NAM.2006-12-91-222

One of 38 letters and documents written by Maj Percy Wilfred Machell, whilst commanding Egyptian troops at Alexandria until April 1887, then serving at Wady Haifa with the 13th Sudanese Battalion for the rest of the year. From a collection of 500 letters written by Lt Col Percy Wilfred Machell, Essex Regiment and Sudanese Army, 1882-1896. Associated with the 1st Sudan War (1884-1885).