Includes index.

Introductory -- The Transvaal government at the outbreak of the war -- The Boer "Oligarchy" -- Who provoked the war? -- The Boer at bay -- Transvaal preparations -- Boer artillery and commandoes -- British and Boer patriotism -- Disposition of British and Federal Forces -- Kraaipan -- The advance of Dundee -- Battle of Talana Hill -- Capture of Dundee -- Battle of Elandslaagte -- Battle of Modderspruit -- England's Kaffir allies -- Mafeking and Kimberley -- Battle of Belmont -- Battles of Rooilaagte (Enslin) and Modder River -- Battle of Magersfontein -- Battle of Stormberg -- The dash on Estcourt -- Battle of Colenso -- Botha's great victory -- The siege of Ladysmith -- Foreign volunteers -- Blake's Irish Brigade -- Spion Kop -- Campaign around Colesberg -- Siege of Ladysmith abandoned -- Paardeberg -- After Paardeberg -- Sannas Post -- The last meeting of the Volksraad -- Evacuation of Pretoria -- Mafeking and Elands River -- Diary of the war--June to December, 1900 -- Diary of the war--January to June, 1901 -- Diary of the war--July to December, 1901 -- Diary of the war--January to May, 1902 -- Peace and its term -- Conclusions--England's cowardly and unchristian warfare -- Index.