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Carbon copies of telegrams, nos 691-738, dispatched by staff of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, including request to Brig Gen Bryan Thomas Mahon, commanding 10 Div cavalry, to arrange a train for 800 troops to leave Frederikstad for Potchefstroom, Western Transvaal, 12 Jun; to Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Chief of Staff, South Africa, with field state report of 10 Div, 14 Jun; to Maj Gen Arthur Fitzroy Hart, commanding 5 Bde, requesting a Royal Engineers' balloon section and ammunition column, 14 Jun. 1 notebook

Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 1-183, dispatched by staff of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, including to Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Chief of Staff, South Africa, on state of supplies of 6 Bde, 16 Mar; to Kitchener, requesting permission to transfer enteric fever casualties to hospital, 21 Mar; to General Officer Commanding 6 Bde, notifying him of dispatch of ambulances to move a field hospital, 3 Apr. 1 vol

Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 370-527, dispatched by staff of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, including to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, on his advance to Christiana, Transvaal, and estimates of strength of Boer forces entrenched there, 15 May; to Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Chief of Staff, South Africa, with field state report of 10 Div, 19 May; to Casualty Office, Capetown, 25 May, with casualty list from engagement with Boer forces outside Mafeking (16 May). 1 vol

Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 528-643, dispatched by staff of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, including to Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Chief of Staff, South Africa, with field state report of 10 Div, 27 May; to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, relaying message from Maj Gen Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell on the withdrawal of Boer forces to Lichtenburg, Transvaal, and the escape of British subjects from Zeerust jail, 28 May; to Sir Alfed Milner, High Commissioner, reporting his occupation of Lichtenburg and the looting of Boer farms by native Africans, 2 Jun. 1 vol

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

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

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

Volume of carbon copies of telegrams, nos 914-991, 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 list after engagement at Zilikat's Nek, 2 Aug; to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, reporting on Boer prisoners taken at Zilikat's Nek, the use of soft nosed bullets by Boers, and estimates of Boer forces around Rustenburg, Transvaal, 3 Aug; to Roberts, on disposition of Boer forces at Elands River, Transvaal, and the deployment of the Rustenburg garrison, 5 Aug. 1 vol

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

Carbon copies of telegrams, nos 824-874, dispatched by staff of Hamilton's Force, including to Director of Military Intelligence and Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Chief of Staff, South Africa, reporting estimates and disposition of Boer forces around Hamanskraal, Eastern Transvaal, 17 Jul; to Kitchener, seeking permission to order the support of forces commanded by Brig Gen Bryan Thomas Mahon in an attack on Boekenhoutskloof, Eastern Transvaal, 18 Jul; to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Baron Roberts of Kandahar and Waterford, Commander in Chief South Africa, reporting Boer horse commandos at Boekenhoutskloof and wagon laager at Dewagendrift and expressing concern at quality of officers in the force of Col Thomas Edgecomb Hickman, 19 Jul. 1 notebook

Volume of carbon copies of twelve telegrams, nos N1-N12, dispatched by staff of Hamilton's Force, mainly relating to requests for stationery, mail and field dressings. 1 vol

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

Copy telegrams of Operations Section, General Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, mainly comprising correspondence between Hamilton and Lt Gen Sir John Grenfell Maxwell, General Officer Commanding Egypt, regarding transfer of contingents of 2 Mounted Div from Egypt to the Dardanelles. 10pp

Typescript extract of Hamilton's evidence before the Royal Commission on the Militia and Volunteers, minutes 1278-1293, on conscription for the British Army. 3pp

Typed copy of war diary of 13 (Western) Div, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, during the battle of Sari Bair. 15pp

Corrections to article by Hamilton for the New York Herald Tribune Armistice Day edition. 1p

Correspondence relating to invitations to social engagements. 1 file

Papers relating to Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, war correspondent on Gallipoli, including copy telegram correspondence between Hamilton and FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, relating to Ashmead Bartlett's pessimistic views on the conduct of the Gallipoli Campaign, 3-8 Jun 1915, and to the interception of Keith Arthur Murdoch at Marseilles, France, 21-29 Sep 1915; copy letters from Hamilton to Kitchener, Maj Gen Charles Edward Callwell, Director of Military Operations, War Office, and Leopold Stennett Amery MP, 29 Oct 1915-4 Nov 1915, refuting assertions made in a lecture by Ashmead Bartlett that arrangements were not made to supply water to troops at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli; 'Cabinet and the Dardanelles-warnings ministers ignored', article by West Fenton de Wend-Fenton, supporting Ashmead Bartlett's reportage on Gallipoli, The Sunday Times, 26 Dec 1915; 'Ellis Ashmead Bartlett on Sir Ian Hamilton's report', article by Ashmead Bartlett criticising Hamilton's despatch of 11 Dec 1915 for strategic mistakes made on Gallipoli, The World, 1 Feb 1916; letter from Hamilton to the Dardanelles Commission, alleging that information received from Turkish prisoners indicated Ashmead Bartlett's articles aided Turkish morale, 15 Jan 1917; copy correspondence between Hamilton and Bertram Blakiston Cubitt, Assistant Under Secretary of State for War, relating to Hamilton's views on a proposal that Ashmead Bartlett receive a decoration for his activities, 11-12 Mar 1919. 1 file

Papers relating to British and French field artillery fire tactics, comprising newspaper article 'The French Army manoeuvres-artillery questions' by Lt Col Charles à Court Repington, The Times, 8 Oct 1910; correspondence between Hamilton, Repington and and Maj Hugh Archie Dundas Simpson Baikie, Hamilton's Staff Officer, regarding Repington's article, 27 Oct 1910-16 Nov 1910; typescript paper by Hamilton upon artillery tactics for a War Office conference on British and French artillery fire systems under the chairmanship of Brig Gen Walter Fullarton Lodovic Lindsay; 'British and French Quick Firing Field Artillery' by Maj Charles Edward Dutton Budworth, offprint of article from The Journal of the Royal Artillery vol 37 no 9, Dec 1910. With letter from Hamilton to Repington regarding German tactics of encirclement, 27 Feb 1911. 1 file

Correspondence relating to the Anglo-German Association, including minutes of meetings; correspondence with Evan Bernard Morgan, Association Secretary, regarding Association membership and engagements; list of members and annual report, 1929-30. With edition of Das Reichsbanner, containing article by Hamilton on the development of the British ex-service movement, 29 March 1930. 1 file