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CONTENTS Page List of maps ................................................................................................................................................................. iv Abbreviations used in notes......................................................................................................................................... v Preface to the revised edition ...................................................................................................................................... vi Foreword .................................................................................................................................................................... vii Chapter 1. The Coming of War......................................................................................................................................... 1 2. Mobilization – The First Regiment, Pioneers and Mounted Troops.............................................................. 17 3. Mobilization (continued) – The Second and Third Regiments....................................................................... 29 4. The Third Regiment in the Zulu Country ...................................................................................................... 37 5. Disaster at Isandlwana ..................................................................................................................................... 47 6. Escape from the Zulu Country ........................................................................................................................ 63 7. Disbanding of the Third Regiment.................................................................................................................. 74 8. The Second Regiment to Eshowe and Back.................................................................................................... 79 9. Remodelling of the Contingent........................................................................................................................ 85 10. The Relief of Eshowe....................................................................................................................................... 91 11. War in the Thorns ........................................................................................................................................... 105 12. War on the Plain.............................................................................................................................................. 115 13. War in the Hills................................................................................................................................................ 125 14. In the Zulu Heartland...................................................................................................................................... 135 15. Victory at Ulundi ............................................................................................................................................. 145 16. The King Chase............................................................................................................................................... 155 17. The Return of Peace........................................................................................................................................ 166 Bibliographical Essay................................................................................................................................................... 175 The Natal Native Contingent in the Anglo-Zulu War 1879 iii ...