89 See Ly E. Cecil–Salisbury 30 May 1900, Sal E. And see letters Times Jul–Aug 1900 passim
90 M–C Mar–Apr 1900, CO 879/63
91 M’s diary 27–28 Mar 1900, Mil
92 Ralph War’s Brighter Side 200–8. See signed menu in Bobs 23/IV/2
93 Ralph loc cit
94 Churchill My Early Life 342–3
CHAPTER 32: ‘KEEPING DE WET FROM DEFEAT’
Head of chapter Pte Whitton tape recorded by author 1970
1 M. Davitt 34
2 De Wet 77–80. TH IV, 26–8. Hales Campaign Pictures of War 75–82.
3 Kruger Memoirs II, 348–9. De Wet 68–9
4 Hillegas 230. Cf Menpes 66–7
5 De Wet 79. Steyn’s proc 17 Mar 1900 quoted OH II, 266–7
6 De Wet 78
7 De Wet 81. OH II, 265–6
8 Kruger Memoirs II, 350. SJ text of appeal to La Salisbury and reply
9 Times to Nov 1899
10 Salisbury’s reply 11 Mar 1900, Cd 261/20–2. Steyn’s comment quoted Kruger Memoirs II, 439–40
11 Kruger’s 2nd_speech to the Raad 7 May 1900 Kruger Memoirs II, 451–2
12 OH II, 265. Meintjes Steyn 115–16
13 Leyds–Reitz to Feb 1900, Leyds Correspondentie Tweede Verzameling II, 358
14 Kruger’s 1st speech to Raad 3 May 1900, Kruger Memoirs II, 446–7. TH IV, 28
15 R. Macnab The French Colonel 154, 204–9. Kruger Memoirs II, 349
16 Kruger’s 2nd speech 7 May 1900 loc cit 456–7
17 Ibid 453–6
18 De Wet 80
19 Ibid 85. Villebois captured diary 17–20 Mar, WO 105/25
20 De Wet 85–8
21 WO 105/35: Broadwood’s 1st des, Alderson’s statement and R’s comment that Broadwood had been ‘injudicious’. Cf R’s later comment and his des 19, Jun 1900, SD I, 326–30 and SM 18/3
22 Haig–Henrietta 7 Apr 1900, Haig
23 Broadwood’s 1st des 20 Apr 1900 loc cit. OH II, 275–6
24 OH II, 276–7 Map Vol II, 33. See photos in Goldmann 218–19
25 Broadwood’s 1st des loc cit. OH II, 276–7
26 OH II, 279–80
27 Broadwood 1st des loc cit
28 For his outburst after Driefontein see Kelly–Kenny’s diary 11 Mar 1900 ‘he would not listen to reason’.
29 Rawlinson diary 31 Mar 1900, Rawl 7/2
30 Ibid. Cf OH II, 295
31 Haig’s comment: ‘Broadwood has got off very cheaply’ Haig–Henrietta 14 Apr 1900, Haig. See Childers Arme Blanche 183 – ‘no valid excuse’. Battersby 121
32 Maj Phipps–Hornby’s narrative (cy) PC
33 Broadwood’s 1st des loc cit
34 Ibid
35 Phipps–Hornby loc cit
36 Ibid. OH II, 283–4
37 Phipps–Hornby loc cit
38 Ibid
39 Ibid
40 De Wet 91–2. OH II, 298–9, 596 (note total loss of Broadwood’s force was 571)
41 De Wet 95–100. OH II, 306–11
42 De Wet 103–7. OH II, 314–27
43 See Kruger–Steyn tel quoted OH II, 314
44 R SD I, 320–2. OH III, 40
CHAPTER 33: ‘THE WHITE MAN’S WAR’
Head of chapter Cronje’s message via Dr Dyer 29 Oct 1899, Weil 46848/659
1 B–P’s Staff Diary 30 Apr 1900, B–P. Hillcourt Baden–Powell 197 and note 432
2 Hillcourt 197
3 Grinnell–M 181–2. Hillcourt 197
4 Hillcourt 197
5 Begbie Story of Baden–Powell (London 1900) 109
6 Hillcourt passim
7 B–P–Plumer, WO 105/15
8 Trooper Spurling 9 Apr 1900 re-ptd Draconian Aug 1900 468
9 Ly Sarah Wilson 200
10 Staff Diary Oct–Apr 1900, B–P
