bigram

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bigram	frequency
south africa	1533
south african	1153
free state	783
cape colony	631
mounted infantry	580
african republic	579
orange free	406
de wet	406
british government	394
orange river	375
african war	364
war service	320
cape town	305
lord roberts	300
lord kitchener	279
imperial yeomanry	258
staff service	255
took place	247
light horse	245
th hussars	229
second lieutenant	223
great britain	221
light infantry	220
high commissioner	217
river colony	184
sir george	180
transvaal government	180
general french	173
per cent	171
sir redvers	163
lord methuen	162
mr harvey	162
executive council	160
th lancers	160
following day	152
th brigade	148
lord milner	145
hundred yards	140
every one	139
mounted rifles	136
general sir	136
bronze star	135
chief de	133
imperial light	131
redvers buller	130
president kruger	130
delagoa bay	120
british troops	119
spion kop	119
years ago	118
vaal river	117
next day	116
five miles	114
british subjects	113
white men	113
royal irish	111
th battery	110
heavy fire	109
president steyn	108
royal engineers	106
dublin fusiliers	105
one man	105
english government	104
two hundred	104
white flag	103
three hundred	101
transvaal state	100
reform committee	100
sir charles	100
imperial government	100
let us	100
sir bartle	99
egyptian medal	99
two guns	99
field artillery	97
general botha	97
mounted men	97
modder river	95
railway line	93
armoured train	92
next morning	91
hundred men	91
bartle frere	89
south wales	89
two days	88
opened fire	87
miles north	86
severely wounded	86
gordon highlanders	85
six miles	85
five years	84
de villiers	83
mining industry	83
de la	83
new zealand	83
one day	82
one side	82
one hundred	82
mr humphreys	82
taken prisoner	80
united states	80
colonel baden	79
naval brigade	79
new south	79
st battalion	79
ten miles	78
boer position	78
sir alfred	77
taken place	77
state attorney	77
two years	77
nd battalion	77
many years	77
th co	77
mounted troops	77
two republics	76
british south	75
army service	74
following morning	74
general de	74
nile ex	73
white man	73
right flank	73
service corps	72
nd royal	72
take place	72
afghan war	72
good deal	72
general ian	72
two miles	72
taken prisoners	72
four hundred	72
la rey	71
every man	70
jameson raid	70
main body	70
et seq	70
cavalry brigade	70
three months	70
rifle brigade	69
royal artillery	69
th january	69
royal horse	69
left flank	68
twenty miles	68
british resident	68
large number	68
left behind	68
horse artillery	67
government will	67
per annum	67
ian hamilton	67
dragoon guards	67
great deal	66
george white	66
northumberland fusiliers	66
charles warren	66
royal rifles	66
st royal	65
sir henry	65
general buller	65
naval guns	65
general gatacre	64
four miles	64
scots guards	64
eight miles	64
alfred milner	63
th regiment	62
african light	62
boer leaders	62
officer commanding	62
boer government	62
six months	61
two companies	61
one another	61
either side	61
th field	61
sir john	61
general joubert	60
four hours	60
well known	60
see vol	60
grenadier guards	59
short time	59
colonel plumer	59
de aar	59
two men	58
th battalion	58
three miles	58
taking place	57
days later	57
soudan ex	57
first time	57
royal field	57
big guns	56
afrikaner bond	56
royal scots	56
state secretary	56
five hundred	55
british empire	55
yards away	55
port elizabeth	55
feet high	55
sir hercules	55
high court	54
long time	54
british rule	53
transvaal boers	53
mother country	53
british force	53
miles away	53
three years	53
egyptian ex	53
whole force	52
mounted police	52
highland brigade	52
cape police	52
british colonies	52
thousand men	52
special service	51
large force	51
irish fusiliers	51
white population	51
new zealanders	51
hercules robinson	51
general rundle	50
native tribes	50
monte cristo	50
fifteen miles	50
th may	50
small force	49
wounds received	49
first volksraad	49
several times	49
rifle fire	49
home government	49
egyptian army	49
miles south	48
four years	48
diamond fields	48
th class	48
sutherland highlanders	48
will take	48
colonial office	48
general froneman	47
three days	47
th dragoon	47
slightly wounded	47
th december	47
british army	47
hundred miles	46
volksraad shall	46
two hours	46
general bruce	46
thirty miles	46
staff officer	46
colonel kekewich	46
twelve miles	46
british flag	46
general plumer	46
coldstream guards	45
two thousand	45
british agent	45
hundred paces	45
cape mounted	45
new colonies	45
lo bengula	45
gold mines	45
evelyn wood	45
way back	45
one time	44
general pole	44
army medical	44
black watch	44
irish rifles	44
vaal krantz	44
commissioned officers	44
told us	44
twenty years	44
field force	44
class medjidie	44
martial law	44
colonel thorneycroft	44
africa company	44
free staters	43
british forces	43
sir evelyn	43
good hope	43
field batteries	43
general smuts	43
twenty yards	43
cavalry division	42
whole country	42
yorkshire light	42
seven miles	42
one may	42
welsh fusiliers	42
sand river	42
griqualand west	42
thirty years	42
good faith	42
fifty yards	42
close quarters	42
elands river	42
chief justice	42
per ton	42
war office	41
go back	41
came back	41
th sqdn	41
east london	41
much less	41
will probably	40
majuba hill	40
