Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/13
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 21 Jan 1902, on topics including Boer forces in Orange River Colony
Date(s)
- 1902 Jan 21 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
5pp
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, including his discussions with Lt Col Michael Frederic Rimington, commanding Mounted Column, on engaging Boer forces in Orange River Colony, on the likely advance of Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet into the Cape Colony, and on the activities of Boer Gen Christiaan F Beyers at Petrusburg, Orange River Colony. 5pp