Major John Chard

"rorke's drift. 22-23 jany. 1879", chard's autograph draft of the account of rorke's drift which he wrote and presented to queen victoria, with extensive annotations, additions and corrections, 40 pages, mostly written in brown ink with the corrections and annotations (in the text and margins) in blue and brown ink, one ink sketch of a mountain range (besides a description of a scene viewed through field glasses, "... and could see the enemy moving in the distant hills & apparently in large force - large numbers of them moving to my left until lion hill of isandlwana..."), and a similar pencil sketch on final page, the sheets (all bifolia) loose in contemporary paper wrappers

21 x 32 cm

• Bonhams