H F Prevost Battersby - Richard Corfield of Somaliland, Edward Arnold, 1914 Marc Gottschalk sold 22 5 21 The dust-jacket has foxing and

The dust-jacket has foxing and is price clipped

Faded gilt to spine

Weight    600g

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H F Prevost Battersby - Richard Corfield of Somaliland, Edward Arnold, 1914 Marc Gottschalk sold 22 5 21 The dust-jacket has foxing andH F Prevost Battersby Richard Corfield of Somaliland, Edward Arnold, 1914 Richard Corfield (Richard Conyngham Corfield, 18821913) was a British colonial police officer who was killed in action in Somaliland in 1913. Corfield commanded the Somaliland Camel Constabulary and died at the Battle of Dul Madoba while engaging Dervish forces led by Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (the "Mad Mullah"), a controversial action that went against his orders to avoid direct