11 Sarah Wilson 195–6
12 Staff Diary 28 Feb 1900, B–P. See also SJ 25 Jan woo
13 Agnes–B–P 25 Nov 1899 quoted Hillcourt 195, 432
14 Queen Victoria 1 Apr 1900 (tel) quoted Ibid 196, 432
15 See chap 8
16 See Gardner Mafeking 35–9. OH III, 140. B–P SD I, 332. B–P’s ev RCSAW 423–6. B–P Lessons 200. Col Everett’s memo 1 Jul 1899, WO 32/7852
17 B–P ev RCSAW III, 424
18 Ibid 426 Q 19843
19 Sir E. Wood–B–P 7 Jul 1899 079/8697 WO 32/7852. B–P ev RCSAW III, Q 19823–5, 19845
20 M—C 12 Sep 1899, MP I, 520–1
21 B–P ev RCSAW III, Q 19871–2
22 See prologue
23 OH I, 455–6. RCSAW I, 21
24 Breyt I, 153, 386. Cf B–P SD I, 335 and B–P ev RCSAW III, 424
25 Gardner Mafeking 212–13, 228–9
26 Breyt II, 56
27 B–P SD I, 343. B–P ev RCSAW III, 424
28 Compare B–P SD I, 333, 335 ev RCSAW III, 424, 428 and Lessons 200
29 Hillcourt 126–43
30 See note 17
31 Memo for L re B–P Lan VIII. Hillcourt 139–42
32 Hillcourt 32
33 B–P The Matabele Campaign (London 1896) 154–5, 475. Aids to Scouting (London 1899) 156 ‘better than any other game is that of man-hunting’.
34 see note 17
35 SD I, 178. OH II, 45–52
36 B–P SD I, 333, 334, 339. Staff Diary passim B–P. B–P ev RCSAW III, 424, 427
37 B–P SD I, 333
38 Ibid 339
39 Ibid 343. Hillcourt 162, 189. Gardner Mafeking 131
40 Godley Life of an Irish Soldier 77. Hillcourt 188–9. OH III, 163
41 B–P SD I, 343–4
42 Hillcourt 191–3, 432. Godley 79–80
43 TH II, 138–40
44 For Holdsworth see CO 417/283/99–105. See P. Warwick loc cit
45 B–P SD I, 342. EGO. Sol Plaatje Diary
46 B–P SD I, 342
47 Ibid 346. Staff Diary entries 18 Mar, 2 Apr 1900, B–P. See photo in H. Wilson II, 623 and see Neilly Besieged with B–P 229–30
48 B–P–R 26 Feb 1900, Bobs 6
49 B–P SDI, 333. Cf B–P ev RCSAW III, Q 19874
50 B–P SD I, 333. B–P ev RCSAW III, 424. OH III, 142
51 Godley 11, 69–91. B–P Aids to Scouting 156
52 Godley 75. Gardner Mafeking 73. B–P SD I, 346–8, 354, 356–61
53 Hillcourt 178–9, 192–3, 345. B–P SD I, 352
54 See K. Rose The Later Cecils (London 1975) 188–9, 201. B–P SD I, 352
55 Staff Diary 10 Jan, 18 Mar 1900, B–P
56 Ibid 16 Nov 1900
57 Ibid 2–3 Nov 1900. Baillie Mafeking/42, 277–8. Hamilton 106–7. Neilly io7
58 Staff Diary 19 Mar 1900 B–P. Ibid 18 Mar 1900
59 Hamilton 67–87. Baillie 156–8, 193–5. Neilly 66–8, 189–91. Gardner Mafeking 131–3
60 B–P SD I, 339. B–P ev RCSAW III, 424
61 S. Wilson 163–8
62 Ibid 168, 183–7
63 Ibid 57–159
64 B–P SD I, 350. Godley 78
65 Staff Diary 25–6 Dec 1900, B–P. Godley 78. Hamilton 175–182. Neilly 135–9. Baillie 93–8
66 B–P SD I, 350. OH III, 549
67 Hamilton 175–6, 182–7
68 Staff Diary 26 Dec 1900, B–P
69 SJ 3 Oct 1899. Staff Diary 14 Nov 1899, B–P
70 Hillcourt 160. Milner My Picture Gallery 125–6
71 Staff Diary 14 Nov 1899, B–P
72 Ibid 22 Nov 1899
73 Ibid 30 Dec 1899
74 Ibid 1 Jan 1900
75 Ibid 31 Dec 1900, 1, 7, to Jan 1900
76 Ibid 8 Feb 1900
77 Ibid 14 Feb 1900
78 Ibid 12 Feb 1900
