. We started in a storm, continued in a storm, and landed in a mud bank off the Isle of Wight, just below the Needles. This caused quite a commotion among the passengers, and all seemed inclined to make the last stand at those points of the deck nearest to the life-boats. By reversing the screws, the old death-trap, after a few hours' hard work, succeeded in releasing itself, and we were again on the high sea.