Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/6/6
Title
Copy telegrams sent by staff of Hamilton's Force, South Africa, 20-28 Jul 1900
Date(s)
- 1900 Jul 20 - 1900 Jul 28 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 notebook
Scope and content
Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 876-907, 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, reporting his engagement with Boer forces at Doomkraal Drift, Eastern Transvaal, 21 Jul; to Kitchener, reporting strength of his Force units, 21 Jul; to Kitchener, on his advance to Bronkhorstspruit, Eastern Transvaal, and the proposed return of his Force to Pretoria, 26 Jul. 1 notebook