Anecdotes of the Anglo-Boer War Book

	A perspective	1
	A Scout dies	2
	A shot in the head	3
	Advancing with the enemy	5
	Alcohol	5
	Ammunition	6
	An American dies	6
	An angel smiles	6
	An atrocity	8
	Aerial warfare	8
	Attraction	10
	Baggage	11
	Battle of the loop	12
	Betrayal	12
	Biblical	13
	Bitter victory	14
	Boer qualities	15
	Bombardment	15
	Books	17
	Camp fire story	18
	Camp site	18
	Civilian bravery	20
	Communication	22
	Coffee breaks	25
	Compassion	25
	Concentration camps	26
	Confusion	28
	Cricket	28
	Crossfire	29
	Cruelty to animals	30
	Deception	31
	Demotion	33
	Depression	33
	Devotion	35
	Dirty ending	36
	Disgrace	37
	Divine message	39
	Doubtful hospitality	39
	Drill	40
	Earthquake	41
	Escape	41
	Executions	44
	Exposure under fire	48
	Fair warning	49
	Father and son	50
	Fire	51
	First command	52
	First words	52
	Flight	52
	Football	53
	Forgotten	53
	Forts	54
	Friends	54
	Fuel	54
	Funerals	55
	Futile loyalty	55
	Ghosts	56
	Gifts	57
	Government in exile	58
	Graves of unknown soldiers	58
	Gross negligence	59
	Hand grenades	60
	Hard of hearing	60
	Hats	60
	Headless	61
	Hiding	61
	Hijack	62
	Holding hands	62
	Hoodwinked	62
	Horseracing	62
	Horses	63
	Ian Hamilton's revenge	65
	Ill-prepared	69
	Inaccessible treasure	69
	Incomplete burial	70
	Jewish courage	71
	Just desserts	71
	Keeping informed	72
	Kindness to the enemy	72
	Knowledge	74
	Krugersdorp statute	74
	Ladies of the night	75
	Lady Roberts	75
	Last casualties	76
	Last words	76
	Lightning	78
	Locust-screen	80
	Lone sniper	80
	Lost treasure	82
	Love letters	82
	Lucky escapes	83
	Lucky shots	84
	Masquerade	86
	Matters medical	87
	Military advice	88
	Mistaken identity	89
	Mixed loyalties	89
	Money	90
	Monuments	90
	"Moses" stories	90
	Music	91
	Natural interventions	93
	Naval warfare	93
	Near-fatal assumption	95
	Nicknames	95
	Nicotine	97
	No escape	100
	No quarter	102
	No surrender	103
	Obedience	104
	O.K. Corral	104
	Opportunities lost	105
	Owning up	107
	Peace	108
	Pets	108
	Picking up pebbles	109
	Porridge	110
	Pot plants	111
	Practical joke	111
	Premonitions	111
	Prophecy	111
	Queen's birthday	113
	Queen's touch	113
	Railway warfare	114
	Religious service	115
	Remains and controversies	116
	Remembrance	117
	Reprisals	117
	Research in reverse	119
	Restraint	119
	Rock art	120
	Saluting the throne	122
	Schoolboy warriors	122
	Sense of humour	122
	Shaving	123
	Signs in the sky	124
	Silence	124
	Smokescreens	125
	Snakebite	126
	Socialism	126
	Sporting chance	127
	Stampeding cattle	127
	State of undress	128
	Staying cool	128
	Storming a blockhouse	129
	Straight-shooting	130
	Strategic withdrawal	132
	Tactical changes	133
	Tainted reputation	133
	Tears	134
	The generals	134
	The legend of the flowers	137
	Theft	141
	Too many chiefs	141
	Torture	142
	Trafalgar	142
	Treasure found	143
	Trenches	143
	Tribute	144
	Underwear	145
	Unfortunate decision	146
	Uniforms	147
	Unwanted gratitude	148
	Useless booty	149
	Vegetables	150
	War graves	151
	Water	154
	What if?	155
	White flag	156
	Wild animals	157