Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 16/388
Title
Text of a speech given by Hamilton at the annual dinner of 42 (East Lancashire) Division, Manchester, 1932, on topics including the Battle of Shanghai, 1932
Date(s)
- 1932 Feb 23 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
3pp
Scope and content
Text of speech by Hamilton at the annual dinner, 42 (East Lancashire) Div, Manchester, Lancashire, warning against British intervention in the First Battle of Shanghai, China, 1932; the reticence of FM Sir Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, to storm a city, as exemplified by Delhi, India, in 1857, Charasia, Afghanistan, in 1879 and Pretoria, Transvaal, in 1900. 3pp