The Frontier War Journal of Major John Crealock 1878

Hardcover 1989 

Major (later Major General) John North Crealock (1837-1895),a controversial figure in the 19th century British military history,fought in the Indian Mutiny,the ninth frontier war, and the Anglo-Zulu war.This volume is devoted to an almost day-by-day account (and sketches) of the two months of intensive bush warfare which Crealocks superior Lieutenant-General Thesiger (Later Lord Chelmsford) conducted to defeat the resistance of the colonial-based Xhosa in the last phases of the frontier war of 1877-1878.