(Untitled), 17 Sep [1898]

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/25/43-45

Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (Wady Halfa [Sudan]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: the battle of Omdurman and his opinion that the British forces should have made a charge and made the "performance historic"; the names of his friends who were killed in action; and complaint at the publication of his letters in the Morning Post and Oliver Borthwick's alterations to them.

Dates

Creation: 17 Sep [1898]

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