The Life of Field-Marshall Sir John French - First Earl of Ypres

13 chapters on the Anglo-Boer War. Bookplate of Richard Mervyn Edmund Reeves on fep. Previous ownership in ink on ffep. With 8 plates. 432 pages. Slight foxing on first and last few pages.

The chapters on the Anglo-Boer War includes the Battle of Elandslaagte, Siege of Ladysmith, Operations around Colesberg, Relief of Kimberley, in pursuit of Cronje, Lord Roberts's advance to Bloemfontein, Poplar Grove, Dewetsdorp, Wepener, Thabanchu, Klipriviersberg, Diamond Hill, Nelshoogte Pass, guerrilla warfare....