First edition. 8vo. xii, (ii), 409, (4, ads), (2, blank), 32 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Hamilton, nine in-text battle plans and diagrams, and one color folding map at rear. Publisher's red cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, light soiling at bottom of front board; all edges trimmed; black endpapers; in cloth slip case. Woods A5

Handsome first edition of Churchill's fifth published book, recounting his experiences in the Second Boer War, and being the continuation of his London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900).