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Paul Bryant-Quinn
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Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:59 pm |
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Alan -
The telegram itself was reproduced in a number of newspapers; it can be found in the Chelmsford Papers, NAM ref. 8/29. You will find it reproduced on pp. 81-2 of Laband�s Lord Chelmsford�s Zululand Campaign 1878-1879 (Army Records Society, 1994). I have a copy somewhere; if you need it, I can scan it for you (it goes without saying that the version used in the film is substantially different to the one Chelmsford sent).
News about Isandhlwana did indeed reach the public in Britain on Tuesday 11 February; the The North Wales Express noted that
The terrible intelligence received on Tuesday morning woke up Pall Mall and Whitehall with a start; and before noon had struck a posse of generals were holding a council of war in Pall Mall, and her Majesty�s Ministers were concerting measures at Whitehall. A Cabinet Council, called together by electric telegraph, met at two o�clock. The proceedings of the Cabinet Council lasted an hour, the discussion being confined to the one topic of the war. At the close the First Lord of the Admiralty and the Secretary for War were detained, to have private conversation with the Premier. The Press Association has been furnished with the following official information of the results of the deliberations of her Majesty�s Ministers: � Reinforcements, in consequence of the urgency of Lord Chelmsford�s telegram, were agreed to be despatched, and Government showed their appreciation of the state of affairs by granting to his Lordship a larger number of additional troops than he had asked for[.] |
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