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[Park (C.W.]

LETTERS FROM LADYSMITH

Published: Privately published, No place or date (printed in London), , Circa 1900

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93 pages, dark green cloth with titling on the upper cover. A very good copy.

A South African Bibliography, volume  3, page 627. Extracts from letters to his wife, written by Lt.-Col. Park of the Devonshire Regiment, during the siege of Ladysmith. Last letter dated 11th March 1900. They contain some lively descriptions of the siege, including the part he and his men played in repulsing a Boer attack on Caesar's Camp and Waggon Hill, during which they incurred heavy loss of life.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (180 x 125 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
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