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The Siege of Mafeking

by Angus Hamilton

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  1. 1Prefatory Note
  2. 2Chapter I — At Sea
  3. 3Chapter II — A Glance Ahead
  4. 4Chapter III — On the Orange Free State Border
  5. 5Chapter IV — Bricks of Straw
  6. 6Chapter V — Diamonds and White Feathers
  7. 7Chapter VI — Two Days Before War
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Skirmish at Five Mile Bank
  9. 9Chapter VIII — The First Day of Bombardment
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Advent of “Big Ben”
  11. 11Chapter X — A Midnight Sortie
  12. 12Chapter XI — Cannon Kopje
  13. 13Chapter XII — A Reconnaissance
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Town Guard
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Wasted Energies
  16. 16Chapter XV — Shells and Slaughter
  17. 17Chapter XVI — A Soft-Water Bath
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Economy of the Situation
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — A Visit to the Hospital
  20. 20Chapter XIX — A Little Gun Practice
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Attack Upon Game Tree
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The Advent of the New Year
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Native Life
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Bombast and Bomb-Proofs
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Some Sniping and an Execution
  26. 26Chapter XXV — Life in the Brickfields
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — From Bad to Worse
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — The First Attack Upon the Brickfields
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — The Second Attack Upon the Brickfields
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — The Native Question
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Political Economy
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — “A History of the Baralongs”
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — ’Tis Weary Waiting
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — Two Hundred Days of Siege
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — The Epicurean’s Delight
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — The Last Fight
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Relieved at Last
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — The End

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