A Proper Degree of Terror. John Graham and the Cape's Eastern Frontier

214 x 138 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. (x) + 252, incl. index; plates; maps. Light browning; earlier owner's name signed on half-title. Very good condition. John Graham (1778-1821) was appointed by Cape governor Cradock as "special commissioner for military and civil affairs in the eastern districts His orders were to allow the Xhosa to cross the Fish river in peaceful fashion, failing which effective means were to be employed to drive them within their frontiers. Immediately after the war he advised Cradock to prevent the return of the Xhosa by erecting a line of military posts along the Fish River from the sea to the second interior mountain range." - DSAB I, pp. 314-5. Graham's greatest military achievement was probably in bringing the Fourth Frontier War to a successful conclusion in March of 1812. The town of Grahamstown (now Makhanda), on the site of the headquarters of the Cape Regiment, is named in his honour.