CHAPTER XVIII

ABYSSINIA . . . 273

DESPATCH, APRIL 16, 1900 . . . 286

INDEX . . . 289

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ILLUSTRATIONS

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM GATACRE, K.C.B., D.S.O. (_Photogravure_) . . . _Frontispiece_

COLONEL W. F. GATACRE, D.S.O., 1888 . . . 74

KACHIN BRIDGE, OVER WHICH 500 MEN CROSSED IN ONE DAY . . . 90

GOORKHAS CROSSING THE LOWARI PASS . . . 134

ON THE ROAD TO CHITRAL . . . 138

GENERAL GATACRE AND HIS FAVOURITE PONY . . . 142

BELUCHI MURDERERS . . . 158

HINDU BURNING-GHAT . . . 162

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITATION . . . 172

INVASION OF CAPE COLONY: THE BOERS MARCHING SOUTH OVER THE ORANGE RIVER AT ALIWAL NORTH . . . 224

MAPS

_At the end_

MAP I. INDIA [Transcriber's note: this map was omitted, being too large to scan.]

MAP II. EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN

MAP III. EASTERN CAPE COLONY AND PART OF THE ORANGE FREE STATE

MAP IV. ABYSSINIA

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GENERAL GATACRE

1843-1906