Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/6/10
Title
Copy telegrams sent by staff of Hamilton's Force, South Africa, Aug 1900
Date(s)
- 1900 Aug 1 - 1900 Aug 9 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 914-991, dispatched by staff of Hamilton's Force, including to Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Chief of Staff, South Africa, with casualty list after engagement at Zilikat's Nek, 2 Aug; to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, reporting on Boer prisoners taken at Zilikat's Nek, the use of soft nosed bullets by Boers, and estimates of Boer forces around Rustenburg, Transvaal, 3 Aug; to Roberts, on disposition of Boer forces at Elands River, Transvaal, and the deployment of the Rustenburg garrison, 5 Aug. 1 vol