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Title: Ladysmith
The Diary of a Siege

Author: H. W. Nevinson

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Language: English

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LADYSMITH

THE DIARY OF A SIEGE

BY

H.W. NEVINSON

AUTHOR OF "THE THIRTY DAYS' WAR"

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON
1900

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. ON THE EDGE 1

II. AT THE BRITISH FRONT 9

III. THE FIRST WEEK'S WAR 20

IV. BATTLE OF ELANDS LAAGTE 30

V. BATTLE OF TINTA INYONI 41

VI. THE REVERSE AT NICHOLSON'S NEK 51

VII. HEMMED IN 61

VIII. TRAGEDY AND COMEDY 72

IX. INCIDENTS, ACCIDENTS, AND REALITIES 83

X. ENNUI ENLIVENED BY SUDDEN DEATH 100

XI. FLASHES FROM BULLER 129

XII. THE NIGHT SURPRISE ON GUN HILL 138

XIII. THE CAPTURE OF SURPRISE HILL 156

XIV. THE SEASON OF PEACE AND GOODWILL 176

XV. SICKNESS, DEATH, AND A NEW YEAR 194

XVI. THE GREAT ATTACK 211

XVII. A PAUSE AND A RENEWAL 231

XVIII. "WITHIN MEASURABLE DISTANCE" 250

XIX. HOPE DEFERRED 265

XX. SUN AND FEVER 279

XXI. RELIEVED AT LAST 291

APPENDIX 299

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR _Frontispiece_

MAP OF LADYSMITH AND NEIGHBOURHOOD 12

GENERAL SIR GEORGE STEWART WHITE, V.C., G.C.I.E., G.C.B., G.C.S.I. 18

PLAN OF THE BATTLE OF ELANDS LAAGTE 32

LOMBARD'S KOP