79 Ibid Feb 1900
80 Ibid 8 Feb 1900
81 Ibid 14–27 Feb, 4 Mar 1900
82 Ibid 24 Mar, 4 Apr 1900
83 Hamilton 248–50. See also Press enquiry, Staff Diary 19 Apr 1900, B–P
84 Neilly 227–9 (some lines transposed)
85 Neilly 229
86 B–P Staff Diary 2
7, 30 Mar, 4 Apr 1900, B–P
87 Ibid 4, 7, Apr 1900
88 Ibid 3 Apr 1900. Plumer’s report in SJ 31 Mar 1900. OH III, 201
89 Staff Diary 2, 3, 13, 20 Apr 1900. Hillcourt 195
90 Staff Diary 5, 6, 8, 14 Apr 1900, B–P
91 Ibid 8, 16, 20 Apr. Cf account from Boer side Scho
92 Ibid. Hamilton 290–1. OH III, 176–7
93 See OH Map
94 S. Wilson 212–13. Baillie 274–5
95 Hamilton 291–3
96 B–P Staff Diary 12 May 1900. S. Wilson 206
97 Hamilton 292–7. Neilly 256–9
98 Hillcourt 198
99 Hillcourt 198
100 S. Wilson 205–6. Baillie 259
101 Hillcourt 198–9. Godley 81. Staff Diary 12 May 1900, B–P. OH III, 177–8
102 OH III, 180
103 Baillie 264–5. B–P SD I, 358–9. Gardner Mafeking 186–7
104 Hamilton 301–4. Baillie 253
105 Ibid 304–10. S. Wilson 211–13
106 OH III, 181. Cf B–P SD I, 351
107 B–P–R 7 May 1900 quoted R–L 15 May 1900, H & O I, 121. But cf B–P ev RCSAW III, 424 (10 days’ provision left)
108 Hamilton 312–13. Baillie 278. S. Wilson 214
109 Trooper Steevens tape recording PC. Hamilton 313–17. Baillie 278–90. S. Wilson 214–17. Neilly 273–6
110 Col B.Mahon SD I, 381–3. OH III, 181–4
111 Harington Plumer 35–8 (inc tracing of message). Hutchinson Rhodes 143
112 OH III, 551
113 Mahon SD I, 383–4
114 Wilfrid Blunt My Diaries (1932 edition) 367
115 SJ May–Jun 1900
116 Balfour–Ridgeway 6 Mar 1900, Bal 49812/301–2
117 Baillie 27o
118 Trooper Steevens tape, PC. Hamilton 330–2. S. Wilson 219. Hillcourt 191–3, 432
119 Hamilton 331. Neilly 280
120 Montmorency quoted Gardner Mafeking 197–8
121 Casualty list B–P SD I, 336. See Hamilton for monthly figures
122 EGO (by generosity of Mrs Minchin)
123 M–Asquith 18 Nov 1897 Asq 9
CHAPTER 34: ACROSS THE VAAL
Head of chapter Kipling Verse 460
1 Phillipps 12
2 R SD t 320–5. OH III, 41–2, 536–9
3 R–L 17 May (1tr) 1900, H & O I, 122
4 M–Selborne 24 May 1899, MP I, 401
5 SJ 28 May 1900. R dated proc 24 May but it was not formally proclaimed till 28th. See OH III, 126 and 559. The wrong date (26th) was given by R in WO 5950 (tel) H & O I, 133
6 Phillipps 147–9. See also R–L 30 May 1900, H & O I, 131
7 Pte Brymer 1900, (cy) PC 44
8 Churchill Ian Hamilton 234
9 Phillipps 119–20 (sentence order reversed)
10 Hon S. Peel Trooper 8008 54
11 Kipling Verse 459–60
12 Price imperial War 200, 254–8
13 Ibid 178–84. Lloyd With the CIV 3–5. OH III, 34
14 Lloyd IX–X
15 Peel 58–63. Erskine Childers CIV 152–3. Phillipps 90–1, 128–36. Trooper Edingborough (ex–city clerk) tape recording, PC
16 Kipling op cit 473
17 R–L (1trs) 4, 17, 30 May 1900, H & O I, 112–13, 122–3, 130–2. Rawlinson diary 3–30 May 1900, Rawl
18 R–L (1tr) 29 Apr 1900, H & O I, 107–8
19 See Childers Arme Blanche 190–2
