Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/1
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 13 Nov 1901, recommending a month's armistice in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony
Date(s)
- 1901 Nov 13 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
4pp
Scope and content
Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, advocating an armistice of one month in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and further musketry practice for British forces in South Africa, and hoping to initiate decentralization of military command in Kitchener's office and in the districts. 4pp