The Boer War. A Diary of the Siege of Mafeking

\"Printed for private circulation.\" Crown 8vo; original turquoise cloth, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; t.e.g.; pp. 107; frontis. portrait; plates. Cloth worn, esp. to tail of spine, and rather soiled; abrasion to backstrip, penetrating portion of lower joint; earlier owner\'s name signed on recto of frontis.; trace of soiling to fore-edge of some leaves; regular browning throughout, and sporadic foxing. (Hackett, p. 200) An exceedingly uncommon title. OCLC locates just two repositories: the British Library and Cambridge University. Excerpt: \"Thursday also was an exciting day for another reason: an exchange of prisoners took place. Colonel Baden-Powell\'s A.D.C. is Captain Wilson, whose wife, having been Lady Sarah Churchill, is styled Lady Sarah Wilson. Just before hostilities began she was about here a good deal. But on the day before she suddenly disappeared. It seems that she went to a place about forty miles distant, and from there sent in information which she had received: a part of the game she had evidently come to play. Unluckily, however, a despatch rider from here called to see her, and after getting a few miles from the place sent off a carrier pigeon with a despatch for this, in which he mentioned Lady Sarah in some way. Now, that bird did not come here, but flew into the Boer laager. This led to Lady Wilson being watched, and on her trying to return to Mafeking she was captured. The next day our Colonel was informed of this by the enemy, the suggestion being made that an exchange might be made with the notorious Viljoen. Baden-Powell at first remonstrated, because it was not in accordance with civilised warfare to take women prisoners. They, however, held out, and so eventually he gave way - a common prisoner for a titled lady, not a bad exchange!\"