With General French and the cavalry in South Africa /
Goldmann, Charles Sydney,1868-
Goldmann, Charles Sydney,1868,donor.StEdNL
Haig, Douglas Haig,Earl,1861-1928,former owner.StEdNL
London : Macmillan,
1902.
12 folded plates in pocket at end.
Manuscript presentation note by the author on the front free endpaper "To Colonel Douglas Haig with the compliments of the author & with his hopes that the contents may be considered to have measured with fairness & justice the extent[?] & value of the work of the cavalry occupying that part of the campaign herein dealt with & at the same time offering his tribute of admiration, insufficient though it may be, of those eminent & practical[?] choices of General French & of those officers who stood by their Leader, which so largely built-up & helped to determine the successful issue of the campaign Dec. 1902 43. Queen Anne's Gate Westminster". The front free endpaper is also decorated with illustrations in colours of regimental badges. Multiple inserts of maps and sketches.
French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres, 1852-1925.
South African War, 1899-1902.