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1 item (accompanying a despatch dated 21 October 1878 from Lieutenant General Thesiger...
Catalogue reference: MFQ 1/1231
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This record is about the 1 item (accompanying a despatch dated 21 October 1878 from Lieutenant General Thesiger... dating from 1878 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MFQ 1/1231
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1878
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (accompanying a despatch dated 21 October 1878 from Lieutenant General Thesiger to the Secretary of State for War) extracted from WO 32/7700. Transvaal (now in South Africa). Map of 'Secocarni's Country' showing the scene of the British campaign against the Basuto chief Sekukuni. Mountain ranges, rivers, wagon roads, kraals, reconnaissance routes, sites of engagements, camps, forts and names of native chiefs are also shown. Reference tables to distances and the distribution of troops at the various forts and posts. Scale: 1 inch to 3.5 miles. Compiled by Captain O'Reidel, Transvaal Artillery. Traced by M Lavender, clerk Royal Engineers Department. Signed by Major C Tyler 80th Regiment 25 October 1878.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 53.5 cm x 70 cm
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- MS, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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