Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/17
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 16 Feb 1902, on topics including the pursuit of Boer General Christiaan de Wet
Date(s)
- 1902 Feb 16 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
11pp
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 observations of the drive by the mounted column of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, against Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet at Zuikerbosch Rand, Eastern Transvaal, and on his request for more infantry to be dispatched to South Africa for blockhouse duties. 11pp