Columbia and the war, 77.

British Cabinet decides to send 2,000 men to Natal, 29.

British Navy and transport service, splendid tribute to, 86 _et seq._

Buffalo River, 37, 40.

Buller, General Sir Redvers, arrives at Cape Town to take
chief command, 68;
assumes the command in Natal, 195.

Buluwayo, 11.

Campaign, the, compared with that of 1881, 117;
its enormous difficulties unforeseen by the British Government
and people, 73;
the question as to its future conduct at the time of General
Buller's arrival, 132.

Canada and the war, 75.

Canadian Regiment, gallant conduct of the, at Paardeberg, 289.

Cape, the, 4;
seized by the British 1795, again in 1806, 5.

Cape Police, the, and the defence of Kimberley, 137.

Cape Route, the, may not be equal to carrying the traffic of the Suez
Canal in war time, 100.

Cattle and sheep the chief wealth of the Boer farmers, 8.

Chamberlain, Mr. Joseph, 28;
and the Colonies, 83.

Clark, Rear-Admiral Bouverie, great credit due to, as Director of
Transports, 86.

Clements, General, takes Colesberg, 176.

Clery, Lieut.-Gen. Sir Francis, 195.

Codrington, Colonel, at Modder River battle, 156.

Colenso, effect of reverses at, 81;
battle of, 220-232;
occupied by Buller's army, February 19, 296.

Colesberg taken by General Clements, 176.

Colonial Government of Natal calls for Imperial aid, 29.

Colonies, the, and the transports, 71;
splendid response of the, 74 _et seq._

"Communications dominate war," 73.

Congestion at docks, wharves, and railroads in South Africa and its
cause, 99.

Country, its nature favours defence, 20.

Cronje, General, and President Kruger, anecdote of, 122;
recalled from Kimberley to oppose Methuen's advance, 147;
leaves his entrenchments at Magersfontein, and commences his
retreat towards Bloemfontein, 275;
surrounded and captured at Paardeberg, 275-291

De Aar Junction, strategic importance of, 11, 33, 104.

"Defence exhausts quicker than offence," 44.

Delagoa Bay, a thorn in the side of the British, 3.

Denniss, Lieut., gallant conduct and death of--"not in vain," 245.

Devonshire Regiment, the, "save Ladysmith," 247.

Diaz, Bartholomew, 3.

Driefontein, battle of, 304.

Dundee, 22;
battle of Talana Hill, near, 43.

Dundonald, Lord, enters Ladysmith, 303.