Key Information
Reference code
HAMILTON, ISM 2/6/7
Title
Copy telegrams sent by staff of Hamilton's Force, South Africa, 28-31 Jul 1900
Date(s)
- 1900 Jul 28 - 1900 Jul 31 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 unfinished notebook
Scope and content
Carbon copies of six telegrams, nos 908-913, 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, on the securing of rolling stock by Brig Gen Bryan Thomas Mahon, and pursuit of Boer scouts by squadron of 18th Hussars at Kaalfontein, Eastern Transvaal, 28 Jul. 1 unfinished notebook