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Military History – South Africa – Europe – England 19th Century
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Contents
Foreword
Introduction
The Europeans Arrive
The British Presence
Boer Independence
The Anglo-Boer War 1889-1902
The Progress of the War
Guerrilla War
Chronology
A
Abraham’s Kraal, Battle of,
Acton Homes, Action at,
Africans, Black
Afrikander Uprisings
Agterryer
Albrecht, Major F. W. R.,
Aliwal North
Alleman Nek, Action at,
Allenby, Colonel E. H. H.,
Anti-Semitism
Armoured Train Incident,
Artillery, Boer
Artillery, British, Field and Naval
Artillery Shells
B
Baden-Powell, Major-General Robert,
Bagration-Mukhransky, Prince Nikolai,
Bakenlaagte, Battle of,
Balloons
Baralong, The
Barton, Major-General G.
Basutoland
Beaufort West
Bechuanaland
Belmont, Battle of,
Benson, Colonel G. E.,
Bergendal, Battle of,
Bermuda
Bethlehem
Beyers, Assistant Commandant-General C. F.,
Biddulphsberg, Battle of,
Biggarsberg Mountains
Biltong
Bitter-Ender
Blake, Colonel J. Y. F.,
Blockhouses
Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein, Advance from,
Bloemfontein Convention,
Bloemfontein Conference,
Blood River, Battle of,
Blood River Poort, Action at,
Boer
Boer Forces
Boer Forces, Discipline
Boer Forces, Training
Boer Republics
Boer Tactics
Boer War, First (First War of Independence),
Boshof, Battle of,
Bos-Veldt
Botha, Assistant Commandant-General Christiaan,
Botha, Commandant-General Louis,
Botha’s Pass, Action at,
Bothaville, Action at,
Boyes, Major-General J. E.
Brabant, Major-General Sir Edward,
Brandfort, Action at,
Brandwater Basin, Surrender at,
British Colonisation of South Africa
British Forces
British Opposition to the War
British South Africa Company
British Uniforms and Equipment
Broadwood, Brigadier-General R. G.,
Brodrick, The Right Hon. W. St John F.,
Buller, General Sir Redvers, V.C.,
Burger, Vice-President Schalk,
Burgher
Burnham, Major Frederick Russell,
Byng, Lieutenant-Colonel Julian,
Bywoner
C
Cape Colony, Invasions of
Cape Town
Casualties
Chamberlain, The Rt. Hon. Joseph,
Chieveley
Chocolate, The Queen’s
Christian Victor, His Highness Major Prince,
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer,
Clements, Major-General R. A. P.
Clery, Lieutenant-General Sir Francis
Colenso, Battle of,
Colvile, Major-General Sir Henry,
Commandant, Commandant-general
Commandeer
Commando
Communications
Colesberg
Colley, Major-General Sir George,
Concentration Camps, Black
Concentration Camps, White
Creusot Guns
Cronjé, Vecht-General Andries P. J.
Cronjé, Assistant Commandant-General Piet,
D
Dam
Dartnell, Brigadier-General J. G.
De Aar
Delagoa Bay Railway
De la Rey, Assistant Commandant-General Jacobus Herculaas ‘Koos’,
De Wet, Chief Commandant Christiaan Rudolf,
De Wet, Vecht-General Piet D.,
Diamond Hill, Battle of,
Donga
Doornkop, Battle of,
Doornkop, Battle of,
Dorp
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan,
Drakensberg Mountains
Driefontein, Battle of,
Drift
Drives
Dum-Dum Bullets
Dundee
Dundonald, Major-General The Earl of,
Durban
Dutch Colonisation
E
Elandsfontein, Action at,
Elandslaagte, Battle of,
Elands Poort, Action at,
Elands River Post, Battle of,
Eloff, Commandant Sarel J.,
Enslin, Battle of,
Erasmus, Assistant Commandant-General D. J. E. ‘Maroola’
Erasmus, Major P. E.
Ermelo
Esau, Abraham, d.
Estcourt
European Views of the War
F
Farm Burning
Fawcett, Mrs Millicent Garrett,
Fontein
Fouché, Vecht-General W. D.
