Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 15/1/10
Title
Background information on the Russo-Japanese War, compiled in 1909
Date(s)
- 1909 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Information relating to the Russo-Japanese War [possibly gathered by Maj Hugh Archie Dundas Simpson Baikie, Hamilton's Staff Officer, for an unpublished book by Hamilton], comprising typescript list of fourteen questions relating to Russian military actions during the Russo-Japanese War; typescript answers in Russian from unnamed Russian source, with transcriptions of several telegrams from the Russian General Staff to unit commanders; English manuscript translation by Capt Charles Henry Fortnom Cox, Royal Artillery; three typescript copies of the translation. 1 file