BIB_ID
395943
Accession number
MA 13315.22
Creator
Hughes-Hallett, Harry F.
Display Date
[1882] September 16.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 18 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Harry F. Hughes-Hallett was the commander of the H.M.S. Superb during the vessel's participation in the bombardment of Alexandria on July 11-July 13, 1882 and the ensuing struggle on the part of the British to take control of the city.
Part of a collection of 22 letters to Lord Charles and Lady Beresford from various friends and associates; the letters are described individually (MA 13315.1-22).
Written on stationery printed "Superb".
Year of writing inferred from internal evidence.
Part of a collection of 22 letters to Lord Charles and Lady Beresford from various friends and associates; the letters are described individually (MA 13315.1-22).
Written on stationery printed "Superb".
Year of writing inferred from internal evidence.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Concerning the end of the campaign in Egypt, "So it's all over now accept shouting - and we shall soon be forgotten ... but I suppose the first installment of sunburnt soldiers will be made much of as heroes"; relating news of fellow officers, who are in an increasingly bad temper in their isolation; his Lieutenant Charles Graves-Sawle's rheumatism ("the Doctor paints him with iodine & we go & watch it dry - He has been christened pro. tem. "The Orange Free State" & he looks it just then."); arrival of the American Naval attaché on the morning of the Battle of Tel el-Kebir; waiting for the English to hear news of the battle and to see a list of the killed and wounded.
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