Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/5/5
Title
Copy telegrams sent by staff of GOC 10 Division, South Africa, Apr-May 1900
Date(s)
- 1900 Apr 7 - 1900 May 13 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 184-369, dispatched by staff of 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, 6 May, giving details of 10 Div casualties at battle of Rooidam (5 May); to Col Sir Charles Sim Bremridge Parsons, Assistant Inspector General Lines of Communication, requesting he arrange transport for five companies of Royal Dublin Fusiliers to move from Barkly West, Cape Colony, 8 May; to Lt Gen Sir Frederick William Edward Forestier Forestier-Walker, Commanding Lines of Communication, South Africa, requesting dispatch of six inch shrapnel shells, 10 May. 1 vol