TRANSVAAL (WEST) 158 ORANGE RIVER COLONY 158 CAPE COLONY 162 THE SITUATION--JANUARY 1902 163 THE LOYALISTS OF THE CAPE COLONY 171 THE SOLDIERS' CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION 176 CHAPTER XVI THE NEW YEAR--JANUARY 1902 178 TRANSVAAL (EAST) 178 TRANSVAAL (NORTH) 179 TRANSVAAL (WEST) 180 ORANGE RIVER COLONY 180 A BIG TRAP FOR DE WET 181 CAPE COLONY 183 CHAPTER XVII THE EVENTS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1902 184 TRANSVAAL (EAST) 184 TRANSVAAL (WEST) 185 ORANGE RIVER COLONY--MAJUBA DAY 189 THE CAPE COLONY 190 CHAPTER XVIII THE CLOSE OF HOSTILITIES--MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY 1902 192 TRANSVAAL (EAST) 192 FINISHING CLEARANCE OF THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY 193 TRANSVAAL (WEST)--MARCH 194 CAPE COLONY--MARCH 196 THE SITUATION--APRIL AND MAY 199 APPENDIX--THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. COMMENCED MARCH 12, 1902; CONCLUDED MAY 31, 1902 201 OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE AFTER THE BATTLE OF COLENSO, DECEMBER 15, 1899 210 RECIPIENTS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS 212 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS--VOL. VII. 1. _COLOURED PLATES_ PAGE CROSSING THE KOMATI RIVER _Frontispiece_ CECIL J. RHODES AT GROOTE SCHUUR 32 AN ARMY DOCTOR AT WORK IN THE FIRING LINE 64 DELAGOA BAY 100 CHURCH SQUARE, PRETORIA 104 BULLOCK WAGGON CROSSING A DRIFT ON THE UMBELOSI RIVER, SWAZILAND 120 DE WET'S ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE RAILWAY 160 A DUTCH VILLAGE NEAR EDENBURG 176 2. _FULL-PAGE PLATES_ DEFENDING A TRAIN DERAILED BY THE BOERS 24