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Letter written by Lt Louis Augustus Gordon of the 1st Bombay Light Cavalry, to his sister Violet, Sibi, 29 Aug 1880. From the collection of papers of Col Louis Augustus Gordon, 2nd Bombay Lancers, 1867-1922. Gordon served in the 2nd Afghan War and the Boer War, and was the son of Sir Henry William Gordon, Gen Charles Gordon of Khartoum’s nephew.