My Experiences of the Boer War

Translated from the German, with an Introduction by Lieut.-Colonel G. F. R. Henderson, Late Director of Intelligence, Headquarters Staff, South Africa. 8vo; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp. xlii + (ii) + 268 + publisher\'s catalogue. Cloth rubbed; spine partially darkened, and somewhat frayed at head and tail; earlier owner\'s name signed on title page; some browning to outer leaves and edges. (Hackett, pp. 60, 188; Mendelssohn II, p. 434) \"A narrative of travel in the Boer states during the war. The author, an Austrian, met Presidents Kruger and Steyn during visits to the Boer capitals prior to joining the republican army at the western front near Jacobsdal. As an accredited war correspondent Sternberg was allowed free movement within the war zone. He gives a description of camp life on the Modder River, recounts a visit to Boer forces surrounding Kimberley and reports events from Gen. Cronje\'s camp near Paardeberg. The author was taken prisoner at Paardeberg drift shortly before Cronje\'s surrender.\" - Hackett: South African War Books, p. 60.