First published in 1853, this book chronicles the personal experience of the 'Kaffir' war of 1851 2 (now known as the eighth Xhosa or frontier war), between the European settlers and the native inhabitants of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Serving as a lieutenant, William Ross King (1822 90) sailed to South Africa from Cork with the 74th Highlanders in March 1851 and remained there until late 1852. His memoir was not intended as a detailed history of military operations in the Kaffir war and in fact encompasses all of King's experiences in South Africa rather than focusing solely on the...
First published in 1853, this book chronicles the personal experience of the 'Kaffir' war of 1851 2 (now known as the eighth Xhosa or frontier war), b...