letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.1968-07-386-21-9

Description

Letter to Chelmsford from Wolseley, Port Dunford, a long letter, praising his work in Zululand, and explaining how and why he had been given supreme command, 12 Jul 1879. From correspondence with or relating to Wolseley from the period June 1879 to February 1880. 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.

Associated collection