Campaigning in Kaffirland

About this eBook

Author

King, William Ross, 1822-1890

Title

Campaigning in Kaffirland; Or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-52

Credits

Produced by Brian Coe, Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48550

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48550

Release Date

March 22, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CAMPAIGNING IN KAFFIRLAND OR Scenes and Adventures IN THE KAFFIR WAR OF 1851-2.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF PLATES.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. ORDERED TO THE CAPE—VOYAGE OUT.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. STATE OF THE COUNTRY ON ARRIVAL.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. LANDING—MARCH UP THE COUNTRY—FIRST BRUSH WITH THE REBELS. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. ADVANCE INTO KAFFIRLAND—ATTACK ON THE AMATOLAS—FORT BEAUFORT—CAMP ON THE KOONAP RIVER. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER V. REIT FONTEIN—STANDING CAMP—MARCH TO SOMERSET—ACTION ON KROMME HEIGHTS—RETURN TO FORT BEAUFORT. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. ATTACK ON THE WATERKLOOF—SUBSEQUENT OPERATIONS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. FOURTH ATTACK ON THE WATERKLOOF.—DEATH OF LIEUT.-COL. FORDYCE, AND OTHER OFFICERS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. CATTLE LIFTING—KAFFIR AND FINGO CUSTOMS, ETC. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. NIGHT ATTACK ON CAMP.—POST RETIEF.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. BUSHMAN PAINTINGS—LOCUSTS—RETURN Of TRANS-KEI EXPEDITION. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. DESTRUCTION OF KAFFIR CROPS—FIFTH ATTACK ON WATERKLOOF. — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. SIXTH ATTACK ON THE WATERKLOOF—UITHAALDER—RETURN OF EXPEDITION AGAINST KRELI. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. FINAL ATTACK, AND CLEARANCE OF THE WATERKLOOF.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. EXPEDITION ACROSS THE GREAT ORANGE RIVER AGAINST THE BASUTO CHIEF MOSHESH.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. MARCH DOWN THE COUNTRY—TERMINATION OF THE WAR.
20. 20.ERRATA.
21. 21.Transcriber's Notes

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