Campaigns in Egypt and India
Letters written by a 19th century British officer, Alexander Redmond Bewley Warrand
£500
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Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
a collection of 22 letters written between December 1880 and October 1882 by an army officer, A. Redmond B. Warrand, initially stationed in Bombay but re-stationed to Egypt in 1882 in light of the Anglo-Egyptian War, Warrand writes to his mother, father and aunt describing his situation in India (including the tale of several colleagues being attacked by a tiger: …Major Murray and Campbell were out shooting up near Burelly[?] last week, after quail…When suddenly a huge tiger who had been concealed by some low scrub made its appearance and was promptly fired upon but not much damaged… and a banquet or ball attended by both the Viceroy of India and the Maharaja, before describing his relocation to Egypt, writing: This Egyptian affair seems to be gathering like a cloud on the horizon and unless something out of the ordinary course of affairs takes place we shall have a jolly squall, which becomes reality as Warrand is involved in the Battle of Tell-el Kebir, before he finally engaging in Egyptian sightseeing and heading to Malta: On Sunday drove to the Pyramids about 9 or 10 hours from here, by Jove they are a wonderful sight. I climbed to the top of Cheops with the assistance of 4 Arabs one pulling you by each arm another pushing you behind…