Great Britain
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
General Garnet Joseph Wolseley Letter
Collection
Identifier: MS 0106
Abstract:
A letter written from Cairo by British General Garnet Joseph Wolseley to the publisher MacMillan, primarily attacking Prime Minister William E. Gladstone for his vacillation which resulted in failure to reach General Charles G. Gordon and Egyptian forces at Khartoum in time to save them from destruction by Sudanese rebels attacking the city, and also discussing Wolseley’s plan to produce a fifth edition of the Soldiers’ Pocket Book.
Dates:
1885