South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8): From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901Creswicke, Louis
History
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 6 (of 8): From the Occupation of Pretoria to Mr. Kruger's Departure from South Africa, with a Summarised Account of the Guerilla War to March 1901
Creswicke, Louis
South African War, 1899-1902; Transvaal (South Africa) -- History
SIR FRANCIS CLERY, K.C.B. 168
MAJOR-GENERAL SMITH-DORRIEN, D.S.O. 176
LIEUT.-GENERAL TUCKER, C.B. 184
4. _MAPS AND ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT_
MAP OF SEAT OF WAR 5
PLANS--BATTLE OF DIAMOND HILL 14, 16
LINES TORN UP BY DE WET 22
BATTLE OF ALMOND'S NEK (MAJUBA) 28
REPAIRING LAING'S NEK TUNNEL 31
RAILWAY MAP--E. AND S.E. OF PRETORIA 33
" " W. AND S.W. OF PRETORIA 41
" " E. ORANGE RIVER COLONY AND NATAL 45
POSITION OF TROOPS ROUND THE BRANDWATER BASIN BEFORE THE
SURRENDER OF PRINSLOO 50
NITRAL'S NEK 58
MAP ILLUSTRATING THE EASTWARD MOVE FROM EERSTEFABRIEKEN
TO MIDDELBURG 64
MAP--THE BATTLEFIELDS OF PRETORIA 73
COMMANDO'S NEK, MAGALIESBERG 79
A CAPITAL ON WHEELS 94
MAP--LYDENBURG CAMPAIGN 104
BARBERTON 107
HARRISMITH 113
MAJOR-GENERAL BRABAZON 155
BRIGADIER-GENERAL BROADWOOD 155
LIEUT.-COLONEL DALGETY 161
HON. SIR W. HELY-HUTCHINSON 169
MAJOR-GENERAL HUTTON, C.B. 171
COLONEL KEKEWICH 172
LIEUTENANT ROBERTS, V.C. 182
LIEUTENANT-COLONEL THORNEYCROFT 186
CAPTAIN TOWSE, V.C. 186
SURG.-GENERAL W. D. WILSON 189
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE--VOL. VI.
JUNE 1900.
5.--The British flag hoisted in Pretoria.
7.--The 4th Battalion Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) captured
by the enemy at Roodeval.
9.--Klerksdorp surrendered to General Hunter.
11.--Lord Methuen gained a complete victory over De Wet.
12.--Almond's Nek having been forced the previous day, the Boers
evacuated Laing's Nek and Majuba at nightfall, and General Buller
encamped four miles north of Volksrust.
The battle of Diamond Hill. Lord Roberts defeated Botha 15 miles east of
Pretoria. The Boers retreated in the night farther east.
13.--The Boers continued their aggressions on the Senekal-Ficksburg
line. The Senekal-Winburg telegraph line was damaged. General
Lyttelton occupied Wakkerstroom.
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