With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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WITH BULLER IN NATAL
[Illustration: "CHRIS SPRANG AT HIM."] WITH BULLER IN NATAL OR, A BORN LEADER BY G. A. HENTY PREFACE It will be a long time before the story of the late war can be written fully and impartially. Even among the narratives of those who witnessed the engagements there are many differences and discrepancies, as is necessarily the case when the men who write are in different parts of the field. Until, then, the very meagre military despatches are supplemented by much fuller details, anything like an accurate history of the war would be impossible. I have, however, endeavoured to reconcile the various narratives of the fighting in Natal, and to make the account of the military occurrences as clear as possible. Fortunately this is not a history, but a story, to which the war forms the background, and, as is necessary in such a case, it is the heroes of my tale, the little band of lads from Johannesburg, rather than the |
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