scottish horse	40
took part	40
field hospital	40
section pompoms	40
medical corps	40
relief force	40
sir garnet	40
republic will	40
fell back	40
blockhouse line	40
native chiefs	40
ten years	40
march th	40
th april	40
union jack	39
general broadwood	39
within yards	39
field battery	39
mortally wounded	39
square miles	39
royal dublin	39
previous day	39
ever since	39
forty miles	39
set forth	39
lord dundonald	38
colonel pilcher	38
one thing	38
th day	38
fall back	38
general brabant	38
four men	38
johannesburg people	38
every day	38
general cronje	38
one occasion	38
paul kruger	38
george colley	38
first place	38
native races	38
gregory co	38
short distance	37
judge hertzog	37
colonel benson	37
april th	37
three men	37
th mounted	37
transvaal territory	37
commanding officer	37
fifty miles	37
strong position	37
will continue	37
du plessis	37
highland light	37
zand river	37
transvaal republic	37
boer laager	36
assistant adjutant	36
native affairs	36
two governments	36
will give	36
many cases	36
will remain	36
two officers	36
fifty men	36
sir theophilus	36
railway station	36
civil war	36
lancashire regiment	36
durham light	36
royal canadian	36
th october	35
peace negotiations	35
greater part	35
de lisle	35
will receive	35
large numbers	35
th march	35
boer guns	35
boer forces	35
medical officer	35
full speed	35
imperial volunteers	35
cape government	35
general elliot	35
come back	34
royal welsh	34
natal carabineers	34
royal commission	34
one officer	34
almost impossible	34
vereeniging conference	34
th august	34
three thousand	34
miles distant	34
nd brigade	34
general hunter	34
will come	34
de beers	33
town guard	33
present war	33
five men	33
one else	33
one company	33
piet retief	33
eastern transvaal	33
seaforth highlanders	33
every side	33
men killed	33
lancashire fusiliers	33
second volksraad	33
hard work	33
general baden	33
will make	33
north america	33
nothing else	33
must now	32
gallant officer	32
koorn spruit	32
morning post	32
three hours	32
gave orders	32
three times	32
rifle corps	32
long ago	32
made prisoners	32
boer camp	32
miles east	32
van der	32
prime minister	32
four days	32
since dead	32
th division	32
british crown	32
du toit	32
general hamilton	32
state president	32
men wounded	31
dutch reformed	31
many places	31
fort salisbury	31
open ground	31
natal field	31
six hundred	31
early days	31
colonel rimington	31
colonel de	31
royal rifle	31
strong enough	31
two squadrons	31
boer war	31
ten minutes	31
public opinion	31
river convention	31
louis botha	31
victoria cross	31
strong force	31
aliwal north	31
long tom	31
scots fusiliers	30
burmese ex	30
gathered together	30
british territory	30
pontoon bridge	30
caton woodville	30
shortly afterwards	30
boer lines	30
north lancashire	30
little force	30
military authorities	30
cape dutch	30
great difficulty	30
life guards	30
battalion imperial	30
national representatives	30
indian ocean	30
boer nation	30
present time	29
national union	29
chapter ii	29
small party	29
guards brigade	29
chapter vi	29
bullet wound	29
one hand	29
poplar grove	29
president brand	29
london convention	29
general clements	29
late mr	29
wilge river	29
netherlands railway	29
north bank	29
munster fusiliers	29
give us	29
reformed church	29
railway bridge	29
royal army	29
native labour	29
sent back	29
general lyttelton	29
colonel grey	28
artillery fire	28
mountain battery	28
east surrey	28
general smith	28
cecil rhodes	28
transvaal war	28
boundary line	28
lord chelmsford	28
per mile	28
may well	28
colonel white	28
chapter iv	28
lord kimberley	28
horse guards	28
chapter iii	28
two races	28
general knox	28
inniskilling fusiliers	28
general hart	28
wounded man	28
st brigade	28
nile expedition	27
moved forward	27
garnet wolseley	27
high veldt	27
corrugated iron	27
dutch language	27
wagon hill	27
among us	27
city imperial	27
th company	27
get away	27
may say	27
night march	27
sir william	27
four guns	27
will soon	27
uitlander population	27
six men	27
military service	27
boer force	27
will never	27
piet de	27
president burgers	27
behind us	27
philip botha	27
something like	27
shell fire	26
high treason	26
five minutes	26
good fortune	26
dangerously wounded	26
general fourie	26
taken possession	26
heavy guns	26
sir owen	26
thousand yards	26
infantry brigade	26
even now	26
colonel wood	26
boers made	26
three weeks	26
field cornet	26
th earl	26
battery royal	26
firing line	26
going forward	26
peaceful settlement	26
two months	26
may th	26
zulu war	26
great majority	26
seriously wounded	26
yorkshire regiment	26
throughout south	26
reader will	26
military secretary	26
full franchise	26
rd battalion	26
gallant fellows	26
active service	26
fifty years	26
equal rights	26
general barton	26
th general	26
connaught rangers	25
early morning	25
flying column	25
th november	25
last moment	25
took possession	25
african constabulary	25
action near	25
unconditional surrender	25
henry de	25
derbyshire regiment	25
army corps	25
klip river	25
jacobus de	25
boer republics	25
sir jacobus	25
sent home	25
state will	25
secret service	25
general colley	25
theophilus shepstone	25
soon became	25
leaving behind	25
orange colony	25
seven hundred	25
burgher rights	25
public meeting	25
