L. March Phillipps served as a captain with Rimington’s Guides, a corps of mounted scouts in the South African War, and these are his letters home. He describes long rides across the veld, skirmishes, comrades lost and the mood of the Boers, and gives frank, independent opinions on the conduct and causes of the war.
Thoughtful, outspoken letters that show the Boer War as one officer actually saw it. Download the free EPUB.