NAVAL BRIGADES IN THE SOUTH AFRICA WAR 1899-1900

First edition:307 pages, folding map facing half title page, frontispiece, 4 maps-3 folding, 13 illustrations, pictorial blue cloth spine gilt, but faded. A good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 2 page 777: ‘The contents narrate the part played by the naval brigades in the Siege of Ladysmith, the Western line of operations under Methuen, and on the march with the Field Force to Bloemfontein and Pretoria. The volume is divided into eight parts, the editor contributing a bright and interesting account of the march from Enslin to Bloemfontein, including the capture of Cronje.’