This is an annotated and illustrated republication of Churchill's despatches while serving as a war correspondent for London's 'Morning Post' during the Second Boer War. It covers the period from March 1900 until July of 1900. His work chronicled the advance of General Roberts' field army from Bloemfontein to Johannesburg and Pretoria. It includes his first hand experiences during the virtually every engagement that Ian Hamilton's wing of the army engaged in. Thomas Hugh Colville Frankland is given full authorship credit for his journal excerpts that were included in the original publication under the title, "Held By the Enemy". The work has also been augmented with all of the regular short form telegram despatches made by Churchill to the Morning Post that were published almost daily during the campaign; as well as additional contemporary newspaper and personal accounts of events by his compatriots both in journalism and in arms. The book includes dozens of maps, tables and hundreds of pictures along with an equal number of annotations regarding the people and events referenced in the narratives. The compilation of these works, their annotation, illustration, and expansion with additional authored material were undertaken by Payton Fireman, JD.

This is volume 3 of the series; The Last Horse War.