The Battle of the Gwanga, Cape of Good Hope - June 8th 1846. In which the Royal Artillery, the 7th Dragoon Guards and the Cape Mounted Rifles, under the Command of Major General Hy. Somerset, C.B., defeated a large body of Kaffers [sic] leaving between 5 and 600 dead on the field. The number of Kaffers in the field was estimated at 9000: To His Excellency The Governor Lieut. Genl. Sir Peregrine Ma

2nd in set of 5 color engraved plates by Harris after Martens 'From a sketch by Capt. Carey, Cape Mounted Rifles', published Septr. 1st, 1852; battle scene, British cavalry charging from right into ravine or valley, officers and wounded in foreground, opposite bank and hills in background. 2nd in set of 5 color engraved plates by Harris after Martens 'From a sketch by Capt. Carey, Cape Mounted Rifles', published Septr. 1st, 1852; battle scene, British cavalry charging from right into ravine or valley, officers and wounded in foreground, opposite bank and hills in background. Large oblong folio, matted; plate marks, margins intact; clean. London, Francis Edwards, 1946.