ARMY DIARY: 1899-1926. By Colonel R. Meinertzhagen.
1960 1st edition. 8vo (147 x 226mm). Ppvii,301,appendices. B/w photographs, colour maps. Maroon cloth, gilt titles and decorative emblems to upper board, spine titled in gilt.
" Colonel Meinertzhagen was not only Smuts' Intelligence Officer in Kenya but Allenby's in Palestine and Sinai. He gives a full account of the East African campaign which includes what he describes as 'possibly the most disgraceful defeat a British Army has ever suffered', the fight at Tanga; and he also records the opening phases of Allenby's victorious campaign in Palestine".
" Colonel Meinertzhagen was not only Smuts' Intelligence Officer in Kenya but Allenby's in Palestine and Sinai. He gives a full account of the East African campaign which includes what he describes as 'possibly the most disgraceful defeat a British Army has ever suffered', the fight at Tanga; and he also records the opening phases of Allenby's victorious campaign in Palestine".
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47140
| Author | Meinertzhagen (Richard). (1878-1967). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 47140 |
| ISBN | B0000CKPLO. |
| Book Description | Abrasion to front end-paper (probably due to removal of large bookplate) otherwise a clean copy in a rubbed, price-clipped dust-wrapper. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1960 |
| Publisher | Oliver and Boyd. |
| Place | Edinburgh and London. |