NAM.2006-12-91-331

One of 24 letters and documents written by Maj Percy Wilfred Machell at Suakin, Sudan, January 1890 to April 1890. Written whilst he was commanding the 12th Sudanese Battalion and then from Cairo and leave in England. From a collection of 500 letters written by Lt Col Percy Wilfred Machell, CMG DSO, Essex Regiment and Sudanese Army, 1882-1896. Associated with the 1st Sudan War (1884-1885).