A Canadian Mounted Rifleman at War 1899-1902 & The War Diary of Burgher Jack Lane 1899-1902

• A Canadian Mounted Rifleman at War 1899-1902

The Reminiscences of A.E. Hilder. Edited and annotated by A.G. Morris. Van Riebeeck Society second series number 31. Printed 2000. Pages 179. With the dust jacket in fine condition.

Hilder was determined to join the British and Allied forces in the Anglo-Boer War. He volunteered for service in South Africa and served two tours of duty in 1900 and 1902. A rare account of the Canadian action in the war as seen from the perspective of the mounted infantry.

• The War Diary of Burgher Jack Lane 1899-1902

Edited by William Lane. Printed 2001. Pages 162. With the dust jacket in fine condition.

John (Jack) Moody Lane, a born Ulsterman, a burgher of the South African Republic, but still loyal to the British cause, a storekeeper in the hamlet of Hartbeesfontein in the Western Transvaal, faced dire penalties if he did not go to war with his commando. Refusing to bear arms against his mother country, he was placed in charge of the ammunition in the main laager of Genral Piet Cronje, Deputy Commandant General of the Republic, in command of all the Boer forces on the South Western front.