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Finishing Clearance of the Orange River Colony 193 Transvaal (West)—March 194 Cape Colony—March 196 The Situation—April and May 199 APPENDIX—THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. Commenced March 12, 1902; Concluded May 31, 1902 201 OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE AFTER THE BATTLE OF COLENSO, December 15, 1899 210 RECIPIENTS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS 212

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS—Vol. VII.

1. COLOURED PLATES
	PAGE
Crossing the Komati River	Frontispiece
Cecil J. Rhodes at Groote Schuur	32
An Army Doctor at Work in the Firing Line	64
Delagoa Bay	100
Church Square, Pretoria	104
Bullock Waggon Crossing a Drift on the Umbelosi River, Swaziland	120
De Wet’s Attempt to Cross the Railway	160
A Dutch Village near Edenburg	176
2. FULL-PAGE PLATES
Defending a Train Derailed by the Boers	24
Charge of the Bushmen and New Zealanders on the Boer Guns during the Attack on Babington’s Convoy near Klerksdorp	36
Defeat of a Night Attempt to Cross the Railway	44
The Capture of De Wet’s Convoy at Reitz	52
The Engagement at Vlakfontein	60
The Mishap to the Victorians at Wilmansrust	72
Boers caught in the Act of Cutting the Telegraph Wires	96
Night Attack on a Boer Convoy by Mounted Infantry under Colonel Williams	112
The Defence of Fort Itala	128
The Gallant Bugler of Fort Itala	132
The Fight at Bakenlaagte	140
Mishap to the Scots Greys at Klippan	184
Lord Methuen Rallying his Broken Forces at Tweebosch	186