1. From Cape Town to Ladysmith.
An unfinished record of the South Arican War. Second edition
viii plus 180mm plus fold-out map plus 32pp Publisher's ads. Original Cloth hardcover. Brown cloth binding, uncut page ends. Name in ink on ffep as well an next blank front page.
Contents include; 1)First glimpses of the struggle. (2)The army corp- has not left England!. (3)A Pastor's point of view. (4)Will it ne civil war?. (5)Loyal Aliwal: Atragi-comedy. (6)The battle of Elandslaagte. (7)The Bivouac. (8)The home-coming from Dundee. (9)The story of Nicholson's Nek. (10)The guns of Rietfontein. (11)The bombardment. (12)The devil's tin-tacks. (13)A diary of dulness. (14)Nearing the end. (15)In a conning-tower. Includes a last chapter by Vernon Blackburn.
2. The Settlement after the War in South Africa - M.J. Farrelly
1900 first edition by Macmillan and Co., Limited. Red cloth covers with the title in golden gilt to the spine. 321 pages. Slightly foxed. The top edge of every second page connected with the previous page, thus never been read before. In good condition.
Farrelly was Barrister at Law and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Cape Colony. Mendelssohn l:535. The author 'was of opinion that the issue between British or Dutch supremacy meant life or death to the Empire, and he refers to the vacillation displayed by the Home Government for nearly 100 years (1800-1900) and to the effect it has had on the Boers and their aims. The policy of the Afrikander Bond is discussed, more especially as to the denial by its leaders that there was any design to oust British influence, but the author maintained that the Afrikanders were taught to 'eliminate all that is British' out of which was evolved the resolve to 'drive the British into the sea.' .... Dr Farrelly was appointed Advisory Counsel to the Transvaal Republic, and issued several memoranda to the Free State and Transvaal Volksraads. .... The author advocates absolute and permanent annexation, conciliation of Dutch sentiment, promotion of federation, and the establishment of English as the official language after the war'
3. The Muster-Roll of Angus. South African War 1899-1900. A Record and a Tribute.
Edited by J.R. Salmond. 1900 first edition published by Brodie & Salmond Printers and Publishers, Arbroath. 238 pages. Brown pictorial cloth covers with the emblem to the front and title to the spine. Marbled end papers, frontispiece. A very good copy.
This document contains a muster roll listing names of soldiers from Angus, Scotland who served in the South African War from 1899-1900. It includes their surname, Christian name, rank or status, and address. There are hundreds of names listed along with some brief biographical details. The muster roll provides a record of those from Angus who fought in the Boer War and serves as a tribute to their military service.
