Majuba Gedenkboek (Limited Print)

No. 1459 of 2000 Copies.

Commemorating the pivotal Battle of Majuba Hill (1881), Majuba Gedenkboek brings together the scholarship of renowned military historian Dr. J.H. Breytenbach and veteran officer Col. Dr. Jan Ploeger. This 1980 edition offers a thorough narrative of the events leading up to, during, and following the conflict that effectively ended the First Anglo-Boer War. Through clear, authoritative prose, the authors re-examine strategic decisions, battlefield movements, and political ramifications that have shaped South African history ever since.

Richly illustrated with period photographs, original maps, and reproduced documents, the volume provides readers with a visual journey into 19th-century South Africa. Detailed regimental accounts, personal testimonies, and analyses of Boer and British tactics are interwoven with high-quality facsimiles of dispatches and contemporary newspaper reports. A specially commissioned fold-out map of the Majuba battlefield enhances the reader’s understanding of troop deployments and terrain challenges.

Ideal for historians, collectors of Africana, and anyone fascinated by military heritage, Majuba Gedenkboek stands as both an academic reference and a commemorative keepsake. CUM Books’ 1980 edition includes a comprehensive index, footnotes for further study, and an afterword reflecting on Majuba’s enduring legacy in South Africa’s national consciousness.