NAM.1968-07-386-8-42

Packet containing 9 manuscript letters, from Mr Drummond, Col Glyn, Cecil Russell, Col Bray, and others. Mainly addressed to Chelmsford and Crealock, and relating to the burial of bodies at Isandlwana and related matters, with especial reference to Coghill and Melville, and the Colours of the 24th Foot. February and March 1879. Letters and papers relating to the advance of the Centre Column (No 3) under Col Glyn into Zululand, including the Battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, to June 1879, 1878-1879. 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.

Isandlwana, Battle of, 1879 (Zulu War 1879)