10 Kelly–Kenny MSS, Kell
11 Kelly–Kenny diary 12–17 Feb 1900, Kell
12 Kelly–Kenny diary 18–19 Feb 1900, Kell. Kelly–Kenny, SDI, 186. OH II, 105,589
13 Kelly–Kenny diary 18–19 Feb 1900, Kell
14 See Smith–Dorrien diary 18 Feb 1900, Smit. Smith–Dorrien Forty–Eight Years 149–50
15 OH II, 108–10, Map Vol II, 24
16 Kelly–Kenny diary 18–19 Feb 1900, Kell
17 Colvile 35–7. Smith–Dorrien loc cit
18 OH II, 110–14
19 De Wet 64
20 See K’s defence in letter K–French nd quoted Maurice & Arthur Kitchener I, 288–91
21 TH III, 423–5
22 I. Hamilton The Commander 99–112
23 OH II, 105, 112
24 Kelly–Kenny diary 18–19 Feb 1900, Kell
25 OH II, 112
26 Lyttelton–wife 1900, Lyt 562d
27 K–R 8am 18 Feb 1900 quoted OH II, 123
28 De Wet 55–6
29 OH II, 118. Pte Edwards (1st Essex)–father 3 Mar 1900, Edwards, MS cit
30 Kelly–Kenny SD I, 186. OH II, 118–34
31 Colvile 34–7
32 Battersby 39–44
33 Colvile 37
34 Kelly–Kenny diary 18–19 Feb 1900, Kell. OH II, 123–6
35 Colvile 39–4o
36 Kelly–Kenny diary 18–19 Feb 1900, Kell
37 OH II, 136–8
38 Kelly–Kenny diary 18–21 Feb 1900, Kell
39 K’s order to Hannay quoted OH II, 132
40 OH II, 132–3
41 Smith–Dorrien diary 18 Feb 1900, Smit. Smith–Dorrien Forty–Eight Years 150–4, 161
42 Ibid
43 OH II, 143, 590
44 K–R 18 Feb 1900 quoted OH II, 142. See also K–French, MS cit
45 OH II, 135–8
46 Ibid
47 Pte Edwards 18–19 Feb 1900, MS cit. OH II, 142–3
48 Kelly–Kenny diary 18–19 Feb 1900, Kell
49 OH H, 604
50 De Wet 57
51 O. T. De Villiers loc cit
52 Cronje–R 2nd message 19 Feb 1900 quoted OH II, 148
53 eg TH III, 595–6
54 OH II, 148
55 Ibid
56 R–L 20 Feb 1900, H & O I, 47. Cf R–L 21 Feb 1900, H & OI, 49
57 OH II, 153–4. Methuen–wife 3 Apr 1900, Meth
58 OH II, 152–3
59 Kelly–Kenny diary 19–23 Feb 1900, Kell 60
60 See C. Williams Hushed Up 48–9
61 De Wet 60. OH II, 159–60
62 Kelly–Kenny diary 19–23 Feb 1900, Kell
63 R SD I, 219–20. Note ‘considerable number of native refugees’ from laager. Acc O. T. De Villiers (loc cit) 50 women
CHAPTER 29: THE KEY TURNS
Head of chapter Lt Alford 8 Feb 1900, Alf 85
1 Dundonald 138. Treves 92–3. Regt Diary 2nd Devons 11 Feb 1900 Devon & Dorset Regimental Museum. Pte Key Diary Feb 1900, (cy) PC
2 Hubert Gough diary Jan–Feb 1900, Gou. Pte Kennedy diary 10–11 Feb 1900, (cy) PC. Pte Pegum diary 10–13 Feb 1900, (cy) PC
3 Afford, MS cit 72–3
4 Treves 93. Pte Kennedy diary 8–12 Feb 1900, (cy) PC. Sgt Galley diary 3–9 Feb 1900, (cy) PC
5 Treves 77–83
6 OH I, 268, 470, II, 597–8
7 Buller SD I, 253. OH II, 408–22. Lyttelton–wife 1900, Lyt
8 Churchill Ladysmith 362
9 Galley 3, 9 Feb 1900, (cy) PC
10 Tapes, PC
11 Churchill Ladysmith 366. Cf My Early Life 336
12 B. Herbert–Dodds 29 Jan 1900, Herb
13 B. Herbert–Dodds 25 Jan 1900, Herb. See also Dundonald 138
14 Lyttelton–wife 9 Feb 1900, Lyt 554d
15 Wilson diary quoted Callwell I, 33–4
16 TH III, 301–2, 549–52
17 Treves 43–4
18 Buller–R 9 Feb 1900, RCSAW III, 628
