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Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his presidency of a committee to recommend a new medal for service in South Africa (the King's South Africa Medal); on the military capabilities of artillery officers, including Lt Col Frederick Drummond Vincent, Col Alexander Nelson Rochfort and Maj Stanley Brenton Von Donop; his dining with Boer Generals Jacobus Hercules De La Rey, Jan Christiaan Smuts and Louis Botha. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, suggesting Kitchener perceived himself unappreciated by the British press and public, and on Hamilton's discussions with Sir Walter Francis Hely-Hutchinson, Governor of Cape Colony, and Maj Gen Arthur Singleton Wynne, General Officer Commanding Administration, Cape Colony, on the difficulty of clearing rebels from the Cape Colony, and the welcome arrival of Indian battalions to South Africa. 3pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including the capture of a British convoy by Boer forces at Klerksdorp, Transvaal, and news from Kitchener at Harrismith, Orange River Colony, on the capture of Boer commandos and cattle by the mounted column of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, at Lang Riet. 11pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, suggesting that the Pretoria Conference would lead to peace and proposing a visit to Japan to report on the Japanese Army. 5pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his favourable impression of recently constructed blockhouses, his discussions with Lt Gen Sir Charles Tucker, Officer Commanding Mobile Columns and South African Constabulary (SAC), Orange River Colony, on the duties of the SAC and the abilities of column commanders. 2pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, comprising his remarks on an enclosed typescript memorandum from Col Henry Crichton Sclater, Staff Officer, South Africa, 29 May 1902, containing Sclater's proposals on the supervision and disposition of artillery fire. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including his destruction of Boer food crops during his drive in Western Transvaal; his opinions on the respective merits of massed and dispersed artillery, and the retention of swords and lances for cavalry in South Africa. 9pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including the alleged ill treatment of an Australian officer attached to the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; Hamilton's quarrels with two of Kitchener's staff, and Hamilton's proposal to deliberately give Boer forces documents containing false information. 6pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, suggesting columns should be located in districts defined by blockhouses to deal with Boer rebels; the inability of Maj Gen Arthur Singleton Wynne, General Officer Commanding Administration, Cape Colony, to work with Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, General Officer Commanding Mobile Columns Cape Colony, and Kitchener's opinions on the respective command capabilities of Lt Gen Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle, Lt Col Alexander Whitelaw Thorneycroft, Maj Gen Frederick Walter Kitchener and other officers. 4pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including on the eligibility for staff duties of officers by virtue of war service in South Africa; the proposed visit to Germany by Boer leaders at the invitation of the Pan-Germanic League; his suggestion that Boer Generals Jacobus Hercules De La Rey and Louis Botha be given British Army commissions and invitations to visit Britain. 7pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including on the escape of Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet through the blockhouse line between Lindley and Kroonstad, Orange River Colony; his opinions on the military capabilities and character of Lt Col Michael Frederic Rimington, Lt Col Henry De Beauvoir De Lisle, Brig Gen Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, Col Thomas David Pilcher, Lt Col Douglas Haig, Col Henry Jenner Scobell, Col William Pitcairn Campbell, Lt Col Alexander Whitelaw Thorneycroft and Maj Vivian Henry; on the poor quality of Australian horses despatched to South Africa. 11pp

Typescript copy of letter to FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, Commander in Chief of the British Army from Hamilton, Chief of Staff to Lt Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Commander in Chief South Africa, including on the purported superiority of the South African Constabulary over soldiers for pacification purposes, on the suitability of Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller to command 1 Army Corps and on the retention of military control of South African farms. 6pp

Photocopy of letter from Hamilton to (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson, describing Hamilton's advance through the Bara Valley, Indian North West Frontier, during the Tirah Campaign. 9pp

Photocopy of letter from Hamilton to (Henry) Spenser Wilkinson, author and military historian, giving his favourable impressions of the Japanese Army. 4pp

Typed copy of letter from Hamilton to Maj Gen Sir Frederick Spender Robb, Military Secretary, War Office, recommending the award of the Companionship of the Order of the Bath upon Lt Col Stephen Hungerford Pollen, Assistant Military Secretary, General General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. 1p

Copy of a letter from Mr K A Murdoch to the Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth. Letter, 23 Sep, of Keith Arthur Murdoch, journalist, to Rt Hon Andrew Fisher, on the conduct of the Dardanelles Campaign, printed for the Committee of Imperial Defence. 15pp

Typed copy of reply of Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford to Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of General Staff Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, advising of his inability to advance further until 10 Aug 1915 due to exhaustion of his troops. 1p

Typed copy of letter from Lt Gen the Hon Sir Frederick William Stopford, formerly 9 Corps, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, to Lt Col Stephen Hungerford Pollen, regarding units worthy of special mention in forthcoming despatch by Hamilton for distinguished service during operations at Suvla Bay. 3pp

Typed copy of letter from Maj Gen Walter Pipon Braithwaite, Chief of Staff, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF), to Lt Gen Sir William Riddell Birdwood, General Officer Commanding ANZAC, regarding Birdwood's request for promotion of Maj Cyril Mosley Wagstaff to Brigadier General, General Staff, ANZAC. 2pp

Letter book of Lt Gen Sir Archibald Hunter, General Officer Commanding 10 Div, South African Field Force, containing carbon copies of letters and telegrams from Hunter with some incoming telegrams, including letter to Maj Gen Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Baron Kitchener of Khartoum and Aspall, Chief of Staff, notifying him of officers who rendered valuable service to the transport logistics of the flying column of Brig Gen Bryan Thomas Mahon, 22 May; telegram to Maj Gen Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell at Mafeking, requesting release of Mahon's transport to assist in protection of railways, 26 May; letter to Kitchener, 7 Jun, enclosing report by Mahon, 23 May, on the operations and progress of his flying column from Barkly West to relieve Mafeking, 4-17 May; letter from Hunter to commander of Boer forces in Krugersdorp, Transvaal, demanding the surrender of his troops and the town, 18 Jun. 1 vol