Diary, bound,18 Sep to 20 Nov 1899 of ‘Special Ammunition Column raised for active service in South Africa’; details of the establishment and formation of the column at Aldershot, storage of horses on union line ‘Jaika’ for voyage from Southampton, 30 Sep, 24 Oct docked at Cape Town, moves to Stellenbosch. Horses recover from voyage, practise marches; 13 Nov to Cape Town to get ammunition, catches up advancing column at Victoria West, reaches De Aar 16 Nov and Orange River 17 Nov.
1 of 8 bound manuscript diaries and 6pp photocopies written and compiled by Maj Wilfrid (also spelled Wilfred) Lionel Foster DSO, Royal Artillery, Boer War 1899-1902, and Somaliland Campaign 1903.