Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/3/8
Title
Copy letter from Hamilton to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 16 Dec 1901, on topics including the abilities of British commanders
Date(s)
- 1901 Dec 16 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
6pp
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, on the daily routine of Kitchener's staff, on Kitchener's increasing decentralization of command, and Hamilton's opinion of the leadership capabilities of Maj Gen Geoffry Barton, Lt Gen Sir Charles Tucker, Maj Gen Laurence James Oliphant and Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French. 6pp