20 Rawlinson diary 13 May 1900, Rawl7/2 57
21 R–L loc cit
22 See Capt Bromley Davenport May–Jun 1900 Brom. Colvile 28. Phillipps 131–2
23 R–L 4, 17 May, 7 Jun 1900, H & O I, 112–13, 122–3 and II 3. OH III, 104–7
24 R ev RCSAW III, 46–9. OH III, 40–2
25 For Buller–R wrangle see OH III, 249–59. 552 and Buller ev RCSAW III 183
26 OH III, 525–39. NBR’s figures misleading as they 1) omit static forces in OFS and CC and include them in Natal, 2) omit the IY battns
27 Rawlinson diary 8 May 1900, Rawl 7
28 Ibid May 1900 66
29 R–L (ltrs) 4, 17, 30 May 1900 loc cit. OH III. 42–64
30 R–L 6 Jun 1900, H & O II, 2–3
31 R–Wilson 21 May 1900 no 324 and 327, Bobs III
32 Ibid
33 For ‘unfortunate occurrence’ see R–L 5 Apr 1900, CT no 244a
34 I. Hamilton–wife 24 May 1900, Ham
35 Churchill Ian Hamilton 109, 121. Phillipps 139–40
36 I. Hamilton–wife 24 May 1900, Ham
37 SJ 1, 10 May 1900. OH III, 58–9 Smith–Dorrien 196–205. Churchill Ian Hamilton 179
38 Phillipps 116–17. Colvile 173–4. Peel
39 Churchill Ian Hamilton 199–201. Hamilton–R (tel) 18 May no 185 and R–Hamilton 19 May, WO/105/
40 Hamilton–R (tel) 22 May 1900, WO/to5. Hamilton–R 27 Jun 1900, WO 105/8. Churchill loc cit 205–27
41 R ev RCSAW III, 49–56. OH III, 72–7. Cf Childers Arme Blanche 184–95
42 EGO and Oberholster Historical Monuments 295–6
43 Lloyd 578–9
44 Hutton May–Jun 1900, Hut. Churchill Ian Hamilton 246–7
45 Phillipps 122
46 Ibid 122–30. See also Smith–Dorrien 205–10
47 Phillipps 123
48 Churchill Ian Hamilton 247–62
49 OH III, 80–6. Lloyd loc cit. Reports of Col Spens and Gen Smith–Dorrien to R, WO 505
50 See Reports of French and Hamilton to R, WO 1o5. Cf OH III, 78–80
51 TH IV, 146
52 R ev RCSAW III, 56. OH III, 86. SJ 29 May 1900
53 Battersby 195–6
54 Ibid 196–9
55 Ibid 199
56 Churchill Ian Hamilton 268–83. Diary of Ld Kerry 28–30 May 1900, Lan
57 R ev RCSAW III, 56. OH III. SJ 30 May 1900
58 R ev RCSAW III, 56. OH III
59 J. Brandt Petticoat Commando 20–3. Viljoen Reminiscences 143–4
60 Ld Kerry’s diary 35 May 1900, Lan. SJ 31 May 1900
61 Dr Krause–R 30 May 1900 quoted Brandt 29
62 MP II, 77–8. This included notes and coin
63 Warwick loc cit
64 SA Chamber of Mines Annual Reports 1897–8
65 MP 137 and M–C 9 May 1900 quoted MP II, 143
66 SP I, 539–41
67 Ibid I, 538
68 Burnham Scouting 329–37
69 SP I, 537–44. Warmelo On Commando 37–8
70 SP I, 541
71 Quoted Meintjes Kruger 243. Cf text quoted SJ 31 May 1900
72 Reitz 94–108
73 Ibid 109–11
74 Botha later told R how he was nearly captured. See R ev RCSAW III, 56
75 SP I, 539, 544–6
76 SJ 31 May 1900. J. Brandt 15–23. NB Dr Krause’s own notes in J. C. Roos MSS Rhodes House Library Oxford confirm Brandt’s account
77 R ev RCSAW III, 57
78 See note 76
79 SP I, 541–2
80 Ibid I, 543
81 SJ I, 30 Jun 1900 quoting Botha’s tels to De Wet. See also SP I, 549–53
82 R–L 7 Jun 1900, H & O II, 3
83 SJ 4 Jun 1900. Battersby 222–4. Ralph At Pretoria 239
