THE STORY OF THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS

Stevenson (J.H.)

Description:

91st & 93 rd Foot.

72 pages, original brown printed card wrappers, fraying at the top and bottom of the spine.

Not in A South African Bibliography or the Supplement.

Contains accounts of the occupation of the Cape in 1795, brief accounts of the wreck of the "Birkenhead" and the Zulu War where the Argylls were attached to the Eshowe column. Pages 50 - 72 deal with the Boer War - the battles of Magersfontein and Paardeberg, the advance on Pretoria, etc.

Details:

• Publisher: James MacLehose and Sons
• Publisher Place: Glasgow
• Date of Publication: 1915
• Edition: First edition
• Binding Condition: Fair
• Overall Condition: Good
• Size: 8vo (183 x 124 mm)

• Lot No: 296
• Hammer Price: $250
• Bids: 1
• Visits: 32
• Estimate: $300/350
• Reserve: $250

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