“Happy Dispatches” is based on Banjo Patterson's war experiences as a war reporter. This book is a collection of articles written around the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is an intriguing account of the difficulties he faced. How he became a British Army Remount Officer during the Boer War. The book contains Sir Alfred Milner — Winston Churchill — Lord Roberts, French, Haig, and Others — Lord Derby — A Dutch Consul — General Chaffee — “Chinese” Morrison — An Unknown Celebrity — Marie Lloyd — Phil May — Rudyard Kipling — Captain Glossop — Lady Dudley — Captain Towse, V.C. — “Hell-Fire Jack” — Lord Allenby — Lord Allenby (Continued).
