NARRATIVE OF THE FIELD OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE ZULU WAR OF 1879.

Official copy

Prepared in the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster-General's Department, Horse Guards, War Office.

First edition: 174 pages, large folding map of Zululand and 6 folding plans at the back of the book, 10 maps and plans in the text - some folding, folding table, half calf with matching pebble grained cloth boards, which are scuffed and worn,the crest of the Royal Engineers Library in gilt on the upper cover, titled gilt on the spine, many uncancelled library stamps of the Royal Engineers Library on the maps at the rear, a very good copy.

Laband & Thompson: Field Guide to the War in Zululand, page 118.Any military account of the British Invasion of Zululand must take into basic consideration the Intelligence Branch of the War Office's Narrative of the Field Operations Connected with the Zulu War of 1879 which, whilst not accurate in all particulars and evasive over contentious issues, nevertheless traces the progress of the campaign in detail, gives figures for the British forces, their casualties, expenses and so on.'