right hon	25
railway lines	25
new york	24
minutes later	24
nd west	24
anything else	24
sixth division	24
general hildyard	24
united kingdom	24
natal mounted	24
captain fitzclarence	24
following officers	24
soudan expedition	24
certain number	24
boer trenches	24
whose name	24
six hours	24
without delay	24
remained behind	24
article coming	24
every way	24
emigrant boers	24
colonel anstruther	24
pushed forward	24
now began	24
valuable service	24
mooi river	24
seven years	24
president shall	24
th february	24
good many	24
sixty years	24
gave us	24
four companies	24
chartered company	24
five days	24
foreign powers	24
one case	23
royal west	23
two batteries	23
great many	23
british guns	23
colonel rhodes	23
franchise law	23
hussar hill	23
staff corps	23
lionel phillips	23
carried away	23
will see	23
surrounding country	23
coloured people	23
yeomanry cavalry	23
five thousand	23
first instance	23
dynamite monopoly	23
eight hundred	23
scots greys	23
africander bond	23
bloemfontein conference	23
colonel allenby	23
rhenoster river	23
great trek	23
lord derby	23
location commission	23
straight line	23
west riding	23
little town	23
twelve months	23
boer army	23
looked like	23
one sees	23
work done	23
klip drift	23
diamond hill	23
right bank	23
colonial troops	23
east africa	23
one moment	23
small parties	23
got away	23
blue book	23
became necessary	23
small number	23
relief column	23
protectorate regiment	23
one thousand	23
customs union	22
nd east	22
far away	22
queensland mounted	22
komati poort	22
en route	22
considerable time	22
british officers	22
old man	22
lord carnarvon	22
british lines	22
three sides	22
market square	22
soon found	22
maxim guns	22
following telegram	22
following letter	22
shropshire light	22
great numbers	22
west surrey	22
government commission	22
boer representatives	22
commandant steenekamp	22
th september	22
west yorkshire	22
garrison artillery	22
mineral wealth	22
east kent	22
place called	22
mr jackson	22
elliott fry	22
many others	22
years later	22
chapter vii	22
one must	22
fixed bayonets	22
red cross	22
caledon river	22
civilised warfare	22
driven back	21
portuguese territory	21
many men	21
military operations	21
johannes paulus	21
natives will	21
water supply	21
british party	21
telegraph wires	21
south side	21
medical staff	21
people will	21
colonial secretary	21
dry season	21
british prisoners	21
african railways	21
new country	21
commissioners will	21
look back	21
extreme right	21
colonel dalgety	21
open country	21
cameron highlanders	21
quite impossible	21
general paget	21
frontal attack	21
now made	21
advanced guard	21
stephanus johannes	21
lord salisbury	21
welsh regiment	21
british people	21
special commissioner	21
eldest son	21
within six	21
reform movement	21
rendered valuable	21
british subject	21
feet deep	21
canadian regiment	21
several occasions	21
owen lanyon	21
never seen	21
general spens	21
british nation	21
english rule	21
shall never	21
received orders	21
west yorks	21
one squadron	21
way towards	21
th rifles	21
railway company	21
responsible government	21
natural consequence	21
english language	21
whole world	21
farther north	21
white inhabitants	21
th inst	21
whole day	21
present moment	21
sixty miles	21
middelburg proposal	21
loyal north	21
scottish rifles	21
penn symons	20
bearer company	20
one killed	20
many things	20
take part	20
chapter viii	20
will also	20
wet season	20
high dutch	20
little time	20
private secretary	20
native location	20
attack us	20
public works	20
kimberley light	20
colonel byng	20
officer rendered	20
john willoughby	20
rd class	20
colonel henry	20
general officer	20
colonial government	20
sir frederick	20
general philip	20
british officer	20
dated th	20
wounded men	20
main position	20
last year	20
concentration camps	20
one great	20
th batt	20
composite regiment	20
loyal inhabitants	20
public prosecutor	20
colonel mahon	20
african history	20
twenty men	20
queen victoria	20
advance guard	20
turning movement	20
third division	20
badly wounded	20
royal fusiliers	20
per head	20
must take	20
every effort	20
crocodile river	20
east coast	20
nearly every	20
colonel scott	20
high ground	20
many times	20
two battalions	20
miles long	20
paulus kruger	20
critical moment	20
commandant van	20
many days	20
night attack	20
acton homes	20
original page	20
full liberty	20
railway hill	20
october th	20
general piet	20
get rid	20
three officers	20
must go	20
boer positions	19
three wounded	19
southern states	19
different points	19
ladysmith relief	19
colonel pulteney	19
british soldiers	19
may come	19
th dragoons	19
almost immediately	19
little garrison	19
maxim gun	19
original text	19
heavy loss	19
naval gun	19
splendid work	19
will find	19
colonel park	19
general dartnell	19
president burger	19
infantry division	19
good government	19
eighteen miles	19
now become	19
english force	19
turned back	19
large part	19
now stands	19
till now	19
fighting scouts	19
captain elliot	19
border regiment	19
will go	19
major clarke	19
african affairs	19
last two	19
one might	19
hundred burghers	19
devonshire regiment	19
much greater	19
colonel hore	19
little band	19
considerable loss	19
great number	19
boers near	19
majuba day	19
africa will	19
