THE DEFENCE OF DUFFER'S DRIFT. by Swinton, E.D. (Ernest)

Kingston, Ontario: Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, Fort Frontenac 72 pp, 8" H. No date. B&w maps. "A classic in small unit tactics in the British and U.S. Army, this book is recommended, without qualification, for the modern professional soldier. What would you do? Lieutenant Backsight Foresight (BF to his friends) has been left in command of a 50-man reinforced platoon to hold Duffer's Drift, the only ford on the Silliassvogel River available to wheeled traffic. Here is his chance for fame and glory. He has passed his officer courses and special qualifications. 'Now if they had given me a job', says BF, 'like fighting the Battle of Waterloo, or Gettysburg or Bull Run, I knew all about that, as I had crammed it up." While BF's task appears simple enough, the Boer enemy causes a multitude of problems, but you, astute reader, with a quick mind and a sharp intellect will, no doubt, solve the problem before the first shot is fired." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light soiling, very light edgewear - very small scuff at bottom edge of front cover, slight browning to covers. . Reprint.. Stapled in Wraps. Very Good-.