294 pages, numerous photographic plates, maps and sketches, original green cloth with decorative gilt letters R E on the upper cover, spine gilt.
Includes two articles on the Anglo-Boer War: 1. Pieter's Hill: A Tactical Study, by Major F.A. Molony, R.E., pages 249-273, with 2 large folding maps. 2. The Blockhouse System in the South African War, by Bt.-Colonel E.H. Bethell, D.S.O., R.E., pages 274-294, comprising chapters on Construction of Blockhouses, Cost of Blockhouses and Strategical Aspect of the Blockhouse and Column System, with 17 folding plates - including 7 photographic plates (3 folding) of the different types of blockhouses, revetments and alarm systems, 9 sketch plans including detailed plans of the construction of blockhouses, alarm systems, warning flares and fixed rifle batteries, 1 large folding map of the entire blockhouse system.
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