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Printed report by Maj W Pitcairn Campbell commanding 1st Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps, describing the action at Talana Hill on 21 Oct 1899. Includes a covering note added when the report was forwarded to Sgt Arthur George Harrington by the regiment, as he is mentioned for gallantry in the report. From a collection of 180 documents and letters mostly written by RSM Arthur George Harrington, DCM, written to his family while with the King’s Royal Rifle Corps during the Siege and Relief of Ladysmith (1899-1900), Boer War (1899-1902) and whilst attached to the London Rifle Brigade from 1914 up to his death at the 2nd Battle of Ypres on 28 Apr 1915, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).

Talana Hill, Battle of, 1899 (Boer War 1899-1902)