WITH LORD METHUEN IN SOUTH AFRICA

1906 first edition in red pictorial cloth. 349 pages. Some amateur restoration done around the spine.

'The author's experiences in the Imperial Yeomanry during the South African War. During part of the operations his regiment acquired the nickname of the "Beecham's Pills Column, " as it was being constantly sent off to the assistance of other forces which were "relieved without pain." The Yeomanry appear to have been kept hard at work in the field, and Mr. Gaskell observes, "We do all the advance guard and scouting work on trek, so we are useful enough. We do not form 'guards of honour' for Cronje, &c., at Cape Town, like the C.I.V. " The volume affords a capital account of the life of the troops in the Veld, and of the vicissitudes and hardships of the campaign.' - (Mendelssohn 1 pp 590/1)