Spenser Wilkinson 
Lessons of the War Being Comments from Week to Week to the Relief of Ladysmith [EPUB ebook] 

The history of a war cannot be properly written until long after its close, for such a work must be based upon a close study of the military correspondence of the generals and upon the best records, to be had of the doings of both sides. Nor can the tactical lessons of a war be fully set forth until detailed and authoritative accounts of the battles are accessible.