Manuscript copy of a letter in two hands written by an unidentifiable soldier named ‘Herbert’ of 2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment to ‘Jack’ from South Africa, dated 1 Feb 1900.
He describes the bad conditions, Battle of Spion Kop and Gen Buller’s speech to the men afterwards.
From a collection of eleven letters written by 3025 Pte G Frederick Evans and two other unidentified members of the 2nd Bn Middlesex Regiment during the Boer War, and especially relate to the Battle of Spion Kop, 1900.
The soldier named ‘Charlie’ is possibly the compiler of the collection.
Associated with the Battle of Spion Kop, Boer War (1899-1902) 1900.