vast amount	19
native tribe	19
shot dead	19
good order	19
dutch republics	19
late years	19
september th	19
hind legs	19
towards us	19
zulu king	19
made good	19
eastern province	19
great extent	19
south lancashire	19
second time	19
dutch party	19
shall see	19
boer delegates	19
eastern side	19
general colvile	19
battalion royal	19
honing spruit	19
certain conditions	19
civil rights	19
ten yards	19
almost entirely	19
two british	19
general babington	19
went back	19
one part	19
three guns	19
second lieut	19
one way	19
mounted boers	19
zealand mounted	19
government shall	19
absolutely necessary	18
last night	18
white people	18
south bank	18
rd brigade	18
give way	18
last time	18
imperial bushmen	18
royal dragoons	18
winston churchill	18
men came	18
manchester regiment	18
certain amount	18
gave way	18
legislative council	18
first day	18
young officer	18
one point	18
boer left	18
hundred boers	18
joined us	18
prisoners taken	18
recent hostilities	18
opposite side	18
political rights	18
thank god	18
within twenty	18
english troops	18
th batteries	18
general macdonald	18
set fire	18
english people	18
government house	18
two boer	18
west coast	18
general woodgate	18
invading force	18
river bridge	18
intelligence department	18
now came	18
per case	18
almost every	18
new year	18
good luck	18
two great	18
large quantities	18
household cavalry	18
extreme left	18
enfranchised burghers	18
forty years	18
fields horse	18
will always	18
th imperial	18
will show	18
table mountain	18
kaffrarian rifles	18
national scouts	18
came across	18
british occupation	18
never forget	18
two parties	18
old testament	18
willow grange	18
class osmanieh	18
many miles	18
latter place	18
company royal	18
general fetherstonhaugh	18
colonel grenfell	18
crown colony	17
scottish borderers	17
guerilla war	17
first raad	17
run away	17
main line	17
just like	17
brought back	17
great force	17
thirty yards	17
turn back	17
big game	17
far back	17
will ever	17
dutch law	17
various points	17
old fellow	17
government officials	17
one year	17
british colony	17
pretoria gaol	17
two waggons	17
much larger	17
long grass	17
pounder gun	17
mile away	17
forty men	17
wales lancers	17
greater portion	17
second raad	17
every direction	17
forced march	17
seven men	17
take care	17
six feet	17
michal prinsloo	17
nineteenth century	17
colonel williams	17
small hours	17
valsch river	17
nine miles	17
working costs	17
first line	17
get back	17
general beatson	17
essex regiment	17
brave men	17
close behind	17
native contingent	17
hours later	17
riet river	17
map illustrating	17
royal lancaster	17
within three	17
colonel colville	17
excellent work	17
open plain	17
two pom	17
commandant hasebroek	17
already mentioned	17
late republics	17
combined movement	17
le gallais	17
four months	17
still farther	17
little way	17
west kent	17
de montmorency	17
canadian contingent	17
chapter ix	17
captain scheepers	17
several days	17
joined hands	17
three companies	17
across country	17
got back	17
eight hours	17
temporary rank	17
force consisted	17
still less	17
make known	17
van niekerk	17
human beings	17
long way	17
armed men	17
boers now	17
military force	16
safe conduct	16
ten days	16
english settlers	16
old boer	16
already begun	16
big gun	16
table bay	16
rearguard action	16
bitter end	16
thousand paces	16
ten men	16
british public	16
mining companies	16
lost one	16
downing street	16
emigrant farmers	16
boer artillery	16
foreign power	16
long run	16
british authorities	16
red sea	16
without doubt	16
god save	16
miles west	16
good enough	16
boer generals	16
twenty minutes	16
first shot	16
egyptian expedition	16
will doubtless	16
perfectly well	16
night attacks	16
three columns	16
well enough	16
line near	16
officer commanded	16
small arms	16
among others	16
general kelly	16
quite sure	16
many months	16
boer cause	16
two brigades	16
boer commandant	16
twenty feet	16
british camp	16
set aside	16
two wounded	16
native wars	16
tafel kop	16
first article	16
blockhouse lines	16
th june	16
yves guyot	16
commission will	16
time general	16
bechuanaland border	16
fixed property	16
thousand pounds	16
colonial division	16
quite close	16
within two	16
come forward	16
nd scottish	16
will send	16
european powers	16
nd batt	16
six weeks	16
relieving force	16
will bring	16
south africans	16
question whether	16
bay railway	16
large scale	16
brigade major	16
war council	16
nine men	16
surrey regiment	16
natal government	16
general coke	16
flanking movement	16
war began	16
hard fighting	16
st batt	16
fifteen years	16
hundred years	16
now took	16
rd battery	16
nothing left	15
barbed wire	15
brought us	15
pretoria convention	15
king edward	15
commandant malan	15
generals french	15
civil service	15
never heard	15
chief officers	15
west australian	15
december th	15
colonel sir	15
column moved	15
wait till	15
men will	15
western transvaal	15
one maxim	15
considerable number	15
fifteen hundred	15
general wood	15
hot fire	15
full retreat	15
three places	15
one gun	15
public meetings	15
main army	15
will become	15
like article	15
heavy losses	15
piet fourie	15
sir bindon	15
lost heavily	15
every case	15
general advance	15
comparatively small	15
great strength	15
