The rebel surprise near Tamai : Dedicated expressly in praise of General M'Neil and the British Army under his command. A new poem /
McGonagall, William.
[Dundee? : s.n.,
1885]
In two columns with a crown above the title.
In verse.
Printed on the sheet are copies of two letters to McGonagall, one from Downing Street on behalf of William Gladstone, the Prime Minister, the other from H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge, both letters acknowledge receipt of poems by McGonagall.
At the top of the sheet in McGonagall's hand - 'Sir Wm. Topaz McGonagall. Poet'.
First lines read: 'Twas on the 22nd of march in the year of 1885, / That the Arabs rushed like a mountain torrent in full drive.
English poetry