RARE “Second Opium War” Field Marshall Robert Napier Hand Written Document

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RARE “Second Opium War” Field Marshall Robert Napier Hand Written Document:
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Up for sale a VERY RARE! "1st Baron Napier of Magdala" Robert Napier Hand Written Document.

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Field Marshal Robert

Cornelius Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala GCB, GCSI, FRS (6

December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was an Indian Army officer. He

fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and

the Second Anglo-Sikh War

before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow

in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

He also served in the Second Opium War as

commander of the 2nd division of the expeditionary force which took part in the

Battle of Taku Forts,

the surrender of Peking's Anting Gate and the entry to Peking in 1860. He subsequently led the punitive expedition to

Abyssinia July 1867, defeating the Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia with minimal loss of life among

his own forces and rescuing the hostages of Tewodros.