Volume 7 — Introductory material
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
COMPOSITION AND STRENGTH OF COLUMNS
THE SITUATION—FEBRUARY 1901
CHAPTER I
Continuation of the De Wet Chase, 1st to 10th March—Across the Orange River
Lyttelton’s Sweeping Movement—10th to 20th March—Thabanchu Line
CHAPTER II
Cape Colony—Pursuit of Raiders—March and April—Chasing Kruitzinger
CHAPTER III
The Operations of General French in the Eastern Transvaal, from 27th January to 16th April 1901
CHAPTER IV
In the Western Transvaal—January to May
April, Orange River Colony—Operations of General Bruce-Hamilton and General Rundle
CHAPTER V
Combined Movement for the Clearance of the Northern Transvaal—March and April
Lieutenant-General Sir Bindon Blood’s Operations North of the Line Middelburg—Belfast—Lydenburg
Colonel Grenfell at Pietersburg
CHAPTER VI
General Elliot’s Operations from Kroonstad
General Elliot’s Operations—Second Phase
CHAPTER VII
General Bruce-Hamilton’s Operations, Orange River Colony (South)
Major-General C. Knox, Orange River Colony (Centre)—May and June
CHAPTER VIII
Lord Methuen, Transvaal (South-West)—May and June
CHAPTER IX
Operations between the Delagoa and Natal Lines—May and June
Brigadier-General Plumer in the Eastern Transvaal
Major-General Beatson’s Operations
Lieutenant-General Sir Bindon Blood, Eastern Transvaal
Activities around Standerton and Heidelberg
CHAPTER X
Lieutenant-Colonel Grenfell’s Operations, Transvaal, N.
Situation and Skirmishes in Cape Colony—May and June
CHAPTER XI
Orange River Colony, S.—Major-Generals Bruce-Hamilton and C. Knox—July
Orange River Colony, N.—Major-General Elliot
Orange River Colony, E.—Lieutenant-General Sir L. Rundle
Orange River Colony, N.—Colonel Rimington—Brigadier-General Bullock—Brigadier-General Spens
Transvaal, S.W.—Operations of General Fetherstonhaugh—Clearing the Magaliesberg—July
Transvaal, E.—Lieutenant-General Sir Bindon Blood
Standerton-Heidelberg—Lieutenant-Colonel Colville
Cape Colony—July
The Situation—August
CHAPTER XII
Orange River Colony—August
Orange River Colony, S.—Brigadier-General Plumer
Orange River Colony, E.—Major-General Elliot—August
Sweeping the Kroonstad District—Brigadier-General Spens
Operations near Honing Spruit and the Losberg—Lieutenant-Colonel Garratt
Scouring the Magaliesberg—Colonels Allenby and Kekewich
Transvaal, S.W.
The Pietersburg Line—Lieut.-Colonel Grenfell
The Transvaal (North-East)—General Blood’s Operations
Lieutenant-Colonel Colville’s Operations
Natal—Lieutenant-General Sir H. Hildyard
Cape Colony—Lieutenant-General Sir J. French
CHAPTER XIII
Natal and the Eastern Transvaal—September 1901
Transvaal (West)
Operations on the Vaal
Operations in the Orange River Colony, N.
Major-General Elliot—Orange River Colony, E.
Events in Cape Colony
CHAPTER XIV
Progress in October 1901
Transvaal (East)
Transvaal (West)
October in the Orange River Colony
Operations in Cape Colony
CHAPTER XV
The Close of 1901—Progress in November and December
Transvaal (East)
Transvaal (West)
Orange River Colony
The Swazi Border
November and December
Transvaal (East)—December
In the Northern Transvaal
Transvaal (West)
Orange River Colony
Cape Colony
The Situation—January 1902
The Loyalists of the Cape Colony
The Soldiers’ Christian Association
CHAPTER XVI
The New Year—January 1902
Transvaal (East)
Transvaal (North)
Transvaal (West)
Orange River Colony
A Big Trap for De Wet
Cape Colony
CHAPTER XVII
The Events of February and March 1902
Transvaal (East)
Transvaal (West)
Orange River Colony—Majuba Day
The Cape Colony
CHAPTER XVIII
The Close of Hostilities—March, April, and May 1902
Transvaal (East)
Finishing Clearance of the Orange River Colony
Transvaal (West)—March
Cape Colony—March
The Situation—April and May
APPENDIX—THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Commenced March 12, 1902; Concluded May 31, 1902
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE AFTER THE BATTLE OF COLENSO, December 15, 1899
RECIPIENTS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS