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Lloyd-Jones (W.) : K.A.R., Being an official account of the origin and activities of the King`s Africa Rifles, with a foreword by Major-General Sir Cecil Pepeira, K.C.B., etc

296 pages, 8vo (230 x 150 mm), frontispiece, maps, 34 plates, maroon cloth neatly rebacked preserving the original backstrip, gilt vignette of an Askari on the upper cover, a very good copy

In his foreword, C.E. Pereira writes: 'We cannot but look upon this history of the King's African Rifles as a typical description of the work of the British subaltern on our farther frontiers. He is gay, light-hearted, reliable, resourceful, and just ... Only those who have seen this work at close quarters, especially during the recent War, can realise how with poor resources and limited material they have brought such vast districts under the Union Jack, and how by their fair dealing they have made loyal subjects of millions of former enemies.'

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