KITCHENER (Horatio Herbert, 1st Earl, 1850-1916, Commander in Chief in South Africa, Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum)]

Fine Autograph Letter Signed in full "H. H. Kitchener" to "Dear Broadley" thanking "Harris & the Drury Lane Lodge for their kind telegram. The Doctors have been pulling me about here but I hope soon to get out of their clutches & back to my work at Suakin. I am getting on very well but the bullet has not yet been found & pieces of bone from the jaw keep on coming away ...", 3 sides 8vo., Citadel Hospital, 5th February no year

Suakin is a port city in northeastern Sudan, on the west coast of the Red Sea, it was formerly the region's chief port, but is now secondary to Port Sudan. The British Army was involved at Suakin in 1883–1885 and Lord Kitchener was there in this period leading the Egyptian Army contingent. Suakin was his headquarters and his force survived a lengthy siege there.

Item Date:  0

Stock No:  40565     

                


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