Produced by Brownfox and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR [Illustration: THE QUEEN LISTENING TO A DISPATCH FROM THE FRONT. From the Picture by S. Begg] SOUTH AFRICA AND THE TRANSVAAL WAR BY LOUIS CRESWICKE AUTHOR OF "ROXANE," ETC. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS IN SIX VOLUMES VOL. IV.--FROM LORD ROBERTS' ENTRY INTO THE FREE STATE 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. PAGE 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 MAFEKING, FEBRUARY 112 CHAPTER V AT CHIEVELEY AGAIN 121 LADYSMITH, FEBRUARY 1 TO 26 129 THE BATTLE OF PIETERS, FEBRUARY 20 TO 27 134 EXPECTATION 151 THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH, FEBRUARY 28 153 THE FORMAL ENTRY, MARCH 3 156 CHAPTER VI CHANGES IN CAPE COLONY, FEBRUARY AND MARCH 163 AT BETHULIE, MARCH 12 171 CHAPTER VII BLOEMFONTEIN UNDER BRITISH RULE 174 THE BATTLE OF KARREE 192 CHAPTER VIII MAFEKING IN MARCH 194 COLONEL PLUMER'S OPERATIONS 204 LIST OF STAFF 213 APPENDIX 215 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS----VOL. IV. MAP ILLUSTRATING THE MOVEMENTS FOR THE RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY AND THE CAPTURE OF BLOEMFONTEIN _At Front_ 1. _COLOURED PLATES_ PAGE THE QUEEN LISTENING TO A DISPATCH FROM THE FRONT _Frontispiece_ THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY 12 THE ROYAL LANCASTERS 16 WEST YORKSHIRE AND YORKSHIRE REGIMENTS 88 THE INNISKILLING DRAGOONS 104