Lord Roberts: Letters of Edward Stanhope, 1880
papers, papers
Accession Number
NAM.1971-01-23-147-11
Description
3 ms letters written by Edward Stanhope (1840-1893), to Lord Roberts, 1880, as Under Secretary of State for India, discussing attacks upon Roberts regarding treatment of prisoners and wounded, and subsequent investigations into executions carried out in Afghanistan; together with ms list of men hanged at Kabul compiled from Indian newspaper articles (October 1879-January 1880).
Campaigns
2nd Afghan War (1878-1880)
