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[His Majesty's Stationery Office] : Papers Relating to the Administration of Martial Law in South Africa AND Papers Relating to the Administration of Martial Law in South Africa. In Continuation of [Cd. 981.]

(London, His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1902 and 1903 [Cd. 981] and [Cd. 1423])

2 volumes: 329 x 208 mm; side stitched; paper wraps; pp. 297, 156. First volume: Wraps torn; staples rusty; previous owner's name on title page; regular browning; some spotting. Second volume: Wraps a little sunned and edgeworn; staples rusty; previous owner's name on title page; regular browning. (Hackett, p. 157) A compendious set of documents on all aspects of British administration of martial law during the South African, or Anglo-Boer, War. An outstanding feature of the first volume is its record of the trial of Commandant Gideon Scheepers (pp. 251-290). 'What happened to Gideon Scheepers, the gallant twenty-three year old Boer fighter who was executed by a British firing squad some months before the Anglo-Boer War came to an end? Though nobody knows, since his body was never found, this young heliographer became an almost legendary figure in South African history and his name sacred to many Afrikaners. As he was considered innocent and had become an idol because of his daring exploits in the Cape Colony, Scheepers' execution caused a great outcry throughout the world. … The execution itself has now generally been condemned by Boer and Briton as a disgraceful act, but its consequences were more far-reaching than anyone could have foreseen at the time: Gideon Scheepers took his place in the martyrology of Afrikanerdom.' - Johannes Meintjes, Sword in the Sand.

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