ON THE VELDT (Signed by the author and his assistant)

A Plain Narrative of Service Afield in South Africa

Assisted by Frank Morton, Journalist

With a sketch map

First edition:159 pages, folding map mounted on rear paste-down end paper, original brown cloth starting to wear at the back hinge, titled in red on upper cover and very faded on the spine, uncut fore-edge and bottom edge, corners bumped, a good copy.

Signed on the title page by Major Lewis and Frank Morton

Major Lewis commanded the Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen in South Africa.

The author writes as follows in his preface regarding the service of this Australian unit, 'We went, in the Transvaal, as far north as Pietersburg, as far east as Piet Retief, on the border of Swaziland; we saw a good deal of the Orange River Colony; in Cape Colony we had a part in the now-famous flying-chase at the slippery heels of De Wet. All the way through, engagements with the enemy were almost daily occurrences with us; and we had tastes of heavy fighting at Rhenoster and elsewhere. Several of us yielded our lives for the cause; many of us were grievously wounded. Nor were the Tasmanians of my command otherwise undistinguished. The first two Victoria Crosses awarded to Australia fell to them'.

4 copies listed in A South African Bibliography volume 3 page 110