letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.1968-07-386-14-18
Description
Private letter to Chelmsford from Wood, Kambula Hill 5 pm, reporting the bravery of Col Russell, with supporting note, 1 Apr 1879. Papers relating to the Inhlotane Manutani disaster and action at Kambula, Col E Wood, from the period 3 Mar to 31 May 1879. From papers of General Lord Chelmsford, relating to his command of the Army at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 1877-1879, including the 9th Cape Frontier War (1877-1879) and the Zulu War (1879). Arranged by Maj Gen M W E Gossett, Lord Chelmsford's Principal Aide De Camp during the Zulu War (1879). Available on microfilm only.
Campaigns
Zulu War (1879)
Units
Associated collection