Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/3
Title
Copy telegram to Hamilton from Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 26 Nov 1901, on topics including a suggested armistice
Date(s)
- 1901 Nov 26 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1p
Scope and content
Typescript copy of telegram to Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa from FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army, requesting Hamilton send the British Cabinet his opinion on the progress of the war in South Africa and to comment on Kitchener's health and condition, and rejecting Hamilton's proposal of an armistice for the Boers. 1p