A Yeoman's Letters / Third Edition

The collection comprises wartime letters from a yeoman corporal recounting marches, skirmishes, occupations, and life in camp during campaigns around Johannesburg and Pretoria. Vivid frontline anecdotes describe ambushes, patrols, horses and rations, and minor disasters, while lighter pieces record lice, songs, sketches and occasional humorous verse. Arranged as familiar letters and illustrated with rough caricatures, the pieces alternate brisk comic storytelling with sober observation, producing episodic snapshots of camaraderie, practical hardships, and everyday moments that reveal the human side of military service.