Battle of Belmont, resulting in the amputation of his right arm. In 1894 he had visited the new territory of Rhodesia just as Cecil Rhodes was conquering Matabeleland in south-western Rhodesia and his assessment of the country, presented in a series of articles written for The Times, later appeared in book form under the title of Rhodesia of Today. From 1904–1905, he covered the Russo-Japanese War, as a reporter embedded within the Imperial Japanese Army. He was mistakenly reported as killed in action by The New York Times, which ran his obituary on 4 June 1904. Knight died in 1925 after a long retirement. Selected works 1880 – Albania 1884 – The Cruise of the Falcon: A voyage to South America in a 30-ton yacht (2 volumes) 1885 – The Threatening Eye 1889 – The Cruise of the 'Alerte' 1889 – The "Falcon" on the Baltic. A Coasting Voyage from Hammersmith to Copenhagen in a Three-ton Yacht 1889 – Sailing (The All-England Series) 1893 – Where Three Empires Meet 1897 – Letters from the Sudan 1898 – A Desperate Voyage 1895 –- Rhodesia of Today 1901 –- 'Small Boat Sailing 1909 – The Awakening of Turkey: A History of the Turkish Revolution 1910 –- Knots and Tackles 1919 – The Harwich Naval Forces – Their Part in the Great War'' 1923 – Reminiscences: The Wanderings of a Yachtsman and War Correspondent Notes References Bullard, Frederic Lauriston. (1914). Famous War Correspondents. Boston: Little, Brown. OCLC 2135019 Roth, Mitchel P. and James Stuart Olson. (1997). Historical Dictionary of War Journalism. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. Wilson-Latham, Robert. (1979). From Our Special Correspondent: Victorian War Correspondents and Their Campaigns. London: Hodder and Stoughton. External links Rhodesia of Today. English travel writers English war correspondents 1852 births 1925 deaths Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge War correspondents of the Russo-Japanese War English amputees 19th-century English non-fiction writers 20th-century English non-fiction writers 19th-century English lawyers