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Excerpt from The Colonials in South Africa, 1899-1902: Their Record, Based on the Despatches When the Author published his Our Regiments in South Africa, 1899 which gave a brief account of the work, in the war, of each regular battalion of infantry, regiment Of cavalry, and battery Of artillery, he remarked in the Preface that Some account of the doings of the Colonials should, and may yet, be put together. Some reviewers, especially those interested in the Colonies, encouraged him to carry out the idea thus hinted at, and the present volume is the result of that encouragement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.