Copy of letter from Shepstone to Col Curtis, commanding in Natal, Pietermaritzburg, requesting a Military Inquiry into the charges made against him, 11 Mar 1886.

From papers from the period August 1879 to September 1886.
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.