One of two letters written by Lt Louis Augustus Gordon of the 1st Bombay Light Cavalry to his parents from Kandahar, 27 Sep 1880.
He describes the aftermath of the fighting of the summer at Kandahar.
Announces that he has been appointed an orderly officer to Gen Burrows.
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.
Associated with the Siege of Kandahar, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880) 1880.