Letter from Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley to Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington

Lord Wolseley writes urging the removal of the Army from Sudan and Egypt. He writes that the campaign is the worst on land since 1815 and believes the English people do not know how bad it is. He likens the British Army to "a man in a crowd who is having his bottom kicked, his nose pulled and his ears boxed all at the same time" because they do not have the naval or military strength. He also makes reference to Bismark and writes if he were SCC or William Gladstone, he would prefer "going out of office & leaving this Soudan difficulty to the Tories". Sent from: Camp Korti, Soudan

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