Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/6/15
Title
Copy telegrams sent by staff of Hamilton's Force, South Africa, Sep 1900
Date(s)
- 1900 Sep 13 - 1900 Sep 29 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 vol
Scope and content
Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 1143-1217, dispatched by staff of Hamilton's Force, including to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, on his advance with Maj Gen Reginald Pole-Carew, General Officer Commanding 11 Div, from Godwaan to Kaapsche Hoop, Eastern Transvaal, 17 Sep; to Military Secretary, Pretoria HQ, with his views on a proposed 5 inch field gun, 25 Sep; to Roberts with opinion on size of garrison to be maintained at Koomati Poort, 26 Sep. 1 vol