- 90th wrote:
- Number of pages , Number of Illustrations and or maps , and most importantly how much of the book deals with the zulu war?
CONTENTS
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I PRELUDE TO DISASTER: The letters of Philip Anstruther, 1879-1880
INTRODUCTION
Part 1: The Ulundi Campaign (References) -- p. 1
Part 2: The Sekukuni Campaign (References) -- p. 80
Part 3: Garrison duties at Lydenburg (References) -- p. 159
II THE JOURNAL OF "LUCKY" ESSEX, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1881
1: Introduction -- p.167
2: Glossary -- p.169
3: Journal of the Natal Field Force -- p.170
4: References -- p.220
5: Conclusion -- p.223
III APPENDIX
A: Official evidence of the flaunting of regulations by Anstruther -- p.230
B: Official evidence of the march from Lydenburg to Bronkhorstspruit -- p.234
C: Official evidence of the eye-witnesses at Bronkhorstspruit -- p.241
ILLUSTRATIONS
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End Papers:
The attack on Laing's Nek under Sir George Colley January 28, 1881 -- The Graphic March 19, 1881
Frontispiece:
Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Anstruther, 94th Regiment
South Africa 1880-1881 -- A map -- (From the Connaught Rangers)
Between pages 24 and 25
Pretoria
Basutu War -- camp near Mafeteng -- an alarm.
Heidelberg, Transvaal.
Between pages 32 and 33
Another view of Pretoria in 1880.
Between pages 44 and 45
The Zulu War -- arrival of wounded at Utrecht after the Battle of Zlobane Hill.
Between pages 56 and 57
Cetewayo (sic) -- the zulu king in the Castle, Cape Town.
South Africa -- with Baker Russel's Column: Wounded soldiers of the native contingent (From the Graphic).
Sketches from South Africa -- graves of those who fell in the attack on Sekukani's stronghold.
Between pages 70 and 71
Transport problems -- an oxwagon in a swamp.
Between pages 82 and 83
Huts, afterwards Fort Mary, Officers' Mess Hut.
Fort Mary, Lydenburg, after the Siege.
Between pages 134 and 135, and between pages 138 and 139
The 94th Regiment was to play an important role in South Africa
Between pages 158 and 159
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Major General E Newdigate, C.B.
Captain A.L. Falls -- 21st Regiment.
Captain James MacSwiney -- 94th Regiment.
Lieut. H.A.C. Harrison -- 94th Regiment.
Sergeant-Major G. Fox -- 94th Regiment.
Lieut. R. Egerton -- The Connaught Rangers.
The Late Captain Nairne -- 94th Regiment.
The Battle of Bronkhorstspruit December 20, 1880.
Mrs. Anne Fox, R.R.C. although wounded, a heroine on the British side.
Survivors of the Bronkhorstspruit Battle returning to the British lines.
Graves of the men of the 94th Regiment after the Battle of Bronkhorstspruit.
Between pages 165 and 166
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The attack on Laing's Nek under Sir George Colley January 28, 1881.
The Battle of Schains Hoogte, February, 8 1881. (From a sketch by Captain R.C. Birkett).
George Colley's Camp and the Battle of Majuba, February 27. (From a sketch by Captain R.C. Birkett).
Interior of Boer Hospital, Meek's farm.
After the Battle of Majuba.
Peace negotiations between general Sir Evelyn Wood and General Piet Joubert, from sketches by war artist C.E. Fripp.
O'Neill's farm during the meeting of General Sir Evelyn Wood and the Boer leaders March 21, 1881.
DIAGRAMS
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Between pages 21 and 22
Between pages 24 and 25
Between pages 32 and 33
Between pages 44 and 45
Between pages 70 and 71
Between pages 74 and 75
Between pages 116 and 117
Between pages 134 and 135
Between pages 138 and 139
Extracts from Lt-Col Anstruther's letters to his wife showing the sketches he made (refer "diagram enclosed" opposite pages)
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