Download or read book History of the Railways During the War in South Africa, 1899-1902 written by Édouard Percy Cranvill Girouard and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Detailed history of the use and importance of railways during the war in South Africa (the Boer War), written by Sir Edward Percy Cranvill Girouard, Director of Railways for the British South African Field Force. With chapters on the creation and control of a military railway staff, the Cape Government Railway, the Natal Railway, all facets of the Imperial Military Railways (construction, organisation by region, locomotives, railway telegraph, stores and accounts, etc.), and the use of armored trains."--Amazon