Item HAMILTON, ISM 2/2/1 - Letters from Hamilton to his wife, Jean Hamilton, Sep-Nov 1899, on his service in the Second Boer War

Letters sent by Hamilton to his wife Jean Miller Hamilton, mainly relating to the Second Boer War, including his posting to command an infantry brigade at Ladysmith, Natal, and his concerns of British forces being too far forward, 11 Oct 1899; his part in the battle of Elandslaagte, 23 Oct 1899; his efforts to oppose plans drawn up by Maj Walter Adye, Intelligence Officer to Gen Sir George Stuart White, Commanding Natal Field Force, for an attack, the which plans Hamilton alleged led to the defeat of the Force at the battle of Lombard's Kop, 31 Oct 1899. With telegram from Adjutant General's office, Hythe, Kent, notifying Hamilton of his selection for service in South Africa, 11 Sep. 1 file, 14 letters