227 Pages
ISBN 978-1-917120-32-6
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Frontier Warrior is the autobiography of South Africa’s Major General, Sir Edward Yewd Brabant KCB, CMG who soldiered for an incredible 47 years and rose from the rank of ensign in the militia to become the first major general in the Cape Colonial Forces.

He served during the Ninth Frontier War and while the Zulu War raged in 1879, he commanded the Cape Forces during the fierce fighting at Moorosi’s Mountain. He fought against the famed Basuto warriors during the BaSotho Gun War in 1880-81 and commanded the Colonial Division during the second Anglo-Boer War.

Brabant was not only a soldier but a farmer and well-known Cape politician. This manuscript, written in his own hand at the close of the Boer War, is a fascinating account of colonial South Africa, as seen by not only a military leader but a veteran politician. He was personally acquainted with Cecil Rhodes, ‘Chinese’ Gordon, Lord Roberts and many other influential leaders of the time.