Earl Russell to M. Isturiz Foreign Office, January 16, 1862 le Ministre, I beg leave to thank you for your note of the 13th instant, in which you communicate to me the instructions addressed by the Captain-General of Cuba to the Commander of Her Catholic Majesty's military and naval forces in Mexico. I have at the same time the honour to inform you that, whilst those instructions are considered satisfactory by Her Majesty's Government, they have not yet been able to understand why the Spanish expedition set out before the arrival of the British and French forces. (signed) RUSSELL Back to Table of Contents: Booklet No. 8, Mexico 1861-67 Back to El Dorado List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by The South and Central Military Historians Society This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com