Baden-Powell, Colonel, at Mafeking, ii. 55; his clever ruses and energy, iii. 32; remarkable letter to the Boers, 38; private letter home, 39; his "Manual on Scouting," 53; despatch to Colonel Nicholson, iv. 91; correspondence with Snyman, v. 47; receives a message from the Queen, 49; sends a message to Lord Roberts, 51; attacked by Eloff, 110; relief, 131, 134; further operations, vi. 40; arrives at Pretoria, 40; at Rustenburg, 70; guerilla war, 125. _See_ Mafeking Balloon, range of country visible from Mount Alice, iii. 98 Barberton, vi. 108 Barton, Maj.-General, at Colenso, ii. 190 Bastion Hill, capture of, iii. 101 Basutoland, i. 12 Beacon Hill, fight at, ii. 132 Beaconsfield, i. 44 Bechuanaland, i. 114 Belfast attacked, vi. 93 Belmont, engagement near, ii. 81; battle of, 86; casualties, 92; colonial forces at, iii. 60 Bethlehem, battle of, vi. 42 Bethulie, saving the bridge at, iv. 171; capturing the station, 173 Biddulph's Berg, battle of, v. 161-68 Bloemfontein, i. 11; conference, 182; surrender of, iv. 107-11; fever, 177; army at, 185; preparations for the advance northwards, v. 32; life in, 38; on the eve of the great advance, 87 Bloomplaats, battle of, i. 12 Boer brutality outside Kimberley, iii. 43; at Spion Kop, 115 Boers, origin and early history of, i. 1; their character, 15 Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, the Prince Imperial, i. 51 Boshof, battle of, v. 38; casualties, 45 Botha, General, conference at Kroonstadt, iv. 180; conference with General Buller near Majuba, vi. 27; great activity along Delagoa line, 55; guerilla tactics, 142; conference with Kitchener, 150 Brabant, General, and the relief of Wepener, v. 64-68, 75-81; further operations, vi. 38, 42; guerilla war, 125 Brandfort occupied, v. 91 British South Africa Company, origin of, i. 122 Bronker's Spruit, massacre of, i. 71 Buller, General, ii. 6; arrives at the Cape, 73; at Pietermaritzburg, 139; Colenso, 188; his despatch, 199; his second advance, iii. 92; his force, 92; at Spearman's Farm, 96; his plan, 97; at Spion Kop, 115 and appendix; Vaal Krantz, 117; plans for another attempt, iv. 121; forces as reorganised, 123 (_see_ Pieters Hill, Ladysmith, &c.); advance to Newcastle, v. 171; his forces, 171, vi. 27; routing the Boers from Laing's Nek, vi. 27; conference with Botha, 27; Majuba, 29; to Standerton, 32; arrives in Pretoria, 56; Lydenburg campaign, 93; clearing the country from Volksrust to Belfast, 88; returns home, 122 Buluwayo, i. 120, 124 Bushmen's corps, iii. 158