TALBOT7070

Cannings Marsh
Devizes
29 Nov.

My dear Talbot

My Brother has sent us no Particulars of the Fall of Gen^l Strangways ¹ beyond what you have seen in the Paper, that he was struck between my Brother & L^d Raglan. Indeed we have had but one Letter from my Brother since the Engagement of the 5^th – He speaks of it as a much more severe affair than the Alma – What a horrible Massacre war is nowadays: I thought inventions of Destruction would practically diminish Loss of Life: but we have to do with an enemy to whom human Life is valueless. I am glad Parl^t is to be assembled: we must shew a firm Front –

Should we have any chance of seeing you and M^rs Talbot at Estcourt this winter.

Y^rs v^y truly
T H S Sotheron

[envelope:]
H. Fox Talbot Esq
Athenaeum Club
London