letter, letter
Accession Number
NAM.1968-07-386-9-99
Description
Letter to Chelmsford, Kambula Hill, on the value of Mounted Riflemen, and his unsuccessful search for a new camp site on the Blood River for when Cet wayo's men disperse, 4 Feb 1879. Demi-official letters to Chelmsford and Crealock from Wood, September 1878 to June 1879 and August 1881 (?). 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.
Units
Associated collection