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Copies of correspondence principally between the Adjutant-General (General C H Ellice)...
Catalogue reference: WO 30/129
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This record is about the Copies of correspondence principally between the Adjutant-General (General C H Ellice)... dating from 1879 Mar-Aug 11 in the series War Office, predecessors and associated departments: Miscellaneous Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 30/129
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1879 Mar-Aug 11
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Description (What the record is about)
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Copies of correspondence principally between the Adjutant-General (General C H Ellice) and the General Officer Commanding, Cape of Good Hope, (Lt.-General Lord Chelmsford) and memoranda relating to the Isandlwana disaster of 21 and 22 January 1879
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The correspondence (except one letter) is included in the Confidential Print entitled `Correspondence relating to Military affairs in South Africa' published by the War Office in 1880 [0766]. A copy forms part of WO 33/34.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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