Lord Chelmsford and the Zulu War.

FRENCH, Gerald.

Item Number: 124376

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1939.

First edition of French’s account of Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford’s rise to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, folding map, frontispiece portrait of Chelmsford. In very good condition.

British Army officer Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford rose to prominence during the Anglo-Zulu War, when an expeditionary force under his command suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of a Zulu force at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879. Despite this defeat, he was able to score several victories against the Zulus, culminating the British victory at the Battle of Ulundi, which ended the war and restored his reputation in Britain.