Ian Hamilton's March: Together with Extracts from the Diary of Lieutenant T.H.C. Frankland, a Prisoner of War at Pretoria

Winston Churchill

Longmans, Green and Company, 1900 - South African War, 1899-1902 - 409 pages

Contents

• II: 11
• III: 29
• IV: 44
• Two DAYS WITH BRABAZON Continued: 57
• VI: 70
• VII: 85
• VIII: 108
• IX: 137
• X: 155
• XI: 190
• CONCERNING A BOER Convoy: 218
• XIII: 233
• THE FALL OF JOHANNESBURG: 258
• CHAPTER PAGE: 285
• HELD BY THE ENEMY: 299
• ACTION OF DIAMOND HILL: 375
• APPENDIX: 403

Popular passages

Page 123 - To his strong personal charm as a companion, to his temper, never ruffled or vexed either by internal irritation or the stir and contrariness of events, his friends and those who have served under him will bear witness. He has a most happy gift of expression, a fine taste in words, and an acute perception of the curious, which he has preserved from his literary days. But it is as a whole that we should judge. His mind is built upon a big scale, being broad and strong, capable of thinking in army...‎

Page 282 - I raised my hat and cheered. The cry was instantly answered from within. What followed resembled the end of an Adelphi melodrama. We were only two, and before us stood the armed Boer guards with their rifles at the 'ready.‎

Page 47 - I have zealously tried to avoid all danger except what must attend a War Correspondent's precarious existence. This I recognise as a necessary evil, for the lot of the writer in the field is a hard and heavy one. "All the danger of war and one-half per cent, the glory": such is our motto, and that is the reason why we expect large salaries.‎

Page 9 - ... rubbed their hands at the British reverses, sat silent in public, but kept a strict watch on incoming steamers for members of Parliament and others of more influence than guile, and whispered honeyed assurances of their devotion to the Empire, coupled with all sorts of suggestions about the settlement. Let no one stay long in Capetown now who would carry away a true impression of the South Africans. There is too much shoddy worn there at present. Only at Government House did I find the Man of...‎

Page 282 - Marlborough . . . called on the Commandant to surrender forthwith. . . . The prisoners rushed out of the house into the yard, some in uniform, some in flannels, hatless or coatless, but all violently excited. The sentries threw down their rifles, the gates were flung open.‎

Page 261 - The horse he rode carried a full campaigning kit on an English military saddle. Wallets, saddle-bags, drinking-cup, holsters — all were there His rifle was slung across his back, he wore two full bandoliers over his shoulders and a third round his waist — evidently a dangerous customer. I looked at his face and our eyes met. The light was dim, or he might have seen me change colour. He had a pale, almost ghastly visage, peering ill-favoured and cruel from beneath a slouch hat with a large white...‎

Page 129 - At last about two o'clock, some one hundred and fifty of the German corps of the Boer force advanced, from the northern point of Thoba, in four lines across the table top to drive the British off the hill. So regular was their order that it was not until their levelled rifles were seen pointing south that they were recognised as foes, and artillery opened on them. In spite of an accurate shell-fire they continued to advance boldly against the highest part of the hill, and meanwhile, cloaked by a...‎

Page 350 - As cold water (is) to the thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country." So (adv.) — as (conj.) deny equality when used with an adjective or an adverb; as, "You were not so fortunate as I.‎

Page 271 - Johannesburg surrenders this morning, and shall then march into the town. I wish your column, which has done so much to gain possession of it, could be with us.‎

Page 52 - A tall man with skull and crossbones badge, and on a pale horse. Death in Revelation but life to me!" Churchill shouted to the scout: "Give me a stirrup." To his surprise he stopped at once and told him to get up behind him. Churchill ran to him, mounted, and away they rode, out of range of the Boer bullets, but not before the scout's horse had been hit. "Oh my poor horse," moaned the trooper. "Never...‎

About the author

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace on November 30, 1874 and educated at Harrow and Sandhurst. His military service included periods spent in Cuba, India, the Sudan, and in France during World War I. He became a Member of Parliament in 1900 and held many high offices of state under four different prime ministers. He was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II. Churchill's writing career began with campaign reports including The Story of the Malakand Field Force and The River War. In 1900, he published his only novel Savrola. His other works include Lord Randolph Churchill; Marlborough, a four-volume biography of his ancestor the 1st Duke of Marlborough; The World Crisis, a four-volume history of World War I; The Second World War, a six-volume history; and A History of the English. History of the English-Speaking Peoples, a six-volume work was completed toward the end of his life. In 1953, Churchill received the Nobel Prize for Literature, in recognition of his extensive writing as well as for his speeches throughout his career as a statesman. That same year, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He died on January 24, 1965 at the age of 90.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ian Hamilton's March: Together with Extracts from the Diary of Lieutenant T.H.C. Frankland, a Prisoner of War at Pretoria
• Author: Winston Churchill
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Longmans, Green and Company, 1900
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Nov 29, 2005
• ISBN: 0598983783, 9780598983787
• Length: 409 pages