V. THE CAPE AUXILIARY HORSE TRANSPORT COMPANIES 337 VI. VICTORIA CROSSES WON BY SOUTH AFRICANS DURING THE WAR 341 VII. HONOURS WON BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES IN FRANCE 349 INDEX 387 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Delville Wood _Frontispiece_ Major-General Sir Henry Timson Lukin, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. _Facing page_ 18 “Nancy,” the 4th Regiment Mascot, on the Somme Battlefield ” 46 Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Jones, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” 54 Longueval Village after the Battle ” 58 Brigadier-General W. E. C. Tanner, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. ” 60 Lieutenant W. F. Faulds, V.C. ” 66 Lieutenant-Colonel E. F. Thackeray, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” 70 Brigadier-General Frederick Stewart Dawson, C.M.G., D.S.O., A.D.C. ” 102 Second-Lieutenant W. H. Hewitt, V.C. ” 142 Lieutenant-Colonel E. Christian, D.S.O., M.C. ” 170 Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Heal, D.S.O. ” 186 Lieutenant-Colonel D. M. MacLeod, D.S.O., M.C., D.C.M. ” 232 Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. L. Tripp, D.S.O., M.C. ” 276 Lieutenant-Colonel N. Harrison, C.M.G., D.S.O. ” 286 Colonel P. G. Stock, C.B., C.B.E. ” 318 Lieutenant-Colonel F. R. Collins, D.S.O. ” 334 Lieutenant-Colonel G. Helbert, C.B.E. ” 348 LIST OF MAPS. 1. Operations on the Western Frontier of Egypt. _Facing page_ 24 2. Scene of Earlier Operations near Mersa Matruh ” 28 3. The Advance to Agagia and Barrani ” 32 4. Barrani to Sollum ” 36 5. Longueval and Delville Wood ” 56 6. The Fighting before the Butte de Warlencourt ” 92 7. The Scene of the Advance of the South African Brigade against the Butte de Warlencourt Position ” 96 8. The South African Brigade at the Battle of Arras: First Stage of the Advance ” 118 9. Battle of Arras: Final Stage of the Advance ” 124 10. The South African Attack at the Third Battle of Ypres ” 134 11. The Third Battle of Ypres ” 146 12. The Positions held by the South African Brigade at the outset of the German Offensive of 1918 ” 162