IX. AFTER OSPRUIT—SOME TRIBUTES TO MAJOR SHOWERS AND OTHER HEROES 175 X. PRISONERS OF WAR 191 XI. TOWARDS PRETORIA—LUMSDEN’S HORSE SCOUTING AHEAD OF THE ARMY FROM BLOEMFONTEIN TO THE VAAL RIVER 208 XII. JOHANNESBURG AND PRETORIA IN OUR HANDS 230 XIII. ON LINES OF COMMUNICATION AT IRENE, KALFONTEIN, ZURFONTEIN, AND SPRINGS—THE PRETORIA PAPER-CHASE 248 XIV. ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS—BOER SCOUTING—A RECONNAISSANCE TO CROCODILE RIVER—FAREWELL TO COLONEL ROSS 270 XV. A MARCH UNDER MAHON OF MAFEKING TO RUSTENBURG AND WARMBATHS—IN PURSUIT OF DE WET 286 XVI. EASTWARD TO BELFAST AND BARBERTON UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND MAHON 313 XVII. MARCHING AND FIGHTING—FROM MACHADODORP TO HEIDELBERG AND PRETORIA UNDER GENERALS FRENCH AND DICKSON 340 XVIII. HOMEWARD BOUND—APPROBATION FROM LORD ROBERTS—CAPE TOWN’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS—FAREWELL TO SOUTH AFRICA 359 XIX. THE RETURN TO INDIA—WELCOME HOME—HONOURS AND ORATIONS—DISBANDMENT 377 XX. A STIRRING SEQUEL—THE STORY OF THOSE WHO STAYED—MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THOSE WHO HAVE GONE 409 ------------------ _APPENDICES_ I. ROLL OF LUMSDEN’S HORSE, INCLUDING TRANSPORT 427 II. MOBILISATION SCHEME FOR LUMSDEN’S HORSE 437 III. THE ADJUTANT’S NOTE-BOOK 446 IV. LIST OF OFFICERS, N.C.O.S, AND MEN WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED DECORATIONS, COMMISSIONS, OR CIVIL APPOINTMENTS 454 V. HONOURS AND PROMOTIONS 456 VI. HONORARY RANK IN THE ARMY 461 VII. LUMSDEN’S HORSE EQUIPMENT FUND 462 VIII. FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS OF THE CORPS 476 IX. LUMSDEN’S HORSE RECEPTION COMMITTEE 480 X. THE FINAL ACCOUNTS 483 XI. REPORT OF TRANSPORT SERGEANT 485 XII. TOPICAL SONG BY A TROOPER 490 INDEX 491 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS _PLATES_ _From Drawings, and from Photographs by Messrs._ JOHNSTON & HOFFMANN, KAPP & CO., BOURNE & SHEPHERD, _and_ HARRINGTON & CO., _Calcutta_; _Messrs._ ELLIOTT & FRY, _London_, _and others_.