Raised on a Texas ranch and trained at West Point, John Blake served in the United States cavalry before going to South Africa, where he commanded the Irish Brigade fighting for the Boers. His personal narrative covers the campaigns, the Boer generals, British farm-burning and the prison camps, and his own fierce opinions of the war.
A vehemently partisan but vivid eyewitness account of the Anglo-Boer War from the Boer side. Download the free EPUB.