At the present moment, July 26, the British have communication from Johannesburg and Pretoria to the sea-coast by two routes--to Cape Town and to Durban. The actions of the Boers show that it is not in their power seriously to incommode either the one or the other. The trivial raids performed by their mounted men under De Wet and Botha may protract the sufferings of the war, and add to the close of the struggle a certain lustre of persistent resistance; but, barring events now unforeseen and scarcely to be anticipated, they cannot change the issue, which has become simply a question of endurance between combatants immeasurably unequal in resources. INDEX {p.317} Admiralty, the British, utmost credit due to its efforts in transporting troops and material, 86. American colonies, the, action of, in the old wars contrasted with colonial action of to-day, 77. Army Reserve, 25,000 men called out, 32. Army Service Corps, the, 103. Australasia and the war, 75. Australia supplies wheat to the Transvaal, 16. Barbed-Wire obstacles at battle of Elandslaagte, 54; defences at Magersfontein, 163. Barter's, Colonel, brave deed at Modder River, 158. Barton, Major-General, advances to Chieveley, 217. Beira, port of, 11. Belmont, battle of, 148-150. Bethlehem, 15. Biggarsberg Range, 39, 48. Black week of the war for the British, 168. Bloemfontein, 11; occupied by the British, 305. Boers, original plan of campaign of the, 9, 26; helped by nature of the country, 21; their decided superiority in numbers at the beginning of hostilities, 25, 36; ultimatum, the, 31; guns, position of, betrayed by their flashes, 52; procrastination, 58, 123, 129; forces, estimation of the, 116; trenches and tactics, 133, 144, 163; losses in battle, difficulty of arriving at the truth respecting, 202. Bonaparte, 111. Brabant, General, 311. British Army, first order to mobilize issued, 32; gallantry and skill of the, at the opening of the campaign, 27; officers' "stupidity," Captain Mahan's striking question on it, 201. British Columbia and the war, 77. British Cabinet decides to send 2,000 men to Natal, 29. British Navy and transport service, splendid tribute to, 86 _et seq._ Buffalo River, 37, 40. Buller, General Sir Redvers, arrives at Cape Town to take chief command, 68; assumes the command in Natal, 195. Buluwayo, 11. Campaign, the, compared with that of 1881, 117; its enormous difficulties unforeseen by the British Government and people, 73; the question as to its future conduct at the time of General Buller's arrival, 132. Canada and the war, 75. Canadian Regiment, gallant conduct of the, at Paardeberg, 289. Cape, the, 4; seized by the British 1795, again in 1806, 5. Cape Police, the, and the defence of Kimberley, 137.