Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/4
Title
Copy telegrams from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Nov-Dec 1901, on the progress of the war in South Africa
Date(s)
- 1901 Nov 26 - 1901 Dec 2 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
5pp
Scope and content
Typescript copies of three telegrams 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, with his views on the progress of the war in South Africa, including his discussion with Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, General Officer Commanding Mobile Columns Cape Colony, on pacifying Cape Colony, 27 Nov 1901, and his impressions of the blockhouse system and Kitchener's command, 2 Dec 1901. 5pp