Author: Brackenbury, Henry.
Title: THE ASHANTI WAR. A Narrative Prepared from the Offical Documents by Permission of Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley.
Description: William Blackwood , 1874. 1st Ed. 2 vols. Large 8vo. xi + 428pp. + vi + 367pp. + 54pp. publ. catalogue. Folding facsimile frontis., 1 folding map, 2 folding sketches, 1 double page sketch, 2 folding maps in rear pocket to vol. 2. Light browning, pencil inscription of ‘Enfield’, original gilt lettered blind embossed red cloth, minor marking and wear, spines faded and sl. chipped. ¶ Brackenbury joined the artillery in 1856, and saw active service next year in India during the mutiny. He was attached to the British Red Cross in the Franco-Prussian War, and served against the Ashanti's, 1873-4, and the Zulus, 1879-80.

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