The Petticoat Commando
by Johanna Brandt
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About this eBook
- Author
- Brandt, Johanna, 1876-1964
- Title
- The Petticoat Commando: Boer Women in Secret Service
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Jeannie Howse, Jonathan Ingram, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net/c/)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- JQ: Political science: Political inst. and pub. Admin.: Asia, Africa and Oceania
- Subject
- Women in war -- South Africa
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 20194
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20194
- Release Date
- December 26, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE PETTICOAT COMMANDO — OR — BOER WOMEN IN SECRET SERVICE — By
- 2.JOHANNA BRANDT — WITH TEN ILLUSTRATIONS — To
- 3.HANSIE'S MOTHER — AS A PEACE-OFFERING FOR HAVING BROUGHT HER INTO PUBLICITY IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO HER WISHES — FOREWORD ToC — INTRODUCTION ToC — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4.THE PETTICOAT COMMANDO — CHAPTER I ToC — THE SCENE OF ACTION — CHAPTER II ToC — HOW THE MINES WERE SAVED — CHAPTER III ToC — THE SURRENDER OF THE GOLDEN CITY — CHAPTER IV ToC — MARTIAL LAW UNDER THE ENEMY — CHAPTER V ToC — ONLY A BIT OF RIBBON GAY! — CHAPTER VI ToC — PASSES AND PERMITS — CHAPTER VII ToC — POSTAGE BY STRATEGY — CHAPTER VIII ToC — OUTWITTING THE CENSOR — CHAPTER IX ToC — JAN CELLIERS, POET AND PATRIOT — CHAPTER X ToC — A LITTLE ADVENTURE WITH THE BRITISH SOLDIER — CHAPTER XI ToC — PRISONER OF WAR — CHAPTER XII ToC — THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS — TABLE A — TABLE B — TABLE C — TABLE D — CHAPTER XIII ToC — A CONSULAR VISIT TO IRENE CAMP — CHAPTER XIV ToC — NEW DEVELOPMENTS — CHAPTER XV ToC — THE FORMATION OF THE NATIONAL SCOUTS CORPS — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XVI ToC — A CONSIGNMENT OF EXPLOSIVES — CHAPTER XVII ToC — THE FIRST INTERVIEW WITH SPIES, INTRODUCING TWO HEROES — CHAPTER XVIII ToC — THE CASE OF SPOELSTRA — CHAPTER XIX ToC — DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND! — CHAPTER XX ToC — THANKSGIVING AND HUMILIATION — CHAPTER XXI ToC — FLIPPIE AND CO. — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXII ToC — THE SECRET RAILWAY TIME-TABLE — CHAPTER XXIII ToC — SYSTEM EMPLOYED BY THE SECRET COMMITTEE — CHAPTER XXIV ToC — THE DEATH OF ADOLPH KRAUSE — CHAPTER XXV ToC — THE SHOEMAKER AT WORK — CHAPTER XXVI ToC — BITTEN BY OUR OWN DOGS — CHAPTER XXVII ToC — THE BETRAYAL OF THE SECRET COMMITTEE. A MEMORABLE DAY OF TROUBLE — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXVIII ToC — HANSIE EARNING THE VOTE — CHAPTER XXIX ToC — A WAR-BABY AND A CURIOUS CHRISTENING — CHAPTER XXX ToC — FORMING A NEW COMMITTEE — CHAPTER XXXI ToC — "TEA FOR TWO" — CHAPTER XXXII ToC — KIDNAPPING MAUSER THE KITTEN — CHAPTER XXXIII ToC — THE FIRST SPIES AT HARMONY — CHAPTER XXXIV ToC — THE CAPTAIN'S VISIT — FOOTNOTES: — CHAPTER XXXV ToC — MEMORIES BITTER-SWEET — CHAPTER XXXVI ToC — A SILENT DEPARTURE. "FARE THEE WELL" — CHAPTER XXXVII ToC — BETRAYED — CHAPTER XXXVIII ToC — THE RAID ON HARMONY — CHAPTER XXXIX ToC — THE WATCHWORD. OILING THE HINGES — CHAPTER XL ToC — PEACE, PEACE—AND THERE IS NO PEACE! — CONCLUSION ToC
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