men fell	15
little doubt	15
nearly two	15
young men	15
boer side	15
boer party	15
curiously enough	15
wales mounted	15
good work	15
six years	15
almost impregnable	15
commanding th	15
will allow	15
five months	15
large proportion	15
put forward	15
already made	15
cape carts	15
boer fire	15
large body	15
artillery duel	15
millions sterling	15
river bank	15
transvaal flag	15
council shall	15
late president	15
st bn	15
young man	15
rising ground	15
help us	15
swept away	15
back towards	15
two columns	15
anything like	15
colonel colenbrander	15
guerilla warfare	15
large majority	15
der merwe	15
cristo ridge	15
five companies	15
great advance	15
lord charles	15
came forward	15
general lord	15
well acquainted	15
scott turner	15
shall take	15
thaba bosiyo	15
george grey	15
english camp	15
made use	15
must say	15
will bear	15
wales borderers	15
lancaster regiment	15
north side	15
river station	15
captain haldane	15
colonel bethune	15
trying circumstances	15
let go	15
right front	15
gold law	15
deux mondes	15
formed part	15
following words	15
thirty men	15
boer women	15
christmas day	15
time ago	15
british protection	15
every possible	15
royal inniskilling	15
half miles	15
three feet	15
principal medical	15
previous night	15
african republics	15
two troops	15
cape boys	15
commanding officers	14
moved towards	14
victorian mounted	14
revue des	14
th royal	14
far less	14
four thousand	14
staats courant	14
official language	14
gallant conduct	14
english lines	14
sir harry	14
british residents	14
selati railway	14
kalahari desert	14
st life	14
shell burst	14
near enough	14
th instant	14
two maxims	14
mounted force	14
boers came	14
general dixon	14
british authority	14
without opposition	14
town hall	14
tugela river	14
south australian	14
every turn	14
archibald hunter	14
model school	14
mounted volunteers	14
first thing	14
old free	14
main column	14
made haste	14
nd lancashire	14
ton per	14
might well	14
british bechuanaland	14
thirty feet	14
commandant olivier	14
let loose	14
now come	14
canadian mounted	14
january th	14
one troop	14
beaufort west	14
lord mayor	14
eastern part	14
one finds	14
six thousand	14
england will	14
looking back	14
brought forward	14
may think	14
boer prisoners	14
edward vii	14
war correspondent	14
independent state	14
boers killed	14
soon began	14
hot haste	14
engagement near	14
made one	14
taken part	14
colonel wilson	14
strong positions	14
per acre	14
dutch element	14
boers still	14
boers took	14
new government	14
six pounds	14
second contingent	14
one end	14
went well	14
passed away	14
mansion house	14
eight men	14
full burgher	14
complete freedom	14
two colonies	14
des deux	14
zulu army	14
brigade division	14
danie theron	14
western districts	14
one boer	14
inch howitzer	14
round us	14
great loss	14
way along	14
return journey	14
july th	14
de beer	14
charles leonard	14
ten thousand	14
every inch	14
sir archibald	14
main road	14
boers lost	14
schalk burger	14
chronological table	14
th mountain	14
loyal subjects	14
five hours	14
st south	14
hard pressed	14
riding regiment	14
colonel spragge	14
constabulary posts	14
considered invalid	14
tell us	14
pretoria government	14
country will	14
western side	14
whose duty	14
royal highlanders	14
transvaal delegates	14
much longer	14
hour later	14
nd seaforth	14
native question	14
every moment	14
quathlamba range	14
boer people	14
australian mounted	14
easterly direction	14
whole party	14
ninth division	14
colonel buller	13
considerable amount	13
marshal commanding	13
low kopjes	13
de vos	13
transvaal question	13
taken away	13
ten times	13
one spider	13
acquire land	13
public offices	13
armoured trains	13
expeditionary force	13
good one	13
last preceding	13
native population	13
commando nek	13
one place	13
became known	13
wild beasts	13
distinguished service	13
must come	13
august th	13
judge ameshof	13
five wounded	13
yards distant	13
long enough	13
large sums	13
border police	13
bechuanaland rifles	13
fairly well	13
commission appointed	13
fields artillery	13
burgher forces	13
gloucestershire regiment	13
human nature	13
colonel crabbe	13
general louis	13
home dist	13
persons holding	13
boers might	13
looked round	13
mounted brigade	13
chapter xi	13
boer commando	13
berkshire regiment	13
armed boers	13
gallant men	13
open space	13
us now	13
thick bush	13
every year	13
landed property	13
gallant fellow	13
within range	13
great part	13
range guns	13
second division	13
british settlers	13
day long	13
every available	13
eight prisoners	13
four wounded	13
bulwana hill	13
now found	13
defence force	13
half per	13
one word	13
nd battery	13
incident occurred	13
land will	13
also wounded	13
see anything	13
permanent improvements	13
days previously	13
inniskilling hill	13
general commanding	13
within reach	13
internal affairs	13
yards apart	13
million pounds	13
general clery	13
modder spruit	13
war artist	13
resident commissioner	13
peace proposals	13
reform leaders	13
heavy rifle	13
officers killed	13
storming party	13
prominent part	13
industrial commission	13
left front	13
nothing less	13
given us	13
excellency lord	13
six killed	13
make good	13
lady sarah	13
casus belli	13
fighting took	13
armed force	13
going back	13
