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This page contains Volume I of Maurice's History. The contents are in PDF format.  File sizes vary between 470K and 1.4MB.

Contents
Chapter 1 - Preparation for war
Chapter 2 - The outbreak of the war
Chapter 3 - The theatre of war
Chapter 4 - The Boer Army
Chapter 5 - The British Army
Chapter 6 - The Navy in the Boer War
Chapter 7 - Talana Hill
Chapter 8 - The retreat from Dundee and the action at Rietfontein
Chapter 9 - Elandslaagte
Chapter 10 - Lombard's Kop
Chapter 11 - The arrival of Sir Redvers Buller
Chapter 12 - The advance from the Orange River
Chapter 13 - Belmont
Chapter 14 - Graspan
Chapter 15 - The battle of the Modder River
Chapter 16 - The raid on southern Natal
Chapter 17 - Operations around Colesberg up to 16th December
Chapter 18 - Stormberg
Chapter 19 - Halt on the Modder River before Magersfontein
Chapter 20 - The battle of Magersfontein
Chapter 21 - Sir Redvers Buller in face of Colenso
Chapter 22 - Colenso, December 15th 1899
Chapter 23 - Lord Roberts' appointment to the command in South Africa
Chapter 24 - Operations around Colesberg - 16th Dec 1899 to 6th Feb 1900
Chapter 25 - Lord Roberts at Cape Town; Reorganises
Chapter 26 - The Army moves forward
Appendix 1 - Reinforcements sanctioned on 8th September 1899
Appendix 2 - Distribution of British forces on 11th October 1899 in Cape Colony
Appendix 3 - Distribution of British forces on 11th October 1900 in Natal
Appendix 4 - Strength of the forces of the Transvaal and Orange Free State
Appendix 5 - List of HM ships and vessels serving on the Cape Station , October 11th 1899 to June 1st 1900
Appendix 6 - Approximate strength and casualties at various engagements described in Volume I
Appendix 7 - The expeditionary force as originally organised and sent to South Africa
Appendix 8 - The composition and distribution of British troops in southern Natal, 23rd November 1899
Appendix 9 - Reinforcements landed in South Africa up to the 15th February 1900 other than those given in Appendices 1 and 7
Appendix 10 - Distribution of troops in South Africa on 11th February 1900 when the march to Ramdam began
Glossary
Index