PART V.

WITH THE FLYING COLUMN TO MAFEKING

XVIII. A Strategic Secret 205

XIX. The Departure from Kimberley 209

XX. From Taungs to Vryburg 221

XXI. Nearing the Goal 230

XXII. We Repel an Attack and Join Forces with Plumer 238

XXIII. The Fighting on the Molopo 248

XXIV. Mafeking at Last 260

XXV. A Memorial of the Siege 271

XXVI. Good-bye to Mafeking 277

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIELD-MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS OF KANDAHAR, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., V.C. _Frontispiece_

MR. G. LENTHAL CHEATLE, F.R.C.S., CONSULTING SURGEON TO HER MAJESTY'S FORCES IN SOUTH AFRICA _To face page_ 72

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL P.S. LORD METHUEN, K.C.V.O., C.B., C.M.G. " 156

BRIGADIER-GENERAL BRYAN MAHON, D.S.O. " 210

MAP OF MAHON'S MARCH " 230

PLAN OF THE BATTLE ON THE MOLOPO ON MAY 16TH " 248

FACSIMILE OF SIGNED MENU OF THE RELIEF DINNER AT MAFEKING " 267