A Cape Mounted Rifleman: Four Years' Service in South Africa During the Kaffir Wars, 1877-1881

by An Ex-C.M.R. and An Ex C. M. R.

Book Overview

Troopers in green on the veldt

After a period of service in West Africa, the author of this interesting book, finding himself at a loose end, decided to enlist as a policeman in South Africa. Much to his annoyance, and that of many of his fellow recruits, he soon found himself declared to be a soldier instead-as a trooper of the Cape Mounted Rifles. In the late 1870s relationships between the European settlers of the Cape and the indigenous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857063170
• ISBN13: 9780857063175
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"