Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/6/12
Title
Copy telegrams sent by staff of Hamilton's Force, South Africa, Aug 1900
Date(s)
- 1900 Aug 9 - 1900 Aug 25 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
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