"Captain Claud Williams memoir tells, first-hand, what it was like to be a Light Car Patrol commander during the First World War, while Russell McGuirk's commentary provides the historical background to the formation of the Patrols and follows their activities from the British raid on Siwa Oasis to desert exploration and survey work and the Kufra Reconnaissance Scheme." -- back cover.

Accompanying maps: Map of the country between Siwa Oasis and Jarabub (Libyan desert). Scale 1:250,000, and Route map of the North-Western Desert of Egypt. Scale 1:1,000,000.