THE BATTLE OF COLENSO 188 FACSIMILE OF MS. OF MR. RUDYARD KIPLING'S WAR POEM "THE ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR" 203 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS--VOL. II. CHART SHOWING STAFF APPOINTMENTS MADE AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR _At front_ 1. _COLOURED PLATES_ PAGE "ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM." The Black Watch after the Battle of Majesfontein. By R. Caton Woodville _Frontispiece_ OFFICER OF THE 9TH LANCERS 38 SERGEANT, KING'S ROYAL RIFLES 80 PRIVATE AND CORPORAL OF THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS 96 SERGEANT AND PRIVATE OF THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS 102 SIGHTING A NAVAL FIELD GUN 128 SERGEANTS OF THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY WITH A 12-POUNDER 144 SERGEANT-MAJOR OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS 154 2. _FULL-PAGE PLATES_ THE OUTBREAK OF WAR--THE DRAKENBERG MOUNTAINS 6 THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR--TRANSPORT LEAVING ENGLAND FOR THE CAPE 16 THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE 26 BEFORE LADYSMITH--HORSE ARTILLERY GALLOPING TO TAKE UP A NEW POSITION 42 LADYSMITH, NATAL 54 NIGHT SORTIE FROM MAFEKING 64 THE BATTLE OF BELMONT 90 THE BATTLE OF MODDER RIVER 106 SCENE ON THE TUGELA 112 REPELLING AN ATTACK FROM THE TRENCHES AROUND LADYSMITH 138 FROM FRERE TO CHIEVELEY 150 STORMBERG PASS 160 THE MODDER RIVER 172 THE BATTLE OF COLENSO--QUEEN'S (ROYAL WEST SURREY) REGIMENT LEADING THE CENTRAL ATTACK 188 THE BATTLE OF COLENSO--THE DUBLIN FUSILIERS ATTEMPT TO FORD THE TUGELA 192 THE BATTLE OF COLENSO--THE LAST DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE GUNS 198 3. _FULL-PAGE PORTRAITS_ LIEUT.-GENERAL J. D. P. FRENCH 22 MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. PENN SYMONS, K.C.B. 32 GENERAL JOUBERT 48 COLONEL ROBERT S. S. BADEN-POWELL, the Defender of Mafeking 58 RIGHT HON. SIR REDVERS HENRY BULLER, K.C.B., V.C. 74 LIEUT.-GENERAL LORD METHUEN, C.B. 86 GENERAL SIR GEORGE STEWART WHITE, V.C., G.C.B., the Defender of Ladysmith 118 MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW G. WAUCHOPE, C.B. 176 4. _MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT_ COLOURED MAP OF SEAT OF WAR _At Front_ MAP OF NORTHERN NATAL 9 POSITION OF FORCES BEFORE THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE 15 THE BATTLE OF GLENCOE 17 POSITION OF FORCES BEFORE THE BATTLE OF ELANDSLAAGTE, NOON 21