19 R–Buller 10 Feb 1900, RCSAW III, 629
20 Buller–White 7 Feb 1900, SD I, 505
21 Buller SD I, 253 para 3. Hildyard ev RCSAW III, 247. Warren ev RCSAW III, 223–4. Col Parsons PRAI XXVIII 503–20. For best account of new tactics in a 14-day ‘battle’ see Maj A. Hamilton–Gordon PRAI XXVII, 347–64
22 Buller ev RCSAW III, 174. See also Capt H. Wilson 95
23 Lyttelton–wife 9, 13 Feb 1900, Lyt 554b, d
24 See Gen Langlois Lessons HMSO (1909)
25 Churchill Ladysmith 371
26 Col Sandbach–mother 3 Mar 1900, Sand
27 Churchill Ladysmith 371–2. Dundonald 139–40. WO Tel SA 3177B quoted SJ 12 Feb 1900
28 Churchill Ladysmith 372–6
29 Atkins 270
30 Churchill Ladysmith 376. R Churchill I, 511. Pte Kennedy Diary 16 Feb 1900, (cy) PC
31 Buller SD I, 253–4. OH II, 441. SJ 14,17 Feb 1900, quoting Natal Army Staff diary
32 Lt Alford 13 Feb 1900, Alf
33 But note Lyttelton asked for delay as too hot. Lyttelton–wife 22 Feb 1900, Lyt 555a
34 Buller SD I, 254. SJ 12–19 Feb 1900. OH II, 437–46, 429. Treves 92–3. NB also 6 mt guns and 22 machine guns
35 Atkins 272–3
36 Warren’s account quoted W. W. Williams 354
37 Churchill Ladysmith 383. See also [Birdwood’s] account quoted Dundonald 142
38 Atkins 279
39 Lt G. L. Crossman diary 18 Feb 1900, Cros
40 Buller SD I, 253–4. OH II, 447–53. Warren’s account W. W. Williams 357. Cf Lyttelton–wife 22 Feb 1900 loc cit
41 Churchill Ladysmith 396
42 Buller–White 21 Feb 1900, SD I, 508. OH II, 453. W. Williams 355 quoting Barton’s report
43 Buller–WO tel no 3347D SJ 20 Feb 1900. Dundonald 145. Romer & Mainwaring 59
44 Treves 106, 104 (photo)
45 Buller–wife 18 Dec 1899, Bull (Crediton)
46 J. Atkins 287
47 See note 20
48 Churchill Ladysmith 395–6
49 Repington 234–5. Churchill My Early Life 337–8
50 Sandbach MSS Sand
51 Buller ev RCSAW III, 181. SJ 21 Feb 1900 quoting Buller’s tel no 3373. White–Buller 22 Feb 1900, SD I, 509
52 Churchill My Early Life 338
53 Buller ev RCSAW III, 181
54 Sandbach–mother 22 Feb 1900, Sand
55 Buller–White 21 Feb 1900, SD I, 508
56 C. Hickie diary 19,21,22 Feb 1900, Hick. Stuart 194, 247, 233–4. Field Force Orders Jan–Feb 1900, Ham
57 MacDonald 248
58 Ly E. Cecil–Tim 16 Nov 1899, Sal (Hat)
59 Capt J. Gough diary 21 Feb 1900, Gou
60 Pte Steinberg Feb 1900, (cy) PC
61 Netley diary 1–25 Feb 1900, PC
62 Rawlinson 8 Feb 1900, Rawl 7
63 Capt J. Gough diary 30 Jan 1900, Gou
64 Lt Jelf 29 Jan 1900, Jelf
65 Nevinson 1 Feb 1900, Ladysmith 255–6, 272–3. MacDonald 227–8. Pearse 214–15
66 Netley diary 17 Jan 1900, PC
67 Steavenson 19 Jan 1900, Stea
68 Netley diary 23 Jan 1900, PC. Nevinson Ladysmith 245
69 MacDonald 225. Nevinson Ladysmith 255
70 MacDonald 228. Pearse 215
71 Nevinson 257
72 See Stuart 220–2. White–Buller 28 Jan 1900, SD I, 502
73 Rawlinson diary 30 Jan 1900, Rawl 7
74 White SD I, 236. White’s letter 3 Feb 1900, Whi
75 Gore 104–7. McHugh 199–200. Gilbert diary 1, 3 Feb 1900, Gil. See illustration in Nevinson 276
