Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/19
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 4 Mar 1902, on topics including Hamilton's relations with others on Kitchener's staff
Date(s)
- 1902 Mar 4 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
6pp
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 the alleged ill treatment of an Australian officer attached to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Hamilton's quarrels with two of Kitchener's staff, and Hamilton's proposal to deliberately give Boer forces documents containing false information. 6pp