Fourteen Streams
Frederikstad, Action at,
French, Lieutenant-General Sir John,
French Volunteers
Frere
G
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand,
Gat
Gatacre, Lieutenant-General Sir William,
Gold and the Witwatersrand
Gordon, Brigadier-General J. R. P.
Gough, Lieutenant-Colonel Hubert De La Poer,
Graspan (or Enslin), Battle of,
Great Trek, The
Griqualand
Grobler, Assistant Chief-Commandant E. R.,
Guerrilla War
H
Haig, Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas,
Hamilton, Major-General Bruce M.
Hamilton, Brigadier-General G. H. C.
Hamilton, Lieutenant-General Sir Ian,
Hands-Uppers
Harrismith
Hart, Major-General Arthur Fitzroy
Heilbron
Helpmekaar, Action at,
Hely-Hutchinson, The Hon. Sir Walter,
Helvetia, Action at,
Hertzog, Assistant Commandant-General James Barry Munnik,
Hildyard, Major-General H. J. T.,
Hobhouse, Emily,
Holkrantz, Action at,
Hopetown
Horses
Howick
Hunter, Lieutenant-General Sir Archibald,
Hutton, Major-General E. T. H.
I
Indian Ambulance Corps
Indian Participation
Inspan
Intelligence
Irish
J
Jameson, Dr Leander Starr,
Jameson Raid,
Jammerbergdrif, Siege of,
Johannesburg
Joiners
Joubert, Commandant-General Petrus (Piet) Jacobus ,
Journalists
K
Kaffir
Karri Davies, Major Walter,
Kekewich, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert George,
Kelly-Kenny, Lieutenant-General Thomas,
Khaki
Khoikhoi, The
Kimberley, Siege of,
Kimberley, Relief of,
Kitchener, Major-General Frederick W.
Kitchener, General The Rt Hon. Viscount, of Khartoum,
Klerksdorp Conference,
Kloof
Kock, Assistant Commandant-General J. H. M.,
Koedoesberg Drift, Battle of,
Komatipoort
Koornspruit, Battle of
Kop, Kopje
Kraaipan, Action at,
Kraal
Krantz
Krijgsraad
Kripvreter
Kritzinger, Assistant Chief-Commandant P. H.,
Kroonstad, Council at
Kruger, S. J. Paulus (Paul),
Kuruman, Siege of,
L
Laager
Laagte
Labram, George Frederick,
Labuschagnes Nek, Battle of,
Ladybrand
Lady Grey
Ladysmith
Lang Reit
Langs Nek
Lansdowne, Marquis of,
Le Gallais, Lieutenant-Colonel P. W. J.,
Leliefontein, Action at,
Leliefontein, Massacre at,
Lindley, Battle of,
Lombard’s Kop, Action at,
London Convention, The,
Long, Colonel C. J.,
Lötter, Commandant J. C.
Lynch, Arthur,
Lyttleton, Major-General Neville G.,
M
MacBride, John,
Macdonald, Major-General Hector A.,
Machadodorp
Mafeking, Siege of,
Mafikeng
Magaliesberg Mountains
Magersfontein, Battle of,
Majuba Hill, Battle of,
Maps
Martial Law
Mashonaland
Matabeleland
Maxim, Sir Hiram,
Maxim-Nordenfelt Pom-Pom
Maxim-Vickers Machinegun
Maximov, Colonel Yevgeny Yakovlevich,
Medical Services
Methuen, Lieutenant-General Lord,
Meyer, General Lucas,
Middelburg, Conference at,
Military Attachés
Milner, Lord,
Modderfontein, Action at,
Modderfontein, Battle of,
Modder River (or Twee Riviere), Battle of,
Moedwil, Action at,
Morant, Harry Harbord,
Mostertshoek, Battle of,
N
Naauwpoort
Naboomspruit, Ambush near,
Natal
Nek
Newcastle
Nicholson’s Nek, Action at,
Nguni People
Nooitgedacht, Battle of,
Norval’s Pont
O
Olifant’s Nek, De Wet’s Escape at,
Olivier, Commandant J. H.
O’Okiep, Siege of,
Orange Free State
Orange River Station
Otter, Lieutenant-Colonel W. D.
