TWO YEARS ON TREK

with a preface by Col. J.G. Panton, C.M.G., edited by H.F. Bidder

323 pages, 8vo (214 x 145 mm), original orange wrappers with black titling on upper cover, spine faded.

Note at the top of the front cover: 'This edition is published solely for the use of N.C.O.'s and Men of the Royal Sussex Regt., and no copy may be issued to any other person.'

Mendelssohn (Sidney)South African Bibliography volume 1, page 492-493, ‘This account of the doings of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa was written during the campaign by the author, has been left practically untouched by the editor, and gives a vivid picture of events that had only just occurred drawn with a firm hand, while the impression was fresh. After January 1901 Col. Du Moulin was far too occupied to do more than make a few notes for his book. And it is from these notes of his, and from the diaries, letters, and personal reminiscences of other officers, that the later chapters have been compiled. The work was completed and published by the comrades of Col. Moulin, as the most fitting memorial to a gallant soldier. The author a New Zealander of French descent entered the British army in 1879, and was known in India as a musketry expert during the hostilities in South Africa he became known for his skill in organisation; he was shot through the heart on June 17, 1900, at Diamond Hill, leading a charge against the Boers who had rushed his camp.’