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Title
Date(s)
- 1900 May 27 - 1900 Jun 4 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 528-643, dispatched by staff of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, including to Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Chief of Staff, South Africa, with field state report of 10 Div, 27 May; to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, relaying message from Maj Gen Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell on the withdrawal of Boer forces to Lichtenburg, Transvaal, and the escape of British subjects from Zeerust jail, 28 May; to Sir Alfed Milner, High Commissioner, reporting his occupation of Lichtenburg and the looting of Boer farms by native Africans, 2 Jun. 1 vol