LONDON TO LADYSMITH VIA PRETORIA
BY
WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL
AUTHOR OF
'THE STORY OF THE MALAKAND FIELD FORCE, 1897',
'THE RIVER WAR: AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE
RECONQUEST OF THE SOUDAN',
'SAVROLA: A ROMANCE'
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
1900
DEDICATION
THIS COLLECTION OF LETTERS IS INSCRIBED TO
THE STAFF OF THE
NATAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAY
WHOSE CAREFUL AND COURAGEOUS DISCHARGE OF THEIR
EVERY-DAY DUTIES
AMID THE PERILS OF WAR
HAS MADE THEM HONOURABLY CONSPICUOUS
EVEN AMONG THEIR FELLOW COLONISTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
This small book is mainly a personal record of my adventures andimpressions during the first five months of the African War. It may alsobe found to give a tolerably coherent account of the operationsconducted by Sir Redvers Buller for the Relief of Ladysmith. Thecorrespondence of which it is mainly composed appeared in the columns ofthe Morning Post newspaper, and I propose, if I am not interrupted bythe accidents of war, to continue the series of letters. The stir andtumult of a camp do not favour calm or sustained thought, and whateveris written herein must be regarded simply as the immediate effectproduced by men powerfully moved, and scenes swiftly changing upon whatI hope is a truth-seeking mind.
The fact that a man's life depends upon my discretion compels me to omitan essential part of the story of my escape from the Boers; but if thebook and its author survive the war, and when the British flag is firmlyplanted at Bloemfontein and Pretoria, I shall hasten to fill the gap inthe narrative.
WINSTON S. CHURCHILL.
March 10, 1900.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. STEAMING SOUTH
R.M.S. 'Dunottar Castle,' October 26 and October 29, 1 BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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