Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/26
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 23 Apr 1902, on topics including the planned confiscation of Boer crops
Date(s)
- 1902 Apr 23 (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, including his intention to confiscate Boer food crops near Klerksdorp during his drive in Western Transvaal; his attitude towards Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller, and the military capability of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt. 4pp