Book Description: xxii, 300pp. Original red cloth. With a Foreword by General The Right Honourable J.C. Smuts. Twenty-one folding coloured maps and plans at the rear.
Book Condition: Some edge-wear, scuffing and fading to cover. Bindings are tight and all maps are present and attached. End-papers are lightly foxed. Margins are slightly tanned throughout. There is a small ownership inscription pencilled to the front endpaper. (\'Wedgewood\'. This book was part of the Wedgewood collection of Africana)
Authoritative history by the erstwhile Chief of General Staff, Union Defence Forces.
\"A detailed and readable record of the 48,500 men of the UDF who served under Smuts in GEA during 1916 and 1917 . The author sets the South African participations in the context of the opening phases of the campaign (1914-1915) and pays generous tribute to the British, African and Indian units involved.\"
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Fair
- Size: 208 x 168 x 25 mm
- Sold By: Booktown Africana
- Contact Person: Chris Shelton
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0685615292
- Preferred Payment Methods: Internet banking transfer (EFT), PAYPAL. Regret no Credit Card facility.
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
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