TWO YEARS ON TREK BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA. BY THE LATE LT.-COLONEL DU MOULIN.
Reading edition
WITH A PREFACE BY
COL. J. G. PANTON, C.M.G.
Commanding 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, 1903-1907.
EDITED BY
H. F. BIDDER,
Captain, 3rd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment.
MURRAY AND CO., THE MIDDLESEX PRINTING WORKS, 180, BROMPTON ROAD, S.W. 1907.
THIS BOOK
WRITTEN FOR THE MOST PART BY THE LATE
LT.-COL. DU MOULIN
HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND PUBLISHED
BY HIS COMRADES
AS THE MOST FITTING MEMORIAL
TO A GALLANT SOLDIER.
DULCE · ET · DECORUM · EST · PRO · PATRIA · MORI
CONTENTS.
Chap. Page
I. To Bloemfontein. 1
II. The 21st Brigade. The Trek Begins. 13
III. To Zand River. 28
IV. The Fight at Zand River. 39
V. Across the Vaal. 50
VI. Doornkop. 60
VII. Pretoria. 69
VIII. Diamond Hill, First Day. 79
IX. Diamond Hill, Second Day. 84
X. To Springs. 95
XI. To Reitz. 105
XII. To Meyer's Kop. 117
XIII. Retief's Nek. 126
XIV. To the Boer Laager. 144
XV. To Winburg. 162
XVI. Up and Down. 173
XVII. To Lindley. 185
XVIII. The Railway Needs Repair. 202
XIX. To Bothaville. 215
XX. Ventersburg Road. 225
XXI. Back To Lindley. 234
XXII. In Garrison. 247
XXIII. The Raising of the Mounted Column. 257
XXIV. Two Districts. 273
XXV. De Put. 282
XXVI. To Vlakfontein. 291
XXVII. Abraham's Kraal. 301
XXVIII. Northwards—and the End. 308
XXIX. The Third Battalion. 319
Appendices.