Item HAMILTON, ISM 17/6 - Scrapbook of press cuttings printed despatches and other items relating to the Second Boer War, 1899-1902

Scrapbook relating to the Second Boer War, including newspaper cuttings (no dates or titles) on the Transvaal ultimatum to Britain to withdraw troops, Oct 1899; on the battles of Enslin, Modder River and Magersfontein, Nov-Dec 1899; printed dispatches of FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts, Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, containing references to Hamilton's service; on the promotion of Hamilton from Col to Maj Gen, Dec 1900; on the reception for Roberts at Southampton and victory parade through London, Jan 1901; on the relief of Mafeking, May 1901; British terms for the surrender of Boer forces, May 1902; on Hamilton's testimony before the Royal Commission on Physical Training, proposing a national system of youth exercise for future military purposes; biographical articles, including 'Major General Ian Hamilton, CB, DSO', The Lady's Realm, [1900]; photograph of Hamilton on horseback, as commander of Mounted Infantry Div, cover of Army and Navy Illustrated, vol 10, no 189 (15 Sep 1900), and 'General Ian Hamilton, soldier and poet', the Illustrated London News, [1900] with his poems 'Despair', 'To our own Beech tree', 'A love song' and 'Ambition's avowal'. 1 vol