76 J. Gough diary 21 Feb 1900, Gou
77 Steavenson diary 29 Jan 1900, Stea
78 Griffith 286. Field Force Orders 30–1 1900, Ham
79 Cf Hickie diary 31 Jan 1900, Hick
80 Steavenson diary 30 Jan 1900, Stea
81 Steavenson diary 10 Feb 1900, Stea
82 White SD I (appendix to despatch). Gilbert diary 17 Jan 1900, Gil
83 H. L. Norton–Smith
–cousin 15 Jan 1900, Killie Campbell Library, Durban
84 White SD I, loc cit
85 Nevinson 285–90. Donegan 19 Feb 1900, PC
86 Donegan 20 Feb 1900, PC
87 Ibid
88 Ibid 28 Jan 1900, PC
89 Ibid 22 Jan 1900, PC
90 Rawlinson diary 11 Feb 1900, Rawl
91 Ibid
92 Gilbert diary 14–22 Feb 1900, Gil. Netley, Hickie and Jelf diaries 22 Feb 1900 loc cit
93 Dan Deeves 26 Feb 1900, Deev
94 Field Force Orders 27 Feb 1900, Ham
CHAPTER 30: THE HANDSHAKE
Head of chapter Buller–Bigge 15 Mar 1900, Big
1 R–L WO tel no 3494 SJ 27 Feb 1900. Buller SD I, 256 para 39
2 Atkins 309. Lyttelton–wife 3 Mar 1900, Lyt 556c. Buller SD I, 254–5 paras 21–31. OH II, 469–97. Cf TH HI, 515–31
3 Atkins 295
4 Lyttelton–wife 3 Mar 1900, Lyt 556b. See also Lt Crossman 14 Jan 1900, Cros. Jourdain Memories 99–101
5 Jourdain ibid
6 Jourdain diary 23 Feb 1900, Jou. Jourdain Natal
7 Ibid
8 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 439. OH II, 488–9. TH III, 523–7
9 Ibid 439–45
10 Jourdain diary 23–24 Feb 1900, Jou
11 OH II, 500, 600 (including 24 missing). Cf Spion Kop losses in OH II, 597. And see TH VI
12 For her view of Irish see Longford Victoria RI (paperback edit) 697–8
13 Buller SD I, 255. OH II, 495–6
14 Repington 237
15 Buller SD I, 255. Buller ev RCSAW III, 182. Sandbach–mother 30 Mar 1900, Sand
16 OH II, 497–8
17 Lyttelton–wife 3 Mar 1900, Lyt 556a
18 Atkins 298–9
19 Churchill Ladysmith 423–4
20 Buller ev RCSAW III, 182 SD I, 255. OH II, 501–2
21 [Lt M. Grant] Natal 59–61. Lt Lafone 27 Feb 1900, Laf 57–8
22 [Grant] Natal 60
23 Lafone loc cit
24 [Grant] Natal 61–2
25 Lyttelton–wife loc cit
26 Lafone loc cit
27 Buller–wife 3 Mar is000 reproduced Lewis Butler 84 (order of one sentence changed)
28 Atkins 304–9. Buller SD I, 255–6
29 Breyt III, 526–42. Bakkes Archives Year Book 30 (i) 1967
30 Buller SD I, 256–7. OH II, 509–13
31 Barnard 141–2. Bakkes loc cit
32 Breyt III, 542–6
33 Atkins 309–10
34 L/Cpl Bradley diary 27 Feb 1900, (cy) PC
35 OH II, 517. Atkins 311–12. TH III, 540
36 Churchill Ladysmith 446–7
37 Ibid 443–4
38 Cdr Limpus Terrible quoted Jeans 269–70
39 Maj Weldon–F. Wolseley 18 Mar 1900, Wol
40 Churchill 447–8
41 Atkins 312–13
42 See note 31
43 Steavenson diary 28 Feb 1900, Stea
44 Rawlinson diary 26–8 Feb 1900, Rawl 7. Netley diary 28 Feb 1900, PC
45 MacDonald 273–5 (last sentence reversed)
46 Ibid 275. Nevinson 292–3. Stuart 247–8. Pearse 234–5
47 Rawlinson diary 28 Feb 1900, Rawl 7
48 Netley diary 28 Feb 1900, PC
49 Nevinson loc cit
50 Rawlinson diary loc cit
51 MacDonald 278
52 Ibid 278–83. Nevinson 293–5. Stuart 248. Pearse 238
