A record similar to the author's earlier volume Our Regiments in South Africa. A directory of Colonial Volunteer Corps and their work in the South African campaign. The information is drawn from official despatches, other reliable published accounts and from private accounts furnished by officers in the field.

The only book to study the work of all the colonial troops - especially useful when trying to fathom the doings of some of the less well-known colonial forces such as Brabant's Horse, the Heidleburg Volunteers or the 1st New South Wales Bushmen.