Letter from Gertrude Bell to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Doughty-Wylie concerning the British forces foothold on the peninsula

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Concerning Gertrude telling Charles of her pride that British forces have secured a foothold on the peninsula and begs him to write. Relates meetings with friends and acquaintances who have lost loved ones. (Letter is incomplete, presumably as Gertrude learns of Charles' death in action).

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