Steinaecker’s Horsemen – William Woolmore

2nd Edition

A unique mix of frontiersmen – hunters, miners, pioneers, stock riders, timber men, transport operators, bush storekeepers, and a host of other – good and bad. These men not also fought the enemy of the Anglo-Boer War but also wild animals such as lion and tropical diseases. The maverick commander of this unit, Francis Christian Ludwig von Steinaecker, was a flamboyant and eccentric character; a former Prussian officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and was awarded the DSO for his service.