Item HAMILTON, ISM 2/6/12 - Copy telegrams sent by staff of Hamilton's Force, South Africa, Aug 1900

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HAMILTON, ISM 2/6/12

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Copy telegrams sent by staff of Hamilton's Force, South Africa, Aug 1900

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  • 1900 Aug 9 - 1900 Aug 25 (Creation)

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1 vol

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Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 993-1067, 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 report, 9 Aug; to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, on retreat of Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet at Olifant's Nek, 18 Aug; to Roberts, with estimates of forces and location of De Wet and Martinus Theunis Steyn, President of Orange Free State, 22 Aug. 1 vol

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