THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE WAR, Parts 1 - 5 (Complete set)

Being the Official Despatches from the General Commanding-in-Chief the Forces in South Africa.

Reprinted from the London Gazette

5 parts: part 1, 16 pages, part 11, 35 pages, parts 111 and 1V 4, (1 - 81) and (82 - 133) pages, part V134 – 175) the first 4 parts in their original brown printed card wrappers, expert repairs to the spine of part 2 & 3, part V rebound in full green pebble grained leather titled gilt on the spine, housed in a specially made red cloth solander box with matching title labels gilt on the front cover and spine, a very good set.

No complete set is listed in A South African Bibliography vol. 3 page 154

Part 1 contains various reports from 1899: Part 11 reports from 1900; Part 111 contains despatches describing military operations at Colesberg, Kimberley, Paardeberg, Bloemfontein, Kroonstad, and Pretoria. Part 4 contains a Report of the Siege of Mafeking from Major-General Baden-Powell, Part V contains reports on the defence and relief of Ladysmith.