gold industry	13
pounds sterling	13
pounder guns	13
colonel pearson	13
will tell	13
must also	13
main object	13
long range	13
colonel harrison	13
moving towards	13
general kitchener	13
several men	13
remained loyal	13
different parts	13
left bank	13
cross flag	13
advanced towards	13
st argyll	13
though many	13
africa police	13
see nothing	13
best thing	13
british territories	13
highest point	13
company imperial	13
first one	13
left pretoria	13
one whose	13
foreign relations	13
much better	13
african confederation	13
white races	13
two boers	13
within ten	13
heavy rain	13
canadian militia	13
miles beyond	13
first two	13
major gough	13
either killed	13
every precaution	13
year ago	13
war must	13
return home	13
will get	13
gloucester regiment	13
general bullock	13
comparatively little	13
british supremacy	13
high hills	13
central africa	13
war will	13
police force	13
tom jackson	13
without food	13
pressed forward	13
four feet	13
eighteen years	13
transvaal border	13
eighty miles	13
natal frontier	13
telegraphic communication	13
whether general	12
nd coldstream	12
shall also	12
african colonies	12
tuesday morning	12
without success	12
now left	12
vast majority	12
men whose	12
central south	12
part taken	12
talana hill	12
mission station	12
east side	12
compulsory military	12
sunday morning	12
volksraad members	12
right hand	12
turned round	12
komati river	12
extended order	12
mounted corps	12
way across	12
irish regiment	12
became evident	12
boers attacked	12
river sovereignty	12
given back	12
far better	12
map showing	12
general blood	12
first contingent	12
many occasions	12
arm ammunition	12
gone home	12
boer leader	12
th foot	12
main reef	12
great satisfaction	12
greater number	12
new convention	12
natal border	12
hundred feet	12
fifth division	12
still greater	12
representative government	12
field gun	12
rd batt	12
letter written	12
two dutch	12
gold fields	12
mining operations	12
working order	12
colonel rochfort	12
boer convoy	12
mrs humphreys	12
east india	12
little chance	12
open fire	12
dutch republic	12
twelve years	12
eight years	12
taught us	12
colonial forces	12
troops moved	12
every point	12
brandwater basin	12
franchise question	12
british artillery	12
british advance	12
flank movement	12
wild dogs	12
poor fellow	12
bruce hamilton	12
may seem	12
reform prisoners	12
like manner	12
small british	12
canadian artillery	12
direct road	12
rider haggard	12
british arms	12
dear life	12
nine years	12
years old	12
spitz kop	12
colonel mackenzie	12
least three	12
asked whether	12
royal munster	12
boers fired	12
following terms	12
late th	12
lost two	12
seventeenth century	12
pietersburg line	12
western border	12
day will	12
years past	12
transvaal people	12
basuto war	12
vet river	12
commandant de	12
six guns	12
ashanti ex	12
chapter xviii	12
lucas meyer	12
without loss	12
two killed	12
native land	12
nd field	12
dutch farmers	12
relieving army	12
amongst us	12
preliminary examination	12
one party	12
one night	12
wild animals	12
ox waggons	12
mere handful	12
good news	12
almost certain	12
south coast	12
ample time	12
burmese expedition	12
gold mine	12
think fit	12
hlangwane hill	12
will depend	12
eastern districts	12
free hand	12
protection society	12
five yards	12
getting away	12
large native	12
commandant potgieter	12
will ask	12
dashing officer	12
africa may	12
fourteen miles	12
one long	12
always ready	12
indian staff	12
must remain	12
two prisoners	12
border mounted	12
volunteer rifles	12
civilised world	12
north american	12
fighting line	12
nd gordon	12
western province	12
bindon blood	12
attitude towards	12
dick asked	12
quite possible	12
great plateau	12
boer laagers	12
general hutton	12
considerable force	12
boer character	12
just come	12
boer ultimatum	12
state burghers	12
giving us	12
declared war	12
clearly understood	12
complete success	12
till dusk	12
twenty thousand	12
natal volunteers	12
eight days	12
columns engaged	12
laager near	12
west africa	12
liverpool regiment	12
koodoo bull	12
open veldt	12
third day	12
general campbell	12
british columns	12
fort wylie	12
quite still	12
per month	12
make one	12
machine guns	12
now became	12
nd division	12
last stand	12
continue fighting	12
two places	12
six horses	12
general white	12
informed us	12
march towards	12
corps troops	12
make use	12
cavalry brigades	12
general charles	12
old men	12
cape parliament	12
various parts	12
staff officers	12
got ter	12
opposite bank	12
will leave	12
months later	11
greatly distinguished	11
transvaal authorities	11
two natives	11
road leading	11
skirmishing order	11
now called	11
shrapnel shell	11
one wounded	11
another part	11
now almost	11
colonel garratt	11
inch gun	11
either flank	11
witwatersrand gold	11
outer world	11
south australia	11
gun section	11
paramount power	11
final settlement	11
leeuw kop	11
coloured races	11
persons will	11
already taken	11
war broke	11
commandant michal	11
within twelve	11
defensive position	11
article xiv	11
poor old	11
little later	11
african nation	11
poor little	11
quite clear	11
country must	11
coming back	11
howitzer battery	11
major white	11
brigade field	11
leading men	11
looked back	11
government buildings	11
boers will	11
