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South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 5 (of 6) From the Disaster at Koorn Spruit to Lord Roberts's entry into Pretoria

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Maj. F. S. Maude

Maj. Hon. A. H. Hamilton

Lord Methuen

Col. Mackinnon, C.I.V.

Capt. C. F. Vandeleur

GENERAL AND STAFF
Photo by Gregory & Co., London

South Africa
and the
Transvaal War

LOUIS CRESWICKE

AUTHOR OF “ROXANE,” ETC.

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS

IN SIX VOLUMES

VOL. V.—FROM THE DISASTER AT KOORN SPRUIT TO LORD ROBERTS’S ENTRY INTO PRETORIA

EDINBURGH: T. C. & E. C. JACK

MANCHESTER: KENNETH MACLENNAN, 75 PICCADILLY

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press

	PAGE
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE	vii
CHAPTER I
The Disaster at Koorn Spruit	1
The Reddersburg Mishap	16
Escape of Prisoners from Pretoria	21
Preparations for Action	32
The Battle of Boshop, April 5	38
CHAPTER II
Mafeking, April	46
Affairs in Rhodesia	53
CHAPTER III
The Siege of Wepener	54
Operations for Relief	68
The Tentacles at Work	82
CHAPTER IV
The Great Advance—
From Bloemfontein, Brandfort, and the Vet to Welgelegen, May 9	87
From Thabanchu to Winburg and Welgelegen (General Ian Hamilton), May 9	95
Towards the Zand River to Kroonstad, May 12	101
CHAPTER V
Mafeking, May	108
With Colonel Mahon’s Force	117
On the Western Frontier	132
The Relief	134
How the News was Received by the British Empire	140
CHAPTER VI
From Kroonstad to Johannesburg	144
CHAPTER VII
General Rundle’s March to Senekal	154
The Highland Brigade	156
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