Nile Expedition for the Relief of General Gordon.- Wolseley (Garnet, first Viscount Wolseley, Field Marshal, 1833-1913) Letter to the Marquess of Hartington as Secretary of War, with ?autograph note at end signed W, 3pp., folio, Korti, [Sudan], 13th March [1885], captioned "To be burnt when read", asking that the Suakin Division is not withdrawn from the Sudan, "When I began to fall back after fall Khartoum native mind was much disturbed & distrust felt in our powers. This distrust has not yet produced serious movement among population along our line of communication being neutralized by fact that our retrograde march has stopped that we are known to be about to attack Osman Digna... . We are 1300 miles from Cairo...", tears along folds; and 3 other pieces, including: 2 copy letters by Wolseley (1 from Koti, Sudan, 1885 & 1 addressed to the Duke of Cambridge, 1895) and a Letter signed from Sir Evelyn Wood from Wolf Hill in the Anglo-Zulu War, folds, v.s., v.d. (4).