Lot 540
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cover 1914 (10 Jun.), cover and contents, both with the crest of 4 The King's African Rifles, the cover bearing 6c. tied by "KAMPALA/10 JU/14/UGANDA" c.d.s., addressed to Kent; the long and interesting letter headed at Bombo written by a serving officer discusses the Jubaland campaign and includes, "as soon as we (the reinforcements) arrived in the country, the Somalis realised we were in a position to punish them and so they started suing for terms and the idiotic govt. gave in to them instead of giving them a jolly good hiding first and punishing them as they deserved; cover slightly roughly opened but a good item relating to the Jubaland campaign

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cover 1914 (10 Jun.), cover and contents, both with the crest of 4 The King's African Rifles, the cover bearing 6c. tied by "KAMPALA/10 JU/14/UGANDA" c.d.s., addressed to Kent; the long and interesting letter headed at Bombo written by a serving officer discusses the Jubaland campaign and includes, "as soon as we (the reinforcements) arrived in the country, the Somalis realised we were in a position to punish them and so they started suing for terms and the idiotic govt. gave in to them instead of giving them a jolly good hiding first and punishing them as they deserved; cover slightly roughly opened but a good item relating to the Jubaland campaign