Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/30
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 29-30 May 1902, commenting on proposed changes in the use of artillery
Date(s)
- 1902 May 29 - 30 (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, comprising his remarks on an enclosed typescript memorandum from Col Henry Crichton Sclater, Staff Officer, South Africa, 29 May 1902, containing Sclater's proposals on the supervision and disposition of artillery fire. 4pp