Outspan
P
Paardeberg, Battle of,
Paterson, A. B. (Banjo),
Peace Negotiations
Penkoppe
Photography
Pietermaritzburg
Pieters Hill, Battle of,
Platrand, Battle of,
Plumer, Brigadier-General H. C. O.,
Pole-Carew, Major-General Reginald,
Pont
Poort
Poplar Grove, Battle of,
Portuguese East Africa
Pretoria
Prinsloo, Chief Commandant Marthinus
Prisoners-of-War
Pro-Boers
Provisions
Public Hanging
R
Railway System
Rand
Rawlinson, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry,
Reddersburg
Refugees
Reitz, Action at,
Reitz, Deneys,
Rhodes, Cecil,
Rhodesia
Rhodesian Field Force
Rietfontein, Battle of,
Rifles
The Martini-Henry
The Mauser
The Lee-Enfield
Rimington, Colonel Michael Frederick
Roberts, Field Marshal Earl, of Kandahar, V.C.,
Roodewal, Battle of,
Rooibaatje
Roo’nek
Rooiwal, Battle of,
Rundle, Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie,
Russian Volunteers
S
San, The
Sand River Convention,
Sangar
Sannaspos, Battle of,
Schanze
Scarves, Queen Victoria’s
Scheepers, Commandant Gideon J.,
Schiel, Colonel Adolf Friedrich,
Scott, Captain Percy M.,
Senekal
Shrapnel
Sjambok
Slingersfontein, Action at,
Sluit
Smith-Dorrien, Major-General H. L.,
Smuts, Assistant Commandant-General Jan Christian,
Snyman, Vecht-General J. P.
Spioenkop, Battle of,
Springfield
Spruit
Stad
Steyn, Marthinus Theunis,
Stoep
Stormberg, Battle of,
Sunnyside, Battle of,
Surrender Hill
Swaziland
Sweeps
Symons, Major-General Sir William Penn,
T
Tafel Kop, Action at,
Talana, Battle of,
Terrain
Thaba ‘Nchu
Theron, Commandant D. J. S. (Danie),
Thorneycroft, Lieutenant-Colonel A. W.
Transport
Transvaal
Trek, Trek-Boer
Trenches
Trichardt, Lieutenant-Colonel S. P. E.,
Tugela Heights, Battle of,
Tugela River
Tweebosch, Battle of,
Tweefontein, Battle of,
U
Uitlander
Uitskud
United States of America, Attitude of
V
Vaal River
Vaalkrans, Battle of,
Vecht-General
Veldt
Veldt-Cornet
Vereeniging Conference
Verkenner
Viljoen, Vecht-General B. J. (Ben),
Villebois-Mareuil, Vecht-General Count Georges De,
Vlakfontein, Action at,
Vlei
Volkrust
Volksraad
Voortrekker
W
Warren, Lieutenant-General Sir Charles,
Waterval Drift, Action at,
Wauchope, Major-General A. G.,
Wepener
Wernher, Beit & Co.
White, Lieutenant-General Sir George
Willow Grange, Battle of,
Wolseley, Field Marshal Lord,
Woodgate, Major-General E. R. P.,
Wools-Sampson, Aubrey,
Wynne, Major-General A. S.
X
Xhosa
Y
Yule, Major-General J. H.,
Z
Zand River, Battle of,
Zilikatsnek, Action at,
Zulu, The
Zululand
Zulu War, The,
Appendix : British Forces
Chart of Staff appointments made at the Commencement of the War
Troops Engaged in the War
Regular Army
In Cape Colony and Natal in September 1899 (N=Natal):
Sent to South Africa before the outbreak of the war, (arrived on the eve of or just after the
commencement, of hostilities.):
The Army Corps (despatched Oct.-Nov. 1899):
Ordered out, 31 October 1899:
Ordered out, 11 November 1899 (Fifth Division):
Ordered out, 4 December 1899 (Sixth Division):
Ordered out, 14 December 1899 (Seventh Division):
Ordered out, December 1899 – January 1900:
Technical Troops – Regulars:
Militia (31 battalions, about 20,626 men):
Volunteers and Irregulars, British:
Imperial Yeomanry:
Volunteers:
Volunteers and Irregulars, Colonial:
South Africa:
Canada:
Australia:
India:
Cavalry:
Imperial Yeomanry:
Imperial Yeomanry, companies attached to earlier battalions:
Infantry (M=Militia):
Garrison Artillery: 63rd Company.
