Item HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/16 - Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 8 Feb 1902, on topics including the escape of Boer General Christiaan de Wet

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 on the escape of Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet through the blockhouse line between Lindley and Kroonstad, Orange River Colony; his opinions on the military capabilities and character of Lt Col Michael Frederic Rimington, Lt Col Henry De Beauvoir De Lisle, Brig Gen Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, Col Thomas David Pilcher, Lt Col Douglas Haig, Col Henry Jenner Scobell, Col William Pitcairn Campbell, Lt Col Alexander Whitelaw Thorneycroft and Maj Vivian Henry; on the poor quality of Australian horses despatched to South Africa. 11pp