WITH GENERAL FRENCH AND THE CAVALRY IN SOUTH AFRICA

First edition, 462pp + 2 pp of adverts including a profusion of maps, hand-drawn sketches and photographic plates, 8 freehand sketches in the backpocket often missing from this edition.Ex-libris for Gordon Baines Golding on front endpaper, with his name on front free endpaper in pen and a dealer note and price for £225. Original boards, occasional foxing and soiling

Detailing the operations, marches and combat experience of the British mounted troops led by Lieutenant-General Sir John French during the Second Boer War. The account focusses heavily on campaigns outside of Natal, including actions around Colesberg, The Relief of Kimberley, pursuit of Gen Piet Cronje leading up to the Battle of Paardeberg and the Operations towards the Transvaal capital of Pretoria.

Hackett p105