53 Churchill My Early Life 340–1
54 Churchill Ladysmith 462–6. H. Gough 74–9. And see Gough’s notes on Churchill’s My Early Life, Gou. Cf Birdwood 106–7. Dundonald 151–2
55 Rawlinson diary c 10 Mar 1900, Rawl 7
56 MacDonald 282–6
57 Nevinson 294–5
58 Rawlinson diary 3 Mar 1900, Rawl 7
59 Ibid
60 C. Hickie diary Feb–Mar 1900, Hick
61 Alford 3 Mar 1900, Alf
62 Atkins 314–15
63 [Grant] Natal 65
64 Sim’s diary quoted Williams 368
65 Warren’s account quoted ibid
66 Lilly in Jeans 273. Cf Treves 98
67 Wilson’s diary quoted Callwell I, 39
68 Algy Trotter diary 1 Mar 1900, Trot
69 Rawlinson diary 3 Mar 1900, Rawl 7/
70 Col F. Stopford–Ly Buller, PC. Algy Trotter MSS, Trot. Numerous letters in Bull (Crediton)
71 Sandbach–mother 14 Mar 1900, Sand
72 Crossman 14, 30 Jan 1900, Cros
73 Cpl Hurley–sister 6 Mar 1900, (cy) PC
74 Buller–wife 3 Mar 1900 loc cit
75 Natal Army Order, Ham
76 Buller–wife 3 Mar 1900 loc cit
77 Rawlinson diary Mar 1900, Rawl
78 R–L 11 Mar 1900 and L–R 12 Mar 1900, CT no 202A, 202B
79 Lytte1ton–wife C. 28 Mar 1900, Lyt 557c
80 Buller–R 7 Mar 1900. Buller ev RCSAW III, 183
81 Hamilton–R c 10 (Mar 1900), Ham
82 R–Wilkinson 23 Jan 1900, Wilk. M–Wilkinson Nov 1898, 26 Jul 1899, Wilk
83 Hamilton–Wilkinson 8 Mar 1900, Wilk
84 See full text printed in RCSAW III, 655 (no 26)
85 Hamilton–Wilkinson loc cit
86 See file of Buller’s letters of protest SM 22
87 For a modern example see B. Farwell Great Boer War 165 etc
88 R–L Mar 11 (no 277), 16 Mar (letter) 1900, H & OI, 69, 73–4
89 Rawlinson diary 3 Mar 1900, Rawl 7
90 Ibid 3–12 Mar 1900 Rawl 7. See also MacDonald 296–7
CHAPTER 31: THE PLAGUE OF BLOEMFONTEIN
Head of chapter Rudyard Kipling Verse 219. Also Ly E. Cecil–Ld Salisbury 30 May 1900, Sal E (Ox)
1 Lt March Phillipps With Rimington 92
2 Ralph At Pretoria 128–9
3 Phillipps 92–3. Black & White Budget 31 Mar 1900 (photos). SD I, 267 para 23
4 SJ 13 Mar 1900. R–L 12, 13 Mar 1900, H & OI, 70 tels no 281, 282, 282A, 283. OH II, 233–8
5 Battersby tot. Ralph At Pretoria 140–1
6 Ralph loc cit 139–48
7 Battersby 101. Ralph loc cit 138
8 Lord Kerry’s diary, Lan XII, f14–15
9 Rawlinson diary 13 Mar 1900, Rawl. TH III, 590
10 Rawlinson diary loc cit. Menpes 68–9, 82–3. See Ly E. Cecil [Milner] description My Picture Gallery 181
11 Kelly–Kenny diary 7 Mar 1900, Kell. French diary Mar 1900, Fren. Haig
12 De Wet 68–9
13 OH II, 190–5 & Map Vol II, 26
14 R SD I, 264–5 paras 7–1I. R ev RCSAW II, 465
15 OH II 196–203. Kelly–Kenny diary 7 Mar 1900, Kell Haig–Henrietta 16 Mar 1900, Hat. H & OI,72
16 Childers Arme Blanche 133–49
17 R–L 16 Mar 1900, H & OI, 72
18 R’s notes for L enc by N. Chamberlain 28 Aug 1900, Bobs 23/IV
19 Haig–Henrietta 16 Mar 1900, Haig
20 Ibid
21 Childers loc cit
22 Kelly–Kenny diary 7 Mar 1900, Kell
23 Ibid 7–9 Mar. 6th Div’n Staff Diary in SJ 14 Mar woo
24 De Wet 69
25 OH II, 213–29. R SD I, 266 paras 18–20
