letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.2012-03-9-98

Description

Letter to Lt Dugmore from Lt Moreton Foley Gage, 7th (Princess Royal’s) Dragoon Guards, in Laboureh, Nile Valley, 14 Oct 1898. 3 leaves. Details some minor fights and lists the new locations of the bases of No. 1 Co., No. 2 Co., No. 8 Co., and No 11 Co. Mentions possible territorial problems with Belgium and generally feels that Ugnada isn’t worth the effort. From a collection of 116 letters and papers relating to Lt William Francis Brougham Radcliffe Dugmore (1868-1917) during the Uganda Mutiny, November 1896-January 1899. Collected by W Lloyd-Jones, author of ‘KAR: being an unofficial account of the origins and activities of the King’s African Rifles’, 1920s.

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