MATABELE CAMPAIGN 1896: Being a Narrative of the Campaign in Suppressing the Native Rising in Matabe

MATABELE CAMPAIGN 1896: Being a Narrative of the Campaign in Suppressing the Native Rising in Matabeleland and Mashonaland

Author - Major R S S Baden-Powell

A new un-read softcover book.

This is a facsimile reprint of the fourth edition containing a new preparatory letter.

Pages xv + 500 with nearly 100 illustrations.

Robert Baden-Powells diary of his 1896 campaign to crush the Matabele revolt in todays ZImbabwe. Lavishly illustrated and a must for anyone interested in Africa, Scouting, or B.P. himself.

Before he found fame as the triumphant defender of Mafeking in the Boer War, Robert Baden-Powell, later the founder of the worldwide Scout movement, was a notable colonial soldier in India and Africa and recorded his exploits in a number of books. This is his account of his campaign to put down a revolt against British rule raised by the warlike Matabele tribe in the territory that later became Rhodesia and is todays Zimbabwe.

This lavishly illustrated book it carries 100 drawings, photos and and maps, some drawn in B.Ps own hand, for he was as gifted an artist as he was a warrior is the great mans own campaign diary. The ideals of the Scout movement he would one day lead were already forming in B.Ps head, for the book is full of advice to Be Prepared later the Scout movements motto, as well as unconscious humour such as the caption to a picture of B.P charging down rocks hotly pursued by Matabele warriors: When pursued by the Matabele among the boulders of the Matopo country it was of the greatest advantage to be equipped with rubber-soled shoes, and to have that command of your feet which is acquired in the practice of skirt-dancing. More than just a curio of a colonial campaign, this book is a fascinating compendium of scouting lore and a must for anyone interested in Africa.

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