319 pages, frontispiece portrait, 31 illustrations, 5 maps (on six fold-out sheets)
Original blue publisher's cloth, spine titled in gilt with 18th Hussars heraldic device blocked in gilt to centre of upper cover.
A very good copy with few bumps to boards and spine ends. Bookplate of previous owner.
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.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 8vo (225 x 150 mm)