With the Naval Brigade in Natal, 1899-1900: Journal of Active Service

INTRODUCTION

This Journal, completed before leaving the front in October, 1900, does not assume to be more than a somewhat rough and unadorned record of my personal experiences during ten months of the South African (Boer) Campaign of 1899-1900 while in detached command of two 12-pounder guns of H.M.S. _Terrible_ and H.M.S. _Tartar_. Having been asked by some of my friends to publis...