Part 1

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Garrett Alley, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

WITH STEYN AND DE WET

PHILIP PIENAAR

OF THE TRANSVAAL TELEGRAPH SERVICE

METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON 1902

CONTENTS

PAGE

THOMAR 1

THE ELEVENTH OF OCTOBER 3

FIRST IMPRESSIONS 8

COLENSO 17

PLATRAND 25

SPION KOP 32

GLORIOUS WAR 42

PIETERS' HEIGHTS 47

GLENCOE 53

THE FREE STATE 60

LINDLEY TO HEILBRON 68

VELD INCIDENTS 76

TAPPING THE WIRES 87

I MEET DE WET 93

ROODEWAL 103

OFF TO THE TRANSVAAL 111

ARRESTED AS SPIES 121

IN THE MOUNTAINS 131

THROUGH THE CORDON 139

SKIRMISHES 148

WE ENTER POTCHEFSTROOM 156