whole boer	11
krupp gun	11
nd yorkshire	11
warm time	11
british soldier	11
like many	11
surrender unconditionally	11
free trade	11
bronkhorst spruit	11
following year	11
civil action	11
whole place	11
left wing	11
relieve ladysmith	11
th bearer	11
wounded officers	11
excellent cover	11
place near	11
might become	11
see appendix	11
must leave	11
great interest	11
marched towards	11
general wauchope	11
two feet	11
second day	11
portuguese territories	11
whole lot	11
equally well	11
good old	11
know whether	11
reached pretoria	11
many boers	11
general hector	11
captain hon	11
just returned	11
dropped dead	11
cape colonists	11
nearly three	11
managing director	11
colonel commanding	11
eighth division	11
man whose	11
also took	11
country round	11
bring back	11
major childe	11
public service	11
even among	11
sir francis	11
st welsh	11
black people	11
within fifty	11
first division	11
railway concession	11
boers breaking	11
british power	11
died away	11
went forward	11
koodoosrand drift	11
two small	11
south america	11
rd august	11
delagoa line	11
whole army	11
lieutenant carey	11
two presidents	11
kafir tribes	11
eighteenth century	11
major heany	11
british protectorate	11
boer commandoes	11
five guns	11
called together	11
complete self	11
poor fellows	11
international law	11
make sure	11
th article	11
narrow escape	11
louis creswicke	11
forty yards	11
cross fire	11
right rear	11
will forthwith	11
may also	11
transport officer	11
british band	11
years afterwards	11
acts contrary	11
many thousands	11
must therefore	11
still continued	11
two burghers	11
many ways	11
st rifle	11
african police	11
join hands	11
major paris	11
boers continued	11
majesty king	11
public schools	11
one battery	11
canadian dragoons	11
general hattingh	11
will certainly	11
greatest difficulty	11
may add	11
small bodies	11
caught sight	11
enemy opened	11
came within	11
boer farmers	11
little red	11
become known	11
large extent	11
following days	11
felt sure	11
suffolk regiment	11
english army	11
railway communication	11
following extract	11
whose services	11
gallant young	11
meanwhile general	11
royal garrison	11
five feet	11
fifteen yards	11
lyddite shells	11
elected president	11
colonel rawlinson	11
decide whether	11
th july	11
commandant prinsloo	11
generally known	11
found necessary	11
captain de	11
general prinsloo	11
westerly direction	11
distinguished officer	11
every reason	11
plates page	11
nd class	11
two gallant	11
volunteer corps	11
may see	11
summer rains	11
horse sickness	11
chapter twenty	11
thousand miles	11
last day	11
war losses	11
nd bn	11
every part	11
green hill	11
transvaal burghers	11
whatever may	11
colonel bullock	11
pay taxes	11
boers began	11
gathered round	11
difficult country	11
et passim	11
say nothing	11
meet us	11
race hatred	11
wheeled round	11
every night	11
st gordon	11
coloured population	11
convention shall	11
shall continue	11
protestant church	11
already described	11
passed without	11
fifty thousand	11
shells burst	11
reached camp	11
must necessarily	11
new constitution	11
one knew	11
heavy artillery	11
kent regiment	11
difficult task	11
day broke	11
moved along	11
services rendered	11
colonel otter	11
general infantry	11
cold blood	11
made public	10
hector macdonald	10
now practically	10
seventy men	10
government must	10
get round	10
christian association	10
southern hemisphere	10
outside world	10
important part	10
lancashire brigade	10
hind quarters	10
odd puppy	10
day following	10
one month	10
middelburg proposals	10
enjoyed since	10
first step	10
special train	10
five lashes	10
total number	10
european races	10
writing home	10
circle round	10
colonel stewart	10
eleventh division	10
without serious	10
hotly engaged	10
every boer	10
three waggons	10
rd field	10
general public	10
must always	10
fourteen streams	10
close range	10
captain campbell	10
natal line	10
took one	10
damage done	10
piet joubert	10
road towards	10
night came	10
gallant defence	10
six batteries	10
commerce either	10
da gama	10
easy matter	10
huddled together	10
front oxen	10
late war	10
four prisoners	10
days passed	10
will therefore	10
st battery	10
country north	10
nd duke	10
several years	10
honourably mentioned	10
still held	10
rand gold	10
two field	10
brevet lieutenant	10
pretoria conference	10
colonel scobell	10
colonel douglas	10
british casualties	10
kaffir kraals	10
without seeing	10
general colonel	10
like men	10
right honourable	10
long hours	10
annexation will	10
shall determine	10
colt battery	10
assumed command	10
bedfordshire regiment	10
two centuries	10
political situation	10
creusot gun	10
passed since	10
staff capt	10
several months	10
sent forward	10
single man	10
african federation	10
small body	10
european power	10
possess houses	10
previous evening	10
low hills	10
bridge across	10
boer commander	10
splendid service	10
de clercq	10
th jan	10
least two	10
th colonel	10
still remained	10
recent years	10
early history	10
legal rights	10
one knows	10
vaal rivers	10
take possession	10
every assistance	10
many instances	10
kent regt	10
india company	10
wire entanglements	10
twelve hundred	10
heilbron commando	10
every kind	10
iron bridge	10
picked men	10
far greater	10
