The Zulu War Journal Of Colonel Henry Harford C. B.

Pietermaritzburg: Shuter & Shooter. Fair in Very Good dust jacket; Ex library copy, usual stamps and marks . inside, missing front endpaper, corners lightly bumped, some shelf wear to . boards, a few internal stains. ; Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to . front and spine, map endpapers. Unclipped DJ protected by clear library . sleeve. Illustrated with photo plates of Harford's sketches made during . the campaign and more detailed work based on his work that appeared in the . London Illustrated News.. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library . First Printing; B&W Photographs; 88 pages; Colonel Henry Charles Harford C. B. Served as a young man in the Zulu War of 1879, and was Staff Officer to Commandant Lonsdale of the 3rd Regiment, Natal Native Contingent. He kept a journal in which he recorded his experiences and original observations. In his journal Harford, who was with Lord Chelmsford's Column, tells of the initial skirmishes of the war and of the disaster at Isandhlwana and the defence of Rorke's Drift. He describes the recovery at Fugitives' Drift of the Queen's Colour of the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment, claiming that he was personally responsible for finding the standard. Later, on resuming the Adjutancy of his own regiment, the 99th, he took part in the hunt for the Zulu king, Cetshwayo. ; 0869852736 .