Australasia:
Canada:
South Africa:
Forces in selected campaigns and sieges
Siege of Kimberley:
Siege of Ladysmith:
Siege of Mafeking:
Battle of Colenso (under Sir Redvers Buller):
Buller reinforced Decmber 1899-January 1900 with:
Spioenkop flanking march (for Brigade strengths see above):
Advance on Kimberley, November-December 1899 (under Methuen):
Lord Roberts’s Army, February 1900, the Relief of Kimberley and the Advance on Bloemfontein:
The Advance from Bloemfontein, May 1900:
Army of the Right (Ian Hamilton):
Army of the South-west:
Composition and Strength of Columns, Transvaal War, mid-1901
composition and strength of columns engaged in major-general bruce-hamilton’s operations in
southern orange river colony .1
columns engaged in major-general charles knox’s operations in central orange river colony. colonel
pilcher’s column.
The Transvaal War
columns engaged in major-general elliot’s operations in northern orange river colony.
columns engaged in lieut.-colonel western’s operations on the vaal river.
Composition and Strength of Columns
columns engaged in clearing the east of the orange river colony.
columns engaged in operations in the south-west transvaal.
The Transvaal War
columns engaged in operations between the delagoa and natal lines.
columns engaged in brigadier-general plumer’s operations in south-eastern transvaal.
Composition and Strength of Columns
MAJOR-GENERAL BEATSON’S OPERATIONS.
columns engaged in lieut.-general sir bindon blood’s operations in the eastern transvaal.
columns engaged in operations on the pietersburg line.
OPERATIONS IN THE STANDERTON-HEIDELBERG DISTRICT.
The Transvaal War
columns engaged in operations in cape colony.
Appendix : Boer Forces
South African Republic (Transvaal)
Orange Free State
Foreign Corps
Other Units
Cape Rebels
Guerrilla War Forces
Boer Forces on 31 May 1902
Appendix : Concentration and Refugee Camps
South African Republic (Transvaal) – White Camps
South African Republic (Transvaal) – Black Camps
Orange Free State (Orange River Colony) – White Camps
Orange Free State (Orange River Colony) – Black Camps
Cape Colony – White Camps
Cape Colony – Black Camps
Natal Colony – White Camps
Natal Colony – Black Camp
Appendix : Documents
The Battle of Elandslaagte
The Battle of Belmont, 23 November 1899
Battle of Belmont Nov. 23rd 1899
The Battle of Magersfontein, 11 December 1899
The Hunt for De Wet, August 1900
Report to the Committee of the Distress Fund for South African Women and Children by Emily
Hobhouse
I.- REPORT AND EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS.
THE BLOEMFONTEIN CAMP.
NORVALS PONT AND ALIWAL NORTH.
ALIWAL NORTH.
BACK IN BLOEMFONTEIN.
SPRINGFONTEIN.
RAILWAY STAFF OFFICE, NORVALS PONT.
KIMBERLEY.
MAFEKING,
KIMBERLEY,
BLOEMFONTEIN,
REFUGEE CAMPS. O.R.C.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Appendices
APPENDIX A.
PERSONAL RECORDS.
GENERAL REMARKS.
COPY OF ORDER.
COPY.
OLD MR. N.
MRS. N.
WINBURG.
MR. AND MRS. G. W.
P. D. W.
APPENDIX B.
APPLICATIONS FOR RELEASE, &c.
MAJOR WRIGHT (Commandant),
RATIONS.
APPENDIX C.
PERSONAL NARRATIVES AS WRITTEN BY WOMEN IN THE CAMPS.
NARRATIVE I.
NARRATIVE II.
NARRATIVE III.
NARRATIVE IV.
The Peace Negotiations
THE MIDDELBERG PROPOSAL:
Appendix A
THREE YEARS WAR
Appendix B
Appendix C
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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