cape peninsula	10
distant hills	10
eastern border	10
buffalo river	10
will pass	10
far north	10
frederick carrington	10
cape colonial	10
knew nothing	10
major phipps	10
limpopo river	10
close together	10
presently came	10
dutch settlers	10
private property	10
vasco da	10
met us	10
will understand	10
early part	10
single file	10
lake ngami	10
railway pioneer	10
ninepence per	10
two states	10
actively engaged	10
difficult one	10
general kemp	10
ashanti war	10
therefore decided	10
harvey replied	10
already stated	10
presidential election	10
steady fire	10
many parts	10
colonel deane	10
short range	10
one spot	10
beacon hill	10
gold mining	10
colonel dick	10
six wounded	10
twelve hours	10
yards wide	10
general yule	10
exclusive right	10
last week	10
next time	10
rocky hills	10
infantry company	10
right arm	10
cape times	10
resident magistrate	10
wiltshire regiment	10
two things	10
three hunters	10
hanson co	10
career see	10
may find	10
months ago	10
three others	10
must stand	10
worked round	10
looking round	10
black man	10
little party	10
much good	10
boer line	10
cape colonies	10
made known	10
five shillings	10
aborigines protection	10
might easily	10
government may	10
ever seen	10
pass law	10
due course	10
thousand acres	10
man named	10
general symons	10
canadian pacific	10
far side	10
lydenburg campaign	10
population will	10
eighty yards	10
least one	10
several miles	10
days ago	10
might go	10
political power	10
fighting men	10
knight grand	10
time came	10
rose innes	10
captain holden	10
force reached	10
thinly peopled	10
st cavalry	10
left rear	10
native inhabitants	10
irrigation works	10
royal navy	10
wide expanse	10
general rising	10
serious opposition	10
mounted rifle	10
walked along	10
two regiments	10
british position	10
great battle	10
firing guns	10
now occupied	10
old friend	10
fresh meat	10
first experience	10
sinking fund	10
take advantage	10
st northumberland	10
rand mining	10
kimberley relief	10
southern part	10
public affairs	10
fierce fire	10
will form	10
charles knox	10
british control	10
rd co	10
now arrived	10
latter part	10
blood river	10
just one	10
fix bayonets	10
pretty well	10
chamberlain replied	10
prince christian	10
fell dead	10
old president	10
state government	10
whole time	10
ceylon mounted	10
several hundred	10
loose stones	10
much importance	10
every officer	10
gun hill	10
became aware	10
gallant little	10
lord basing	10
matabele war	10
george farrar	10
boer jury	10
chapter xvii	10
free people	10
field cornets	10
whole nation	10
forty boers	10
took command	10
main advance	10
cannon kopje	10
may carry	10
thousand troops	10
shall suffer	10
well suited	10
middlesex regiment	10
might make	10
ambulance waggons	10
boers occupied	10
many people	10
right across	9
criminal prosecution	9
african coast	9
east lancashire	9
dutch boers	9
time past	9
transvaal will	9
seventeen miles	9
men must	9
sent away	9
full knowledge	9
river drift	9
gallant colonel	9
active part	9
good cover	9
one mile	9
almost inaccessible	9
secretary reitz	9
farther east	9
might prove	9
law shall	9
lords kitchener	9
miles farther	9
southern frontier	9
suffered much	9
variable hyphenation	9
things will	9
following night	9
much needed	9
pacific railway	9
assistant provost	9
long distances	9
honourable sir	9
general michal	9
royal sussex	9
le mesurier	9
scarcely less	9
within five	9
major taylor	9
left hand	9
explosive bullets	9
rd grenadier	9
running fight	9
roman dutch	9
two sides	9
good results	9
must make	9
indian corn	9
two forces	9
four officers	9
one pom	9
secocoeni war	9
western america	9
western parts	9
running away	9
troops marched	9
one battalion	9
third class	9
africa south	9
man must	9
still hold	9
assistant commander	9
information regarding	9
state shall	9
somerset light	9
royal warwickshire	9
ears cocked	9
field glasses	9
every native	9
mile march	9
boer gun	9
many districts	9
london imperial	9
one member	9
till morning	9
keate award	9
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might come	9
one person	9
sixty men	9
free stater	9
kafir wars	9
zealand contingent	9
commissioned officer	9
officers selected	9
several small	9
machine gun	9
republic shall	9
hind leg	9
position taken	9
two white	9
annexation proclamation	9
well within	9
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broke away	9
low veldt	9
native policy	9
compensation will	9
second line	9
six inches	9
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australian horse	9
every minute	9
still kept	9
us back	9
attacking force	9
great distance	9
representative institutions	9
jameson incursion	9
thrown away	9
fourteen men	9
united south	9
flank attack	9
might even	9
signalling officer	9
sun rose	9
colonel haig	9
jameson received	9
long lines	9
sent word	9
battalion gordon	9
colonel broadwood	9
nine hundred	9
boer entrenchments	9
large enough	9
independent republic	9
government might	9
see page	9
high prices	9
local major	9
stubborn resistance	9
country south	9
night fell	9
moved back	9
troops came	9
ran along	9
commandant cronje	9
long spell	9
electoral franchise	9
ran back	9
eastern portion	9
bully beef	9
may take	9
tells us	9
will carry	9
chapter xvi	9
daily telegraph	9
text page	9
started forth	9