Item HAMILTON, ISM 17/8 - Scrapbook of press cuttings, photographs and documents relating to the Second Boer War, 1900

Scrapbook relating to the Second Boer War, including typescript copy of dispatch of FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria to the War Office, regarding Hamilton's action at Diamond Hill, 15 Jun; manuscript letter from Roberts to Jean Hamilton, on Hamilton's successful command and the fracture of his collar bone, 18 Jun; newspaper and magazine cuttings, including on the relief of Wepener, capture of the Blomfontein Waterworks (Sanna's Post) and advance on Thabanchu, 25 Apr-1 May; on Hamilton's offensive at Houtnek, and march into Winburg, 2-8 May; 'Ian Hamilton's march', articles by Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, special correspondent, on the actions at Israel's Poort, Thabanchu and Houtnek, Morning Post (8 May 1900); on Hamilton's action at the Rhenoster River, capture of Heilbron and crossing of the Vaal River, 24-29 May; on the capture of Johannesburg and Pretoria by Roberts, 30 May-6 Jun; on the battle of Diamond Hill (Eerste Fabricken), 15-17 Jun; on the occupation of Heidelberg, Transvaal, by Hamilton and the fracture of his collar bone in an accident, 25-29 Jun; reviews of an exhibition at the New Gallery, London, featuring portrait of Hamilton by John Singer Sargent, 21 Apr-5 May; front cover of Black and White, no 438, vol 19, (9 Jun 1900) featuring portrait by Charles M Sheldon of Hamilton commanding Mounted Infanty Div. With photographs, including Hamilton [as Lt of 92 (Gordon Highlanders) Foot, 1880]; Hamilton with German cavalry officer [Germany, 1902]; Hamilton with German dignitaries [Germany, 1902]. 1 vol, 8 photographs