Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, concerning Louis Valcke’s alleged slowness, regretting that the agents “do not always succeed in satisfying you”, begging him to encourage the young auxiliaries, recommending Otto Lindner as commander of Vivi Station, on the sending of Lieutenant van de Velde, Dr. Peschuel’s expedition, his fear of de Brazza doing nothing to facilitate to other Europeans the navigation on the Congo, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 15 January 1882

Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, concerning Louis Valcke’s alleged slowness, regretting that the agents “do not always succeed in satisfying you”, begging him to encourage the young auxiliaries, recommending Otto Lindner as commander of Vivi Station, on the sending of Lieutenant van de Velde, Dr. Peschuel’s expedition, his fear of de Brazza doing nothing to facilitate to other Europeans the navigation on the Congo, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 15 January 1882, SA.898. Archives Henry Morton Stanley.

Letter from Colonel Strauch to HMS, concerning Louis Valcke’s alleged slowness, regretting that the agents “do not always succeed in satisfying you”, begging him to encourage the young auxiliaries, recommending Otto Lindner as commander of Vivi Station, on the sending of Lieutenant van de Velde, Dr. Peschuel’s expedition, his fear of de Brazza doing nothing to facilitate to other Europeans the navigation on the Congo, C.É.H.C., Brussels, 15 January 1882, SA.898. Archives Henry Morton Stanley. Accédé June 06, 2026.