Three Years’ War

Three Years’ War

Christiaan de Wet, Boer general, rebel leader and politician (1854-1922)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- PREFACE

-04- I GO ON COMMANDO AS A PRIVATE BURGHER

-05- NICHOLSON'S NEK

-06- LADYSMITH BESIEGED

-07- I AM APPOINTED VECHTGENERAAL

-08- THE OVERWHELMING FORCES OF LORD ROBERTS

-09- PAARDEBERG

-10- THE WILD FLIGHT FROM POPLAR GROVE

-11- THE BURGHERS RECEIVE PERMISSION TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES

-12- SANNA'S POST

-13- FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ENGLISH TAKEN PRISONER AT REDDERSBURG

-14- AN UNSUCCESSFUL SIEGE

-15- THE ENGLISH SWARM OVER OUR COUNTRY

-16- OUR POSITION AT THE END OF MAY 1900

-17- ROODEWAL

-18- I MAKE LORD KITCHENER'S ACQUAINTANCE

-19- BETHLEHEM IS CAPTURED BY THE ENGLISH

-20- THE SURRENDER OF PRINSLOO

-21- I AM DRIVEN INTO THE TRANSVAAL

-22- I RETURN TO THE FREE STATE

-23- THE OATH OF NEUTRALITY

-24- FREDERIKSSTAD AND BOTHAVILLE

-25- MY MARCH TO THE SOUTH

-26- I FAIL TO ENTER CAPE COLONY

-27- WHEREIN SOMETHING IS FOUND ABOUT WAR AGAINST WOMEN

-28- I AGAIN ATTEMPT TO ENTER CAPE COLONY

-29- DARKNESS PROVES MY SALVATION

-30- WAS OURS A GUERILLA WAR

-31- NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ENEMY

-32- PRESIDENT STEYN'S NARROW ESCAPE

-33- THE LAST PROCLAMATION

-34- BLOCKHOUSES AND NIGHT ATTACKS

-35- MY COMMANDO OF SEVEN HUNDRED MEN

-36- A SUCCESS AT TWEEFONTEIN

-37- I CUT MY WAY THROUGH SIXTY THOUSAND TROOPS

-38- I GO TO THE TRANSVAAL WITH PRESIDENT STEYN

-39- PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

-40- THE END OF THE WAR

-41- CORRESPONDENCE

-42- CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE TWO PRESIDENTS AND LORD SALISBURY

-43- APPENDIX A

-44- APPENDIX B

-45- APPENDIX C

-46- FOOTNOTES