When the South African War broke out, British planters, merchants and clerks in India raised a mounted volunteer corps at their own expense under Colonel Dugald Lumsden. This record follows them from Calcutta to the veld, through actions and long marches, to their disbandment, with rolls of the men and notes on what became of them.
A detailed regimental history for students of the Boer War and the British in India. Download the free EPUB.