C. F. ROMER. A. E. MAINWARING. CONTENTS PART I.--FIGHTING. CHAP. Page I. Talana 3 II. The Retreat from Dundee 16 III. From Colenso to Estcourt 22 IV. Estcourt and Frere 28 V. The Battle of Colenso 34 VI. Venter's Spruit 42 VII. Vaal Krantz 55 VIII. Hart's and Pieter's Hills--The Relief of Ladysmith 61 IX. The Siege of Ladysmith 76 X. Aliwal North and Fourteen Streams 83 PART II.--TREKKING. I. From Vryburg to Heidelberg 97 II. Heidelberg 111 III. After De Wet 121 IV. September in the Gatsrand 141 V. Frederickstadt--Klip River--The Losberg 164 VI. Buried Treasure--The Eastern Transvaal--The Krugersdorp Defences 182 VII. The Last Twelve Months 193 PART III. I. The Aden Hinterland 205 II. The Return Home and Reception 217 III. The Memorial Arch 229 APPENDIX 239 ILLUSTRATIONS FULL-PAGE PLATES. H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, K.G., Commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean Forces, and Colonel-in-chief of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers _Frontispiece_ Regimental Book-Plate _Title-page_ Casualties at Talana _Facing page_ 8 Major-General C. D. Cooper, C.B., commanding 2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers in Natal " " 24 Captain C. F. Romer and Captain E. Fetherstonhaugh " " 32 General Hart's Flank Attack from the Boers' Point of View (Plan) " " 34 Casualties at Colenso " " 36 Group of twenty Sergeants taken after the Battle of Colenso, all that remained of Forty-Eight who left Maritzburg " " 40 Casualties at Tugela Heights " " 56, 64 Taking Fourteen Streams (Plan) " " 88 Miscellaneous Casualties " " 104