21.--War Office arranged for reinforcements. 22.--Boer movement in Cape Colony checked. 26.--General Charles Knox engaged with De Wet near Leeuw Kop. 28.--De Wet, frustrated in his attempt to break through to the south, withdrew to Senekal. Cape raiders driven northward. 29.--British garrison at Helvetia captured. 30.--Preparations made for the frustration of a more ambitious Boer raid into Cape Colony. JANUARY 1901 1.--"Call to arms" at Capetown. Enthusiastic response. 7.--Boers attacked Belfast, Wonderfontein, Nooitgedacht, Widfontein, and Pan, and after sharp fighting were dispersed. 10.--Machadodorp attacked by night. Post gallantly defended. 12.--Boers driven eastward from Witwatersberg by General French. Activities in Cape Colony to frustrate Hertzog's advance. 22.--Death of Queen Victoria. Lamentation throughout the world. 23.--Colonels De Lisle, Scobell, and Collenbrander drove the enemy out of Calvinia and Van Rhynsdorp, and pursued him north to Carnarvon. 28.--General French marched eastward, clearing the valley of the Wilge River. FEBRUARY 1901. 6.--General French, after encountering little resistance, entered Ermelo. General Smith-Dorrien repulsed 2000 of the enemy. His losses were 23 killed and 52 wounded. 9.--Eastern movement continued in deluges of rain, but invasion of Natal by Botha eventually frustrated. 10.--De Wet, after many contests with the British forces in Orange River Colony, succeeded in crossing the river at Sand Drift. 14.--Animated chases after De Wet. 23.--De Wet succeeded in recrossing the river after losing 200 prisoners, all his guns, ammunition, and waggons. 27.--Lengthy negotiations for the promotion of peace took place between Lord Kitchener and Commandant Botha, which negotiations eventually fell to the ground. OFFICIAL TABLE OF CASUALTIES IN SOUTH AFRICA. The following is a table of casualties in the Field Force, South Africa, reported during the month of December 1900, and total casualties reported since the beginning of the war, up to and including the month:-- [Transcribers' Note: In order to fit the table within the standard Project Gutenberg constraints, column headings have been keyed as follows: D: Died of Wounds in South Africa (included in wounded). M: Missing and Prisoners. T: Total Killed, Wounded, Missing and Prisoners. O: Officers. N: N.C.O.'s and Men.]