Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/28
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 18 May 1902, on topics including column commanders
Date(s)
- 1902 May 18 (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 view on the suggestion of the British Cabinet to try column commanders in South Africa by Courts Martial for failures in the field. 9pp