Reference
BD1390/1-6
Title
Letters, mainly relating to battles. 1809 -1879.
Date free text
1809 - 1879
Production date
From: 1809 To: 1879
Scope and Content
/1. Copy of Letter : 'T.B.' to 'Harry' - - - describing the battle of Talavera. (envelope endorsed 'not Barnard, probably Long'), 30 July 1809.
/2. Letter : Robt. Halpin, chaplain, to Lady Cath. Long. - - - On the death of her son (Col. Cowell) at Inkerman. Dublin, 19 Feb. 1855.
/3-5. Letter : Col. Churchill to (H.L.) Long.- - - On the atrocities in Syria, and on his book, The Ottoman Turks, the Druses and the Maronites
from 1840 to 1860. Beyrout. 15 Feb. 1861.
Enclosed : Translation of a letter from Abd-el-Kader Col. Churchill, Damascus, 16 Aug. 1860. And 2 pp. of a letter, mentioning Col. Churchill.
(n.d.)
/6. 'The story of what Col. Dumford with his troop of mounted natives did at Isandlwana, told by Jakey, a Basuto.' 9 pp., 21 Jan. 1879
Exent
No. of pieces: 6
Language
English
Level of description
item