[Illustration: _Photo by Arthur Weston, 16, Poultry, London._]




IN THE RANKS OF THE C.I.V.

A NARRATIVE AND DIARY OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE C.I.V. BATTERY
(HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY) IN SOUTH AFRICA

BY DRIVER
ERSKINE CHILDERS
CLERK IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

_WITH A FRONTISPIECE_

1900



DEDICATED
TO
MY FRIEND AND COMRADE
GUNNER BASIL WILLIAMS




CONTENTS.