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Letter from Col Stanley de Burgh Edwardes, Director of Transport, Kandahar, to his wife, 18 Apr 1880. 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).

Kandahar, Battle of, 1880 (2nd Afghan War 1878-1880)