1.--Severe engagement between General Dixon and Delarey at Vlakfontein, in the Magaliesberg. Enemy repulsed with heavy loss. Our casualties also heavy. 6.--De Wet severely defeated near Reitz by General Elliot, who made large captures. 9.--Lieut.-General Sir John French assumed command of the troops in Cape Colony. 12.--General Beatson surprised near Middelburg (Transvaal). Loss of two pom-poms. JULY 1901. 5.--In reply to Botha's inquiries about ending the war, Kruger telegraphed to Botha to continue fighting. 6.--A train wrecked on the Pretoria-Pietersburg line. 15.--Capture of the so-called "Orange Free State Government" at Reitz. Important Boer papers seized. Steyn alone of the members of his "Government" escaped--in his shirt. 16.--Important success by General French in Cape Colony. 19.--Publication of Lord Kitchener's despatch embodying contents of important documents seized at Reitz. Death of Mrs. Kruger. AUGUST 1901. 2.--More murders by Boers officially announced. One of the murdered men was an Imperial Yeoman. 8.--Commandant de Villiers and two Field Cornets surrendered at Warmbaths. 10.--Lord Kitchener by proclamation called upon the Boer leaders to surrender on or before the 15th of September. 13.--Lord Kitchener reported the largest return of Boer losses yet sustained in a week. More than 800 prisoners, 700 waggons, and 33,000 cattle. 27.--Lord Kitchener received letters from Steyn and De Wet protesting against his proclamation. 28.--Lord Milner arrived at the Cape from England. SEPTEMBER 1901. 2.--Another case of train-wrecking on the Pretoria-Pietersburg railway. 7.--Lotter and his entire commando captured in Cape Colony. 20.--Reverse to Major Gough near Utrecht. Severe fighting in Cape Colony. 21.--Reverse at Vlakfontein, near Sanna's Post. Two guns lost. (Afterwards recovered.) 23.--The camp of Lovat's Scouts rushed by Kruitzinger near Herschel. Koch's commando captured near Edenburg. The Carolina commando captured by Colonel Benson. 26.--Ten Boer leaders banished under Lord Kitchener's proclamation. Attacks on Fort Itala and Fort Prospect. Boers repulsed with very heavy losses at both places. The attempt of Botha and De Wet to invade Natal foiled. 29.--Proclamation issued in Pretoria providing for the sale of the properties of Boers still in the field, in accordance with Lord Kitchener's proclamation. 30.--Great attack by Delarey and Kemp on Colonel Kekewich's camp near Magato Nek, in the Magaliesberg. Boers repulsed. Severe losses on both sides. The Scottish Horse especially distinguished themselves and sustained severe loss. OCTOBER 1901. 6.--General Walter Kitchener and General Bruce-Hamilton engaged Botha's forces in the south-east of the Transvaal. Botha escaped to the north. 9.--Martial law extended to the whole of Cape Colony.