Douglas, A. Akers. REPORT OF HIS MAJESTY’S COMMISSIONERS Appointed to Inquire into the Military Preparations and Other Matters Connected With the War in South Africa. , HMSO 1903.Sm. folio. viii + 316pp. Ex.-Staff College lib. with bookplate, ink stamps and numbering to e.ps., some light browning, rebound in gilt lettered cloth, spine faded bumped and with accession label. [Cd. 1789].Mendelssohn Volume 2., pp.698.Hackett pp.8. ‘The report of the Elgin Commission appointed to inquire into the military preparations for the war in South Africa, and into the supply of men, ammunition, equipment and transport by sea and land in connection with the campaign, and into the military operations up to the occupation of Preoria. The commission sat on 55 days to take evidence and heard 114 witnesses among whom were Gen. Sir Redvers Buller and Field Marshall Earl Roberts, together with many other senior officers, civil and military. Numerous documents bearing upon the proceedings are reproduced as appendices the volume is fully indexed.’ US$151 (Book ref. 198128 ) £ 95.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Francis Edwards , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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