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CONTENTS DEDICATION INTRODUCTORY NOTE MAPS AND PLANS CHAPTER I. STEAMING SOUTH R.M.S. 'Dunottar Castle, ' October 26 and October 29, 1899 CHAPTER II. THE STATE OF THE GAME Capetown; November 1, 1899 CHAPTER III. ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRONTIER East London: November 5, 1899 CHAPTER IV. IN NATAL Estcourt: November 6, 1899 CHAPTER V. A CRUISE IN THE ARMOURED TRAIN Estcourt: November 9, 1899 CHAPTER VI. DISTANT GUNS Estcourt: November 10, 1899 CHAPTER VII. THE FATE OF THE ARMOURED TRAIN Pretoria: November 20, 1899 CHAPTER VIII. PRISONERS OF WAR Pretoria: November 24, 1899 CHAPTER IX. THROUGH THE DUTCH CAMPS Pretoria: November 30, 1899 CHAPTER X. IN AFRIKANDER BONDS Pretoria: December 3, 1899 CHAPTER XI. I ESCAPE FROM THE BOERS Loureno Marques: December 22, 1899 CHAPTER XII. BACK TO THE BRITISH LINES Frere: December 24, 1899 CHAPTER XIII. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR Frere: January 4, 1900 CHAPTER XIV. A MILITARY DEMONSTRATION AND SOME GOOD NEWS Chieveley: January 8, 1900 CHAPTER XV. THE DASH FOR POTGIETER'S FERRY Spearman's Hill: January 13, 1900 CHAPTER XVI. TRICHARDT'S DRIFT AND THE AFFAIR OF ACTON HOMES Venter's Spruit: January 22, 1900 CHAPTER XVII. THE BATTLE OF SPION KOP Venter's Spruit: January 25, 1900 CHAPTER XVIII. THROUGH THE FIVE DAYS' ACTION Venter's Spruit: January 25, 1900 CHAPTER XIX. A FRESH-EFFORT AND AN ARMY CHAPLAIN Spearman's Hill: February 4, 1900 CHAPTER XX. THE COMBAT OF VAAL KRANTZ General Buller's Headquarters: February 9, 1900 CHAPTER XXI. HUSSAR HILL General Buller's Headquarters: February 15, 1900 CHAPTER XXII. THE ENGAGEMENT OF MONTE CRISTO Cingolo Neck: February 19, 1900 CHAPTER XXIII. THE PASSAGE OF THE TUGELA Hospital-ship 'Maine': March 4, 1900 CHAPTER XXIV. THE BATTLE OF PIETERS: THE THIRD DAY Hospital-ship 'Maine': March 5, 1900 CHAPTER XXV. UPON MAJUBA DAY Commandant's Office, Durban: March 6, 1900 CHAPTER XXVI. THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH Commandant's Office, Durban: March 9, 1900 CHAPTER XXVII. AFTER THE SIEGE Durban: March 10, 1900
