"In the Ranks of the C.I.V." is a 1900 account by Erskine Childers of
his time spent as part of an artillery company in the South African Wars
(1879-1915). This volume will appeal to those with an interest in the
Boer War or British imperialism, and it is not to be missed by fans and
collectors of Childers's work. Contents include: "The 'Montfort'", "Cape
town and Stellenbosch", "Piquetberg Road", "Bloemfontein", "Lindley",
"Bethlehem", "Bultfontein", "Slabbert's Nek And Fouriesberg", "To
Pretoria", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming
increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now
in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially
commissioned new biography of the author. Robert Erskine Childers
(1870-1922) was a British-born Irish writer. Other notable works by this
author include: "The Riddle of the Sands" (1903), "The Framework for
Home Rule" (1911), and "War and the Arme Blanche" (1910).