+------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES | | | |General: Errors and inconsistencies in punctuation have been corrected | | without individual notes. | |Pages vi, 6, 10: Drakenberg standardised to Drakensberg. | |Page vii: repeated date 2 November removed. | |Chart of Staff Appointments; Natal Field Force; 4th Division: Aides- | | de-Camp(2) blank in original | |Chart of Staff Appointments; Staff of 1st Army Corps: Orderly | | Veterinary Officer blank in original | |Chart of Staff Appointments; 1st Army Corps 3rd Division; 6th Brigade: | | Aide-de-Camp blank in original | |Chart of Staff Appointments; Staff of Cavalry Division: Aides-de-Camp | |(2)--Only one listed in original | |Page 32: rear-guard standardised to rearguard. | |Pages 35, 36: Isandhlwana/Isandlwana not standardised as it is used as | | part of a quotation. | |Page 37: via standardised to via. [N.B. other usages not standardised as| | part of a quotation.] | |Page 44: Blue-jackets standardised to Bluejackets. | |Page 45: similarily corrected to similarly. | |Page 46: Brvant corrected to Bryant. | |Page 51: fortunnately corrected to fortunately. | |Pages 53, 121: Nordenfelt standardised to Nordenfeldt. | |Page 82: reconnaisance corrected to reconnaissance. | |Page 91: Comanding corrected to Commanding. | |Pages 114, 148: debris/debris not standardised as it is used as part of | | a quotation. | |Page 120: McLachlan standardised to M'Lachlan. | |Page 145: comandeered corrected to commandeered. | |Page 147: sandbags standardised to sand-bags. | |Page 150: downhill standardised to down-hill. | |Page 151: search-light standardised to searchlight. | |Page 183: The quotation from Addison is actually incorrect. It should | | read: | | | | "A thousand glorious actions, that might claim | | Triumphant laurels, and immortal fame, |