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Letter from Sgt Michael Lennon, 1st Bn 13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert’s Light Infantry) Regiment to his sister Alice, 18 Apr 1879. Sgt Lennon refers to his column’s recent repulse of the Zulus at Kambula and that they are expecting the 17th Lancers, and 2/21st and 94th Regiments to arrive as reinforcements. Written while he was serving with FM Sir Henry Evelyn Wood’s column during the Zulu War, April to June 1879. Associated with the Battle of Kambula, Zulu War (1879).

Zulu War (1879)