WITH THE FLAG TO PRETORIA: THE BOER WAR OF 1899-1900 by Herbert Wrigley Wilson
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TITLE: With the Flag to Pretoria : a History of the Boer War of 1899-1900
AUTHOR: Herbert Wrigley Wilson
PUBLISHER: London: Harmsworth Brothers, Ltd.
DATE: 1900
EDITION: First edition only. Next two volumes issued in another edition in 1901 not included.
DESCRIPTION: Volume 1: viii, [map], [1-3] 4-362 Volume 2: viii, [map], [365-367], 368-706 illustrations (including maps) portraits, folded maps 33 cm Folding color map measures 62cm x 38cm unfolded.
CONDITION NOTES: VERY GOOD. Solid page and cover attachment. Maps properly folded without tears, but Vol. 1 map has an extra crease. Soiling to covers. No dampstaining or foxing. Occasional corner crease. Back joint rubbed. All corners bumped.
BINDING: Green cloth tooled in black and gilt. Beveled cover edges.
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VOLUME 1:
The explosion Oct. 11, 1899
The overrunning of northern Natal
The investment of Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley
The despatch of the Army Corps
The beginning of the advance in Natal and Cape Colony
The first battle of Colenso
Battle of Stormberg
Lord Methuen's advance
Battle of Magersfontein
The nation under defeat
The flank movement in Natal
Spion Kop
Vaal Krantz
Colesberg and the west
The grand army relieves Kimberley.
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VOLUME 2:
The siege of Kimberley
The trapping of Cronje
Capture of Cronje
The relief of Ladysmith
The defence of Ladysmith
The march on Bloemfontein and opening of the railway to the south
The halt at Bloemfontein
The relief of Mafeking
The siege of Mafeking
Bloemfontein to Pretoria
Operations in the outlying districts
General Buller's advance into the Transvaal
The advance to Komati Poort.
