Hand written letters regarding the defence against Ayoob Khan (NW frontier) and Charles William Dunbar Staveley command of cavalry, including recommendations on command posts and the roles of non-commissioned officers. The file also includes research material consisting of press cuttings relating to collecting campaign furniture; Susan Belgrave's correspondence regarding trip to Ethiopia; articles on looting during the expedition; notes from research trip to BL, India Office Collection and a bound typed copy of 'Diary: walking the route of the Napier 1868 Expedition to Magdala, Abyssinia January 9-February 5 1997'.