Accession Number
NAM.1968-07-386-32
Description
Inventory description: Vol II Confidential Telegrams from 1 Jul to 4 Sept (1878) Cape Town and Natal. Telegram book, contains 172 in-telegrams and copies of out-ones, relating to operations in Natal and other military matters, between Thesiger (and Crealock) and Buller, Bellairs, Glyn, Wood, Gossett, Pearson, Governor of Natal, Colonial Secretary, Clery, Frere, and others. 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.
