letter, letter
Accession Number

NAM.2012-03-9-99

Description

Letter to Lt Dugmore from Michael Moses in Limogi, near Fatiko, 16 [possibly Sep] 1898. 2 leaves. Relays that they have just heard that Khartoum has fallen and troops have been stationed at Fashoda. Letter is dated the 16th in 1898, most likely September, as the city fell on 2 September 1898. Provides some insight into internal conflict and tension among the British. 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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