26 Kelly–Kenny diary 10 Mar 1900, Kell. R–L 16 Mar 1900, H & O I, 73–4
27 See note 90
28 Ralph War’s Brighter Side 182–3
29 R–L 16 Mar 1900 loc cit
30 Ralph War’s Brighter Side 5–15. [Rankin] Subaltern’s Letters 168
31 Ralph op cit 117
32 The Friend Mar–Apr 1900
33 R–Queen Victoria 15 Mar 1900, H & OI, 71–3
34 Colvile 67
35 [Rankin] Subaltern’s Letters 174
36 Ly E. Cecil-’Mama’ 15 Nov 1899, Sal (Hat). Ly Milner Picture Gallery 180
37 For the scale of letter-writing note average number of army letters received at Cape Town each week was 190,000. See OH IV, 625–8
38 Copies in PC
39 [Rankin] Subaltern’s
Letters 226–7
40 See note 33
41 R–Brackenbury 27 Mar 1900, H & O I, 84
42 See Rawlinson diary passim, Rawl 7
43 [Rankin] Subaltern’s Letters 174–6
44 See note 33
45 Ibid
46 Nor, it must be said, did his own Intelligence Officers. Col Henderson had been invalided home. See Robertson 117 and R’s preface to Henderson’s Science of War xxvii
47 Buller ev RCSAW III, 170–1
48 Ibid
49 Ibid
50 R–L 16 Mar 1900 and tel no 293 of same date, H & OI, 73. OH II, 260 gives text of Proclamation of 15 Mar
51 OH II, 230–1
52 OH II, 189
53 OH II, 230–1, 259–60
54 For Amery’s eulogy see TH III, 594–7
55 OH II, 258
56 R–Buller 3 Mar 1900 quoted R RCSAW II, 464, Buller RCSAW II, 183
57 Haig–Henrietta 22 Mar 1900, Haig. OH II, 250–3
58 OH II, 263–5
59 TH IV, 6–10
60 TH IV, 11
61 R–L 15–17 Jan 1900, H & O I, 11
62 Fortescue Army Service Corps 229–65.
63 Hamilton memo for Arthur c 1920, Ham
64 Menpes 79–80. Cf TH IV
65 Buller ev RCSAW III, 176. R–L 27 Dec (1tr) 1900, H & O I, 4
66 R–L 20 Mar 1900, H & O I, 77
67 R–L (tel) 24 Mar 1900, (1tr) 25 Mar, H & O I, 80–1
68 French ev RCSAW III, Q 17186 and 17189. OH II, 32, 37–8, 203
69 R–L 24 Mar 1900 (tel no 331), H & O I, 80
70 See esp R–L 9 Mar 1900 (tel no 271), H & O I, 68
71 Kelly–Kenny diary 29–30 Mar 1900, Kell. R–L 29 Mar 1900 (tel no 348), 1 Apr (1tr), H & O I, 85, 87–8
72 See note 19
73 See note 62
74 For full report on typhoid see Report of the Commission on Dysentery (1903), and see Cd 453 (Romer Report)
75 Battersby 125–6
76 Burdett–Coutts quoted TH VI, 523–4. See his ev to Romer Commission and comments published separately
77 BMJ 2 Feb 1901 quoted above. See Prof Ogston ev RCSAW II, 472–85 esp Q 10965
78 Cd 453
79 Life of Conan Doyle, and see Menpes 152–5. For Exham see Cd 453/32
80 For an eye-witness account see diary of Dr Dobbs at Kroonstad (cy) PC
81 R–L 15–17 Jan (1tr), 22 Jan (tel), 22–4 Jan (1tr), 29 Jan (1tr) 1900, H & O I, 11, 15, 17, 21
82 R–L 9 Feb 1900 (1tr), H & O I, 35
83 R–Queen Victoria 15 Apr 1900 (1tr), H & O I, 98
84 Menpes 89–90. Ralph War’s Brighter Side 203–4
85 The Friend 17 Mar 1900 quoted Ralph At Pretoria 166
86 M–R 21 Jan roc)°, MP II, 52–3. M–C CO 879/511. Cf M–R 23 Aug 1900, MP II, 85
87 M–Selborne Mar 1900, Mil
88 M–Ly E Cecil 30 Mar 1900, MP II, 68
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