Delayed Action

Delayed Action, Being Something of the Life and Times of the Late Brigadier General, Sir Duncan McKenzie, KCMG, CB, DSO,Legion d'Honneur,Commanding Officer of the Natal Carbineers, privately published in Durban or Pietermaritzberg, 1963, illustrated and signed by Barbara Woollatt (Mrs.A.G.McKenzie) at Dangle Rail, also photographs and fold-out family tree. With ephemera being the hand-written lecture notes ( X2 sheets relating to the book) of Barbara Woollatt, 412 pages, 210 x 260mm, dust jacket is slightly stained and torn at edges, condition of book: very good.

This book is the story of General Sir Duncan McKenzie and of the family of Natal Settlers. Apart from the General's long military career, his early life , schooling at Hilton, transport riding and trading into Central Africa are covered. The Anglo-Boer War is extensively covered. This includes the relief of Ladysmith, which the General was involved with. Also Military actions at Lake Chrissie, Piet Retief, the Eastern Transvaal and Swaziland . He subsequently took command of the Natal Carbineers and commanded during the Bambata Rebellion and the German South West Africa Campaign between September 1914 and July 1915. All in all, the life of a man at the center of some of the most important military campaigns in Southern Africa.