Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/6/14
Title
Copy telegrams sent by staff of Hamilton's Force, South Africa, Aug-Sep 1900
Date(s)
- 1900 Aug 25 - 1900 Sep 12 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 1068-1142, 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 strength of his Force units, 25 Aug; to Casualty Offices, Pretoria and Capetown, 8 Sep, with casualty report following engagement with Boer forces at Lydenburg, Eastern Transvaal (7 Sep); to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, 9 Sep, with account of engagement of Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller, General Officer Commanding Natal Army, with forces of Boer Gen Louis Botha at Spitzkop (8 Sep). 1 vol