CHAPTER IX

Gunnery Results: The 12-pounder Q.-F. Naval gun -- Its mounting, sighting, and methods of firing--The Creusot 3"-gun and its improvements -- Shrapnel fire and the poor results obtained by the Boers -- Use of the Clinometer and Mekometer -- How to emplace a Q.-F. gun, etc., etc. 101-120

APPENDIX I

Hints on Equipment and Clothing for Active Service 121-128

APPENDIX II

Extracts from some of the Despatches, Reports, and Telegrams regarding operations mentioned in this Journal 129-145

APPENDIX III

Diary of the Boer War up to October 25th, 1900 146-152

APPENDIX IV

The Navy and the War: A Résumé of Officers and Men mentioned in Despatches for the Operations in Natal 153-156

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_To face page_ TWENTY THOUSAND MEN ENCAMPED UNDER GENERAL BULLER _Frontispiece_

A BATTERY CROSSING THE LITTLE TUGELA 8

NAVAL BATTERY OF 4.7's AND 12-POUNDERS AT DURBAN 8

NAVAL BRIGADE PITCHING CAMP AT FRERE, DECEMBER, 1899 14

NAVAL GUNS IN ACTION AT COLENSO 22

LIEUT. BURNE'S GUNS FIRING AT SPION KOP 34

4.7 EMPLACED ON HLANGWANE 34

COLT GUN AT HLANGWANE FIRING AT BOERS 48

NAVAL 12-POUNDERS ADVANCING AFTER ALMOND'S NEK 70

4.7 ON A BAD BIT OF ROAD 70

BRINGING IN A BOER PRISONER 82

IN CAMP AT GRASS KOP 82

ONE OF LIEUT. HALSEY'S NAVAL 12-POUNDERS 82

LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR H. J. T. HILDYARD, K.C.B. 95

CAPTAIN PERCY SCOTT, C.B., R.N. 102

NAVAL 12-POUNDER EMPLACED 120

BOER GUN POSITIONS AT COLENSO 120

CAPTAIN E. P. JONES, R.N. 154

MAP _at end_

WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE IN NATAL