Project Gutenberg 2016-04-10 Public domain in the USA. 253 Lakeman, Stephen 1823 1900 Mozhar Pasha 05016937 What I Saw in Kaffir-Land Produced by Brian Coe, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "What I Saw in Kaffir-Land" by Sir Stephen Lakeman is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the author's experiences and observations during his military service in the Cape Colony, particularly against the Kaffir tribes during conflicts that arose in that period. The narrative is presented as a personal reflection, focusing on Lakeman's interactions with various military figures and the challenges of warfare, as well as his impressions of the landscape and the people involved in these tumultuous events. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for the author's journey, beginning with his time in Algeria, where he advocates for the superiority of the Minie rifle. Lakeman faces bureaucratic hurdles while seeking to enlist volunteers for military service in the ongoing war at the Cape. His desire to prove the effectiveness of his weapon leads him to arrange for rifles and men, eventually setting sail on the ship Harbinger. Throughout the first chapters, Lakeman introduces key military figures and describes his initial adventures, including encounters at sea and his arrival in Africa, establishing a vivid sense of the historical context and the intentions behind his expedition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 DT Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 368578 2025-07-20T14:53:41.311079 text/html 351242 2024-10-23T00:19:36 text/html 262731 2025-07-20T14:53:46.491084 application/epub+zip 265116 2025-07-20T14:53:42.145078 application/epub+zip 185387 2025-07-20T14:53:41.716086 application/epub+zip 375075 2025-07-20T14:53:49.704039 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352333 2025-07-20T14:53:45.862102 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272895 2022-09-23T14:40:05.229764 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 323042 2025-07-20T14:53:40.841102 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 303081 2024-10-23T00:19:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16628 2025-07-20T14:53:49.828551 application/rdf+xml 10699 2025-07-20T14:53:41.812077 image/jpeg 2038 2025-07-20T14:53:41.762095 image/jpeg 234245 2025-07-20T14:53:41.339138 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia