Major-General Donovan to Governor Pope Hennessy.
323
19th May 1879.
My dear Mr. Hennessy.
I do not think it would
be advisable to weaken our
strength
of
rather weakness unless it was
absolute necessity.
set me
a
case
The telegraph today
thinking about reinforcements and
I am sure that if they want more troops India and the Mediterranean can't
supply Bombay could send 2 Regiments
them quicker than we can.
in 4
weeks, Bengal and Madras in 5 weeks,
and Cyprus a Regiment in 3 weeks. We' could not get
to Natal in less than
one