SCARCE! 1ST EDITION! THE NATAL CAMPAIGN BY BENNET BURLEIGH

SCARCE! THE NATAL CAMPAIGN BY BENNET BURLEIGH. HARD COVER, 1st EDITION, SPINE IS LEATHER BOUND, FRONT END AND BACK END PAGES ARE REPLACED, INCLUDES SEVERAL MAPS, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, IN GOOD CONDITION.

The narrative gives a full account of the Natal Campaign, particularly with respect to the battle of Elandslaagte and Buller's four successive attempts to relieve Ladysmith. Burleigh left the Natal Front soon after Buller's failure at Vaal Krantz and transferred himself to the Western Front with Lord Roberts. In an appendix will be found an account written by Mr. McHugh, a correspondent of the Daily Telegraph who was imprisoned in Ladysmith after the great attack made by the Boers on January 6th.' (from the Introduction).