Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/27
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 30 Apr 1902, on topics including the destruction of Boer crops
Date(s)
- 1902 Apr 30 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
9pp
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 destruction of Boer food crops during his drive in Western Transvaal; his opinions on the respective merits of massed and dispersed artillery, and the retention of swords and lances for cavalry in South Africa. 9pp