24.--Lord Roberts left for the front in the Eastern Transvaal to operate against General Botha. 25.--Lieutenant Hans Cordua shot in Pretoria for his participation in the plot against Lord Roberts. 26.--Great battle near Dalmanutha. Capture of Commandant Olivier and his two sons at Winburg. 27.--Important positions captured near Dalmanutha. 28.--General Buller's troops occupied Machadodorp. Bergendal occupied. 29.--Kruger fled to Nelspruit. The Boers evacuated Helvetia, which was occupied by General Buller. 30.--British occupation of Waterval Boven. Release of about 2000 British prisoners at Nooitgedacht. SEPTEMBER 1900. 1.--Lord Roberts annexed to the British Empire the South African Republic, which henceforth will be known as the Transvaal Colony. 4.--General Buller and Botha engaged at Lydenburg. Siege of Ladybrand raised. 6.--British occupied Lydenburg. Botha retreated. 8.--Spitz Kop captured. 11.--Kruger, having fled from the Transvaal, arrived in Portuguese territory, and proceeded to Lorenzo Marques. 13.--Lord Roberts issued a proclamation calling upon the Boers to surrender. General French occupied Barberton. 16.--British occupied Nelspruit. 20.--British occupation of Kaap Muiden. 24.--Arrival of the British at the Portuguese frontier. Evacuation of all the Boer positions near the frontier. 25.--Lord Roberts telegraphed to the Lord Mayor of London that the City Imperial Volunteers might be expected home "before November 5th." Surrender of Boers to the Portuguese. OCTOBER 1900. 3.--Return of General Buller to Lydenburg after having marched through the whole of the hilly country to the north as far as Pilgrim's Rest, and having occupied the principal Boer positions. 9.--Continuous series of engagements in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and defeat of De Wet, who was driven north, across the Vaal, at Venterstroom. 10.--General Buller prepared to return home. 11.--Anniversary of Kruger's insolent ultimatum. 19.--Mr. Kruger left Lorenzo Marques for Europe, and made his exit from the political stage. 24.--General Buller left Cape Town for England. Koffyfontein besieged. 25.--The Transvaal formally annexed. NOVEMBER 1900 3.--Koffyfontein relieved. 6.--Engagement with De Wet near Bothaville. 16.--Conspirators against Lord Roberts arrested. 18.--Lord Roberts met with an accident at Johannesburg. 23.--Garrison at Dewetsdorp surrendered to De Wet. 27.--General Charles Knox in touch with De Wet at Beyersberg. 29.--Lord Kitchener took over the command in South Africa. DECEMBER 1900. 5.--De Wet crossed the Caledon with a view to entering Cape Colony. 11.--Lord Roberts left Cape Town for England. De Wet, after being turned northward by General Knox, moved towards Reddersburg. 13.--Reverse to General Clements near the Magaliesberg. Brabant's Horse mishap near Zastron. 19.--Boers under Delarey routed. Boer raid into Cape Colony.