The Siege of Mafeking (1900)
by A. Hamilton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hamilton, A. (Angus), 1874-1913
- Credits
- Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
- Subject
- Mafikeng (South Africa) -- History -- Siege, 1899-1900 -- Personal narratives, British
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 39348
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39348
- Release Date
- April 2, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE SIEGE OF MAFEKING
- 2.PREFATORY NOTE
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS
- 5.CHAPTER I AT SEA
- 6.CHAPTER II A GLANCE AHEAD
- 7.CHAPTER III ON THE ORANGE FREE STATE BORDER
- 8.CHAPTER IV BRICKS OF STRAW
- 9.CHAPTER V DIAMONDS AND WHITE FEATHERS
- 10.CHAPTER VI TWO DAYS BEFORE WAR
- 11.CHAPTER VII THE SKIRMISH AT FIVE MILE BANK
- 12.CHAPTER VIII THE FIRST DAY OF BOMBARDMENT
- 13.CHAPTER IX THE ADVENT OF "BIG BEN"
- 14.CHAPTER X A MIDNIGHT SORTIE
- 15.CHAPTER XI CANNON KOPJE
- 16.CHAPTER XII A RECONNAISSANCE
- 17.CHAPTER XIII THE TOWN GUARD
- 18.CHAPTER XIV WASTED ENERGIES
- 19.CHAPTER XV SHELLS AND SLAUGHTER
- 20.CHAPTER XVI A SOFT-WATER BATH
- 21.CHAPTER XVII THE ECONOMY OF THE SITUATION
- 22.CHAPTER XVIII A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL
- 23.CHAPTER XIX A LITTLE GUN PRACTICE
- 24.CHAPTER XX THE ATTACK UPON GAME TREE
- 25.CHAPTER XXI THE ADVENT OF THE NEW YEAR
- 26.CHAPTER XXII NATIVE LIFE
- 27.CHAPTER XXIII BOMBAST AND BOMB-PROOFS
- 28.CHAPTER XXIV SOME SNIPING AND AN EXECUTION
- 29.CHAPTER XXV LIFE IN THE BRICKFIELDS
- 30.CHAPTER XXVI FROM BAD TO WORSE
- 31.CHAPTER XXVII THE FIRST ATTACK UPON THE BRICKFIELDS
- 32.CHAPTER XXVIII THE SECOND ATTACK UPON THE BRICKFIELDS
- 33.CHAPTER XXIX THE NATIVE QUESTION
- 34.CHAPTER XXX POLITICAL ECONOMY
- 35.CHAPTER XXXI "A HISTORY OF THE BARALONGS"
- 36.CHAPTER XXXII 'TIS WEARY WAITING
- 37.CHAPTER XXXIII TWO HUNDRED DAYS OF SIEGE
- 38.CHAPTER XXXIV THE EPICUREAN'S DELIGHT
- 39.CHAPTER XXXV THE LAST FIGHT
- 40.CHAPTER XXXVI RELIEVED AT LAST
- 41.CHAPTER XXXVII THE END
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