Timeline -- 1. Introduction -- The last of the little wars -- The witnesses -- 2. The road to war -- The Boers -- Anglo-Boer conflict -- Kruger and the Boer Republics -- Africa and the British -- The Jameson raid -- Rhodes, Chamberlain, Milner -- The Boer ultimatum -- 3. The Boer offensive -- The Boers' forces -- The British forces -- The rival commanders -- The Boer strategy -- The British are contained -- War on the lines -- The Battle of Modder River -- Stormberg and Magersfontein -- Colenso and Black Week -- World opinion and foreign volunteers -- The role of the black African -- The siege of Kimberley -- The siege of Ladysmith -- The siege of Mafeking -- The war at Christmas 1899.

4. The British offensive -- The strategic position -- Warren's advance -- Roberts' re-organisation -- The British advance -- The relief of Kimberley -- Cronje's retreat -- Paardeberg: Cronje surrenders -- The relief of Ladysmith -- The advance to Bloemfontein -- The relief of Mafeking -- The soldier's experience -- 6. Guerilla war -- The Boers embark on a guerrilla war -- Roberts' invasion of the Transvaal -- Diamond Hill -- The annexation of the Transvaal -- The guerilla war -- Scorched earth -- Concentration camps -- Mobile columns -- Blockhouses -- Sweeps and drives -- Anti-war opposition -- Prisoners of war -- The technology of war -- 6. The road to peace -- The price of the war -- The effects on South Africa -- The effects on Britain -- The war in history -- Conclusion -- The witnesses.