With the Cape Mounted Rifles Four Years Service in South Africa by an Ex. C.M.R.

[Granville, Alexander K.]

Published by London Richard Bentley & Son 1881, 1881

About this Item

xvi,262 pp. Octavo, Original brown gilt decorated cloth. Gilt title on spine. Original coated dark green endpapers. Top and foredge untrimmed. half title. A very nice attractive copy. A very scarce title. The author served for three years in the Cape Mounted Rifles (formerly the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police in the Cape Colony) from 1877 to 1880, joining as a private and retiring as a second-class sergeant. He presents an intimate account of life in the corps and details on their service in the Ninth Kaffir War and at Moirosi's Mountain in Basutoland. Included are chapters on the Transkei, battles of Ibeka, Lusisi, Umzintzani, Quintana, the annexation of St. John's District, Tembu-Land, St. John's River and District, the initial failure at Moirosi's Mountain, the capture of Moirosi's Mountain, and the Basuto War. Mendelssohn II p. 393. Seller Inventory. With the formers owners inscription on the half title as follows: Ingle Piggott Warboys Hunts. Late C.M.R. & C. Field Artillery. A former member of the regiments personal copy!

Seller Inventory # 141813

Bibliographic Details

• Title: With the Cape Mounted Rifles Four Years Service in South Africa by an Ex. C.M.R.
• Publisher: London Richard Bentley & Son 1881
• Publication Date: 1881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near fine
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  • Military History