author
Louis Eugène Du Moulin
A New Zealand-born British Army officer, he wrote from direct experience of the Second Boer War, giving his military history an on-the-ground immediacy. Best known for Two Years on Trek, his work blends campaign narrative with the everyday realities of regimental life.
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Two Years on Trek: Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa
by Louis Eugène Du Moulin
About the author
Born in 1859, Louis Eugène Du Moulin was of French descent and New Zealand birth. He was educated at Sandhurst and entered the British Army in 1879, serving with the regiment that became the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment. Later he was promoted to serve as second-in-command of the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment.
Du Moulin is remembered chiefly as the author of Two Years on Trek: Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa. The book grew out of his experience in the Second Boer War and is valued for its firsthand perspective on campaigning, soldiering, and regimental life.
He died in 1902, not long after the events his book describes. Although little widely circulated biographical material appears to survive, the outline of his life points to a soldier-author whose writing preserves a personal view of a major imperial war.