Key Information
Reference code
MAURICE, FB 2/1/4
Title
Letter from Colonel Archibald Hunter to Major General John Frederick Maurice, 1898, about operations in Sudan
Date(s)
- 1898 Feb 15 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
10pp
Scope and content
Gen Sir Archibald Hunter to Gen [John Frederick Maurice]: Berber. Criticises journalists and gives his account of events since his arrival at Berber on 6 Sep 1897. The railway extension to Abu Hamed; size of troops; expected final stand at Obdurman. Carbon Manuscript, 10pp