Item HAMILTON, ISM 2/5/21 - Telegrams received by staff of GOC 10 Division, South Africa, 19-30 Jun 1900

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HAMILTON, ISM 2/5/21

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Telegrams received by staff of GOC 10 Division, South Africa, 19-30 Jun 1900

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  • 1900 Jun 19 - 1900 Jun 30 (Creation)

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Telegrams received by staff of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, including from Maj Gen Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, on surrender of Boers at Rustenburg, Western Transvaal, 19 Jun; from Director of Military Intelligence, Pretoria, and Distict Commissioner's Intelligence Office, Kroonstad, reporting attack on British garrison at Heuningspruit, Orange River Colony, by detachment of forces under Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet, 22 Jun; from FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, ordering Hunter to assume command of Hamilton's column at Heidelburg and to ensure Maj Gen Hector Archibald MacDonald prevents loss of communication between Heilbron and Wolwehoek, Orange River Colony, 25 Jun. With daily indexes. 1 file

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