Transcription of a letter from Sgt. David Angus, 179th Highlanders, Camp before Sevastopol to an ancestor of Elizabeth Malam

Reference No:
U DX105/1
Dates:
3 August 1855
Description:
Handwritten and typed transcriptions of a letter from Sgt David [Angus] of the 179th Highlanders. Written from the Camp before Sevastopol in the Crimea. Refers to a joint French and English advance on the town of Sevastopol, the planned areas of assault on the town and the use of sharp shooters. Includes descriptions of the weather and attacks on the English trenches by the enemy.
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Transcription of a letter written from the Camp before Sevastopol