The Frontier War Journal of Major John Crealock 1878 - Edited and Introduced by Chris Hummel
The Frontier War Journal of Major John Crealock 1878 - Edited and Introduced by Chris Hummel.
A Narrative of the Ninth Fronteir War by the Assistant Military secretary to Lieutenant General Thesiger - (VRS Second Series No. 19)
Hardcover
Publisher: VRS Second Series No. 19, Van Riebeeck Society, Cape Town: 1989
Condition: Very Good. This book is in very good condition. The DJ has some slight signs of edge wear and fading on spine. The book pages are clean, clear and intact and the spine remains firm and undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
A day-by-day account (with sketches) of the two months of intensive bush warfare to defeat the resistance of the colonial-based Xhosa in the last phases of the frontier war of 1877-1878.
Cape Town, 1989. Cloth, with dust-jacket. With illustrations. XIX,195 pp. Van Riebeeck Society, 2nd series, 19. - Major John North Crealock (1837-1895) fought in a number of colonial wars, including the Indian Mutiny and the Anglo-Zulu War. This volume is a detailed account of the warfare conducted against the Xhosa in the last phases of the frontier war of 1877-1878. Opinionated and inefficient, Crealock nevertheless gives a sober account of the military situation.
