WITH THE GREEN HOWARDS IN SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902

199 pages, frontispiece portrait, folding map, 12 plates, green cloth over bevelled boards, titled gilt on upper cover and back, light foxing throughout, a good copy

Mendelssohn (Sidney) SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY volume 1 page 543: An account of the doings of the " old 19th " regiment in the South African War, 1899-1902. Major Ferrar sailed for South Africa in the Donne Castle on November 24th, the battalion being under the command of Lieut. -Colonel Bowles. It had been arranged that it should form part of the 5th Division under General Warren, but the force was eventually sent to Colesberg under General French. Later on it took part in Lord Roberts' march, and was present at Paardeberg and at the occupations of Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, and Pretoria, following the retreat of the Boers right down to the Crocodile valley, whence it emerged, " saturated with malaria, and quite unable to do any really severe work." The volume gives an account of life in the field, and includes a narrative of the service of the 2nd and 4th battalions of mounted infantry. There are several illustrations, and an appendix giving statistics and correspondence in connection with the " Green Howards,"