With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa.

£325 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Hacket p.148. illustrated at p.105. “An account of French’s cavalry operations excluding the campaign in Natal. Chapters relate to Colesberg operations, the relief of Kimberley, operations to the fall of Bloemfontein and Pretoria, and the campaign in eastern Transvaal to November 1900. The narrative is preceded by an informative introduction relating events to the investment of Ladysmith. Among appendices are observations on cavalry, notes on reconnaissance, on transport and remounts in war. The volume is liberally illustrated with folding maps, panoramas and plates. Loose sketches are contained in a separate pocket.” An unusually tight copy of this book, the hinges of which tend to split due to the weight of the text and the numerous fold-out plates c.

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