Description | Letters and papers of, and relating to, Robert Cornelis Napier, Lord Napier of Magdala, used in preparation of MS 1162/2/1-2. This includes letters to Lord Mayo and Lord Northbrook regarding military matters in India, memoranda detailing Britain's military position in India in light of the threat posed by other powers, and an account of the siege of Lucknow in 1857, one of the major events of the Indian Mutiny. |