Story of the War in South Africa Part 9

Stormberg, 33, 104; British reverse at, 168-172.

"Stupidity" of British officers, "where has it placed Great Britain among the nations of the earth?" 201.

Suez Ca.n.a.l, 2; traffic of the, in war time, a warning, 100.

Symons, General Sir Penn, his views as to the force needed, 29; takes command at Dundee, 36; wounded, 44; tribute to, 57; death of, 63, 69.

Talana Hill described, 40; a.s.sault of by British, 43; the battle of, 43.

Temper, the, which wins in war, 128.

Transports and the colonies, 71; British arrangements, "a triumph of organisation," 86.

Transvaal, the, imports wheat from Australia; poorness of the country in all but gold, 16; had for some years prepared for war, 35.

Tugela River, the, 19; Buller's first attempt to pa.s.s the, 219; pa.s.sage of the, by Buller's army and capture of Pieter's Hill, 300.

Ultimatum presented by the Transvaal Government, 34, 35.

United Kingdom's, the, effort, gigantic, unprecedented and unsurpa.s.sed in its success in military history, 85.

United States, expansion of the, and Imperial Federation "secondary in importance to nothing contemporaneous," 80.

Vaal Krantz, battle of, 264.

Volunteers, the Natal Volunteers called out, 31.

War, theatre of the, described, 1-28; was not desired by the British, 31; initiated by the Transvaal at 5 P.M., October 11, 1899, 34; effect of the, in uniting the Empire, 75.

Warren, Lieut.-General Sir Charles, and Spion Kop, 249-265.

Wauchope, General, killed at Magersfontein, 164-168.

Weapons, modern, effect of, perhaps over-estimated, 59.

Wessels at Kimberley, 124.

Western frontier, the, 102.

White, General Sir George, takes the Natal command, 31; takes command at Ladysmith, 36; tribute to, 69; gazetted Governor of Gibraltar, 103; and the siege of Ladysmith, 191.

Wilkinson, Spencer, quoted, 69.

Yule, General, succeeds General Symons, 46, 57; his famous retreat, 59.

Zandspruit, 37.

Footnote 1: Younghusband's "South Africa of To-day." Second Edition, 1899.(Back)

Footnote 2: "Impressions of South Africa." Third Edition, p. 291.(Back)

Footnote 3: "From Cape Town to Ladysmith," p. 79.(Back)

Footnote 4: "Lessons of the War," p. 13.(Back)

Footnote 5: More have sailed since the above information, but exact figures are wanting to the author.(Back)

Footnote 6: The distance from Southampton, the chief though not the only port of departure, to Cape Town is 5,978 miles.(Back)

Footnote 7: There may have been one or two more battalions of infantry, but I have not been able to trace such.(Back)

Footnote 8: "From Cape Town to Ladysmith," pp. 16-20.(Back)

Footnote 9: May 19, 1900.(Back)

Footnote 10: Harper's Monthly Magazine, May, 1900, p. 827.(Back)

Footnote 11: Ralph's "Toward Pretoria," p. 97.(Back)

Footnote 12: Ralph's "Toward Pretoria," p. 104.(Back)

Footnote 13: Julian Ralph, "Toward Pretoria," p. 153.(Back)

Footnote 14: London Weekly Times, May 18.(Back)

Footnote 15: I should greatly like here to take up my parable against those who base their calculations for the numbers and kinds of naval vessels upon the idea of "a navy for defence only"; but s.p.a.ce and relevancy both forbid.(Back)

Footnote 16: London Weekly Times, June 1, 1900. Captain the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, Commander of the "Powerful," accompanied the naval guns to Ladysmith, and was there throughout the siege.(Back)

Footnote 17: London Weekly Times, April 27, 1900. Some other interesting siege statistics will be found in the same number.(Back)

Footnote 18: London Times, June 25, 1900.(Back)

Footnote 19: Harper's Monthly Magazine, July, 1900, p. 174.(Back)

Footnote 20: The latest revised official returns of casualties now (July 18) accessible to the author are to be found in the London Times of July 4, and are complete to June 30.(Back)

Footnote 21: Atkins, "Relief of Ladysmith," p. 117.(Back)

Footnote 22: Burleigh, "Natal Campaign," p. 127.(Back)

Footnote 23: Burleigh, "Natal Campaign," p. 128, 129. Atkins, "Relief of Ladysmith," p. 116.(Back)

Footnote 24: Burleigh, "Natal Campaign," p. 129.(Back)

Footnote 25: London Weekly Times, December 22, 1899.(Back)

Footnote 26: Four statute miles equal 7,040 yards.(Back)

Footnote 27: London Weekly Times, January 19, 1900. On the other hand, another correspondent who shared this view has said, "The consensus of military opinion seems to be that the ground being too rough and broken to the eastward, the chief column will try and effect a crossing far to the westward of Colenso." (Burleigh-p. 155).(Back)

Footnote 28: This "3" in the copy before me may be a misprint for "8." The London Times correspondent gives 800 yards for the rifle fire.(Back)

Footnote 29: Burleigh, "Natal Campaign," p. 240.(Back)

Footnote 30: Burleigh's "Natal Campaign," p. 410.(Back)

Footnote 31: London Weekly Times, February 23, 1900. In default of official reports, the author has depended chiefly upon the Times correspondence, and upon "Four Months Besieged," by Mr. H. H. Pea.r.s.e, correspondent of the Daily News.(Back)

Footnote 32: "The Cavalry Rush to Kimberley," by Captain Cecil Boyle, additional aide to General French. The Nineteenth Century, June, 1900, p. 907.(Back)

Footnote 33: Lord Roberts' telegram.(Back)

Footnote 34: London Weekly Times, March 23, 1900, p. ii.; also February 23, p. 114.(Back)

Footnote 35: "The Cavalry Rush to Kimberley," p. 909.(Back)