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My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War

by Ben J. Viljoen

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2The Author to the Reader
  3. 3Chapter I — The War Clouds Gather
  4. 4Chapter II — And the War Storm Breaks
  5. 5Chapter III — The Invasion of Natal
  6. 6Chapter IV — Defeated at Elandslaagte
  7. 7Chapter V — Pursued by the Lancers
  8. 8Chapter VI — Risking Joubert’s Anger
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Boer General’s Superstitions
  10. 10Chapter VIII — The “Great Powers” to Intervene
  11. 11Chapter IX — Colenso and Spion Kop Fights
  12. 12Chapter X — The Battle of Vaalkrantz
  13. 13Chapter XI — The Turn of the Tide
  14. 14Chapter XII — The Great Boer Retreat
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Driven From the Biggarsbergen
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Dispirited and Demoralised
  17. 17Chapter XV — Occupation of Pretoria
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Battle of Donkerhoek (“Diamond Hill”)
  19. 19Chapter XVII — I Become a General
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — Our Camp Burned Out
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Battle of Bergendal (Machadodorp)
  22. 22Chapter XX — Two Thousand British Prisoners Released
  23. 23Chapter XXI — A Government in Flight
  24. 24Chapter XXII — An Ignominious Dispersal
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — A Dreary Trek Through Feverland
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Pains and Pleasures of Commandeering
  27. 27Chapter XXV — Punishing the Pro-British
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — Battle of Rhenosterkop
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — The Second Christmas at War
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — Capture of “Lady Roberts”
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — A Dismal “Happy New Year”
  32. 32Chapter XXX — General Attack on British Forts
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — A “Bluff” and a Battle
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — Execution of a Traitor
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — In a Tight Corner
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — Eluding the British Cordon
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — Boer Government’s Narrow Escape
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — A Government on Horseback
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — Blowing Up an Armoured Train
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII — Trapping Pro-British Boers
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX — Brutal Kaffirs’ Murder Trail
  42. 42Chapter XL — Capturing a Freebooter’s Lair
  43. 43Chapter XLI — Ambushing the Hussars
  44. 44Chapter XLII — I Talk With General Blood
  45. 45Chapter XLIII — Mrs. Botha’s Baby and the “Tommy”
  46. 46Chapter XLIV — The Last Christmas of the War
  47. 47Chapter XLV — My Last Days on the Veldt
  48. 48Chapter XLVI — I Am Ambushed and Captured
  49. 49Chapter XLVII — Shipped to St. Helena
  50. 50Chapter XLVIII — Life in Bonaparte’s Prison
  51. 51Chapter XLIX — How We Blew Up and Captured Trains
  52. 52Chapter L — How We Fed and Clothed Commandos
  53. 53Chapter LI — Our Friend the Enemy
  54. 54Chapter LII — The Fighting Boer and His Officer
  55. 55Appendix

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