H F Prevost Battersby - Richard Corfield of Somaliland, Edward Arnold, 1914 Marc Gottschalk sold 22 5 21 Malden in his library

Malden in his library

A orange paperback as new

Faded gilt to spine

Weight    600g

H F Prevost Battersby - Richard Corfield of Somaliland, Edward Arnold, 1914 Marc Gottschalk sold 22 5 21 Malden in his libraryH 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