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[Pearse (H.H.S.) Editor]

THE HISTORY OF LUMSDEN'S HORSE

A complete record of the Corps from its formation to its disbandment.

Published: Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1903

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Edited by Henry H.S. Pearse, (War Correspondent)

506 pages, frontispiece portrait of Colonel Lumsden, folding map, 41 plates, 37 other illustrations, red cloth over bevelled boards, back faded, top edge gilt, a good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography vol 2 page 147. 'Colonel Lumsden conceived the idea of "forming a corps of Indian volunteers", and in December 1899, "cabled to his friend Sir Patrick Playfair in Calcutta his proposal to raise a corps of European Mounted Infantry for service in South Africa, and backed it with an offer, not only to take the field himself, but to contribute a princely sum in aid of a fund for equipping any force the Government might sanction." The corps took part in Lord Robert's march to Bloemfontein, the occupation of Johannesburg and Pretoria, the pursuit of de Wet, and the campaign in the Barberton and De Kaap districts.'

  • Overall Condition: A Good Copy
  • Size: tall 8vo (255 x 195 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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  • Country: South Africa
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