THE 18TH HUSSARS IN SOUTH AFRICA

First Edition: 319 pages, 8vo (225 x 150 mm), frontispiece portrait, 31 illustrations, 5 maps on 6 sheets, blue cloth gilt, regimental crest in gilt on upper cover, a very good copy.

The regiment, 623 strong, under the command of Lieut-Colonel B.D. Moller, arrived in South Africa on October 28th, 1898, and was quartered In Ladysmith until September of the following year. It participated in the Anglo-Boer War until 1902. It took part in the battle of Talana, the siege of Ladysmith and other engagements. It includes a roll of the officers, showing the engagements at which they were present and a roll of the N.C.O.’s and men, a list of the officers, N.C.O.’s and men killed and died of wounds and an itinerary of the regiment’s marches.