84 Battersby 220–7
85 Churchill My Early Life 365. CfMacKern 228–30
86 Churchill Ian Hamilton 293–5
87 See Botha–R exchanges 4–15 Jun 1900 in SM 9/64–70
88 SJ 8–12 Jun 1900. L–R 19 Jun ‘goo (1tr), H & O II, 11-’3. OH III, 204–25
89 SP I, 547–61
90 De Wet 118
91 Ibid 129–30. OH III, 128 quoting Botha’s tel 3 Jun 1900
92 De et 130–1
93 SJ 7 Jun 1900. OH III, 126–31
94 De Wet 132–6. See Khaki Letters 313
95 See Morning Post 6 Jun 1900. Fitzgibbon Arts Under Ames 3–57
96 Ibid 122–7. OH III, 115–16
97 Spragge–Rundle 30 May 1900 quoted OH III, 118
98 Fitzgibbon 128�
�9. OH III, 115–17, 120–1, 124. SJ 26, 29 May 1900
99 Peel 78–84
100 SJ I Jun 000
101 Scrapbook in PC including Daily Nation and Irish Daily Independent 7 Jun 1900 and Longford Leader. Cf Lindley surrenders: courts of enquiries’ findings published RCSAW IV, 416–17
102 Trooper Gibson narrative (cy) PC. See also Trooper M. Hickie 28, 29 May, 8 Jun 1900, Hick
103 OH III, 119–25. Cf II, 14–25
104 SJ 8 Jun 1900
105 R–L 12 Jun 1900, H & O II, 7
106 R–L 19 Jun 1900, H & O II, 13. OH III, 134–9
CHAPTER 35: ‘PRACTICALLY OVER’
Head of chapter Pte Bowers tape recording PC 1970
1 Phillipps 145–7, 152. Childers CIV 110–30. Hunter–R 21 [Jun 1900], WO 105/17. SI 3, 7, 8 Jul 1900
2 Hunter–R official report 4 Aug 1900, WO 105/18. Phillipps 151–2
3 Phillipps 152
4 R–L 16 Jul 1900, H & O II, 32. Hunter–R report loc cit
5 Lagden–R Jul 1900, WO 105/18
6 SJ 24–5 Jun 1900
7 Hunter–R (tel) 21 Jul 1900, WO 105/18. OH III, 292–4
8 Hunter–R 17 Jul 1900 and his report loc cit. SJ 15 Jul 1900
9 Phillipps 180
10 R–L (tel) 12 Aug 1900, H & O II, 58
11 Hunter–R, WO 105/17. See also R–Hart 291un, R–Hunter 30 Jun, R–K qui 1900, Bobs. SA Tels 28, 32, 38. Childers CIV 122
12 Phillipps 187–8 (paragraph order reversed)
13 Ibid 201–4
14 Capt W. Bromley Davenport May–Jul 1900, Brom 14–20
15 Hunter–R report loc cit. OH III, 297–8
16 Lagden–R 11-20 Jul 1900, WO 105/18
17 Hunter–R report loc cit
18 Hunter–R 21 Jul 1900, WO 105/18
19 SJ 23 Jul 1900. OH III, 299–301
20 Capt Bromley Davenport 10 Aug 1900, Brom 21
21 Phillipps 155–8
22 Hunter–R report loc cit
23 Ibid. Phillipps 164–9. SJ 27, 29 Jul 1900
24 Corner 34th IY 234–43. Childers CIV 182–4
25 De Wet 161–4
26 Hunter–R report loc cit.
27 DSAB I, 660–1. OH III, 304–5. De Wet 164–6
28 Hunter–R report loc cit. Hunter–R 29 Jul 10.30 am and 4.50 pm, 30 Jul (A 232, 233, 234), WO 105/18. Hunter–R 29, 30, 31 Jul ibid. R–Hunter 29, 30 Jul (C 3121, 3127A, 3136) Bobs SA tels 110–11 SJ 29, 31 Jul 1900
29 Tape recordings with Ptes E. Higgitt & T. Pain, PC. Corner 233
30 Capt Bromley Davenport loc cit
31 Hunter–R report loc cit and tel 10 Aug 1900, WO 105/18. OH III, 305–6
32 De Wet 175–6, 166
33 Ibid
34 See Phillipps
35 J. D. Kestell passim. DSAB I, 233–40
36 Capt Molyneux–Seele diary 1–27 Jul 1900 1–3, (cy), PC
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