With Steyn and De Wet

An eyewitness memoir recounts campaigns and skirmishes during the later phase of the South African conflict, blending vivid battle reportage with small-unit raids, intelligence work, and the hardships of commando life. The narrative moves between descriptions of major actions, behind-the-lines activities such as tapping telegraph wires, episodes of exile and arrest, and meetings with prominent commanders, while pausing for reflective passages on morale, leadership, and longing for the open veld. Chapters alternate scene-driven accounts and personal reflection, tracing the transition from conventional engagements to irregular resistance and closing with the dissolution of regular operations.