Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/5/13
Title
Telegrams received by staff of GOC 10 Division, South Africa, May 1900
Date(s)
- 1900 May 21 - 1900 May 31 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Telegrams received by staff of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, including from Maj Gen Geoffry Barton, reporting the entry of his 6 Bde into Vryburg, Cape Colony, 23 May; from Maj Gen Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 26 May, with casualty list from engagement outside Mafeking (16 May); from Director of Military Intelligence, on the occupation by British forces of Elandsfontein, with capture of locomotives and rolling stock, and estimates of Boer forces between Senekal and Bethlehem, Orange River Colony 29 May. With manuscript letter, 21 May, from Barton, reporting his entry into Taungs, Cape Colony. With daily indexes. 1 file