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Copy of letter from H. Morowicz concerning possibility of editing McClare's unfinished book on thermodynamics for posthumous publication (see Introduction).

Haig, GHQ British Armies in France, to Tennyson D'Eyncourt. Reply to above. Typed carbon. Copy. 2 pp

Copy of letter from Haining to Maj Gen B L Montgomery, referring to policy regarding detainees, Jewish colonies and anti-aircraft defence of Haifa, Tel Aviv and the Jordan Valley. With text of telegram dated 18 Apr from Haining to Chief of Imperial General Staff, recommending that no statement be made regarding the establishment of an independent state for the Jewish community. 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, on the progress of peace negotiations with the Boers and the threat to a settlement posed by the political ambitions of Alfred Milner, 1st Baron Milner of St James's and Cape Town, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, to exert control over the colonies. 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 Kitchener's reluctance to relinquish military control of the railways; the inadequacies of the instruction provided by the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, and Hamilton's proposals for a new curriculum; Hamilton's opinion of (Joseph) Rudyard Kipling's attitude towards the amnesty granted to Cape rebels. 14pp

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 formation of a new column to be commanded by Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, to pursue Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet; on the command of 6 Bn Mounted Infantry by Lt Col Henry De Beauvoir De Lisle, and on his dining with Alfed Milner, 1st Baron Milner of St James's and Cape Town, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies. 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, on the signing of peace terms at Vereeniging. 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, on the workings and responsibilities of officers on Kitchener's staff; on the likely transfer of the railways from military to civil control; his proposals for raising battalions using Boer prisoners. 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, advocating an armistice of one month in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and further musketry practice for British forces in South Africa, and hoping to initiate decentralization of military command in Kitchener's office and in the districts. 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, with his opinion on The Times history of the war in South Africa, volume 2, edited by Leopold Stennett Amery (Sampson Low, Marston and Co, London, 1902); his suggestions for a temporary South African department in the War Office to deal with his operational archives; his preferences for future magistrates and governors in South Africa. 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, on the daily routine of Kitchener's staff, on Kitchener's increasing decentralization of command, and Hamilton's opinion of the leadership capabilities of Maj Gen Geoffry Barton, Lt Gen Sir Charles Tucker, Maj Gen Laurence James Oliphant and Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French. 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, including his observations of the drive by the mounted column of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt, against Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet at Zuikerbosch Rand, Eastern Transvaal, and on his request for more infantry to be dispatched to South Africa for blockhouse duties. 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, with the evaluations of Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French of French's column commanders, and enclosing draft typescript copy of letter from Hamilton to Rt Hon (William) St John (Fremantle) Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, on the dangers of forcing the Boers to an unconditional surrender, and proposing that Kitchener be allowed to negotiate peace terms with Boer leaders. 10pp

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, on his participation in the battle of Rooiwal, Western Transvaal, 11 Apr. 8pp

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 view on the suggestion of the British Cabinet to try column commanders in South Africa by Courts Martial for failures in the field. 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 his discussions with Lt Col Michael Frederic Rimington, commanding Mounted Column, on engaging Boer forces in Orange River Colony, on the likely advance of Boer Gen Christiaan Rudolph De Wet into the Cape Colony, and on the activities of Boer Gen Christiaan F Beyers at Petrusburg, Orange River Colony. 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 intention to confiscate Boer food crops near Klerksdorp during his drive in Western Transvaal; his attitude towards Gen Sir Redvers Henry Buller, and the military capability of Lt Col Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 2nd Bt. 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 suspicion that highland regiments would lose the kilt as fighting dress and his urging that Boer leaders be given honourable peace terms to avert further conflict. 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, on his attempts to have columns and horses rested; Kitchener's views on a proposed new 18 pounder field gun; on the differences in opinion between Alfed Milner, 1st Baron Milner of St James's and Cape Town, Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies, and Kitchener on a settlement with the Boers; the failure of Lt Gen Sir Henry Macleod Leslie Rundle to resist the Boer attack on the column of Lt Col Robert Bertram Firman at Tweefontein, Orange River Colony. 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, including the failings of the Ordnance Committee and its president Lt Gen John Fletcher Owen; Hamilton's proposal of Capt Arthur Alexander Wolfe Murray for Inspector General of Garrison Artillery and his suggestion that Lt Gen Sir John Denton Pinkstone French be transferred from the Cape Colony to tackle Boer forces in Orange River Colony. 7pp