telegram (copy), signal
Accession Number
NAM.1968-07-386-13-41
Description
Copy of telegram from Chelmsford to High Commissioner Cape Town stating that action was required by Cetshwayo to move towards peace before hostilities would cease. From a collection of messages from Cetshwayo regarding peace and other matters and papers relating to Zulu refugees and their treatment, from the period October 1878 to June 1879. 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.
Campaigns
Zulu War (1879)
Units
Associated collection