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Accession Number

NAM.2006-11-10-11

Description

Letter from Capt Stanley de Burgh Edwardes to his wife, Qat, 29 Mar 1868. The march to Magdala. From a collection of letters and other papers of Gen Sir Stanley de Burgh Edwardes, Bombay Army, relating to the Abyssinian Campaign, 2nd Afghan War and news from his old regiment, 102nd King Edward’s Own Bombay Grenadiers, 1868-1914. Associated with Abyssinia (1867-1969), 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) and World War One, East Africa (1914-1918).

Events

Magdala, Capture of, 1868 (Abyssinia 1867-1868)

Associated collection