Lord Roberts: Extracts, Newspaper Cuttings, Vol V, March 1883 - Dec 1887
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Accession Number
NAM.1971-01-23-139-5
Description
Large bound newspaper cutting volume collated by Lord Roberts, March 1883 - December 1887, during his service in India, specifically as Commander in Chief of the Madras Army and later of the Indian Army, including memoranda and general orders, newspaper cuttings from press in India and England, relating to events in India, Burma, and Afghanistan, mentions of Lord Roberts in the popular press, publication of a biography of Roberts, training exercises, the threat of Russian invasion, military discipline, the banquet held for Lord Roberts at the Mansion House, the death of Colonel Sir Charles Macgregor, and Lady Roberts' scheme for skilled nursing in the military hospitals in India.
Campaigns
2nd Afghan War (1878-1880)
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