Ten Months in the Field with the Boers
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GENERAL DE VILLEBOIS-MAREUIL
Ten Months in the Field with the Boers
By An Ex-Lieutenant of General de Villebois-Mareuil
With a Map and Portrait
London William Heinemann 1901
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To GENERAL DE VILLEBOIS-MAREUIL
To you, General, who, from the Paradise of the Valiant, can read in my heart the sentiments of respect and affection that guide me, I dedicate these lines in token of the profound admiration of your former Lieutenant.
TRANSVAAL, 1899-1900.
'No room, sir!'
This was the phrase that greeted my friend De C---- and myself at the door of every carriage we tried.