General Roberts in Afghanistan : A new poem /
McGonagall, William.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1900?]
In two columns with a coat of arms above the title.
In verse.
'Composed, August 1900'.
Printed beneath the title are two letters of acknowledgement for receipt of poems from McGonagall, one from Francis Knollys on behalf of the Prince of Wales, the other on behalf of the Queen.
First lines read: 'Twas in the year of 1878, and. the winter had set in, / Lord Roberts and the British Army their march did begin, / On their way to Afghanistan to a place called Cabul; / And the weather was bitter cold and the rivers swollen and full.
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, Earl, 1832-1914